Thomas Machin Swain
1879-Oct. 19, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 21, 1957, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library

BEDFORD, Va.--Thomas M. Swain, 78, former manager of the Michigan Gas and Electric Co., Niles, Michigan, died Saturday at 7:25 a.m. in the Elks Home here. He had been at the home since 1947.

Mr. Swain, who was born in Buchanan, but lived most of his life in Niles, is survived by his widow, Alice, Bedford, Va.; and a son, Robert, Elkhart.

He was a member of the St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4 of the Free and Accepted Masons and a past Exalted Ruler of the Niles Lodge of Elks.

Funeral services will be held in Bedford where the body will be cremated.

Eucharist Memorial Services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Niles. The Rev. John G. Carlton, pastor, will officiate. The services will be under the direction of the Pifer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Edmund (Laura K.) McCoy
Oct. 3, 1885-Oct. 25, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 25, 1957, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Edmund McCoy, 73, of 1815 North Fifth Street, died Thursday at 9:30 p.m. in Pawating Hospital following an illness of six months. She was admitted to the hospital Wednesday.

Born October 3, 1885 in Muskegon, she married Mr. McCoy November 2, 1902.  They came to Niles 54 years ago.

Surviving besides her husband are two sons, Clayton J. McCoy, Niles; Donald E. McCoy, Battle Creek; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Murphy, Niles; a brother, Peter Anderson, Twin Lakes, Mich.; four grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

She was a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Switchman's Union of North America and the First Presbyterian Church.

The body may be viewed after noon Saturday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the funeral home with the Rev. John MacLaclan of the First [sic]. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Peter E. Groote
April 9, 1916-Oct. 25, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 25, 1957, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Peter E. Groote, 41, died Thursday night of lung and heart complications. he was declared dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital at 11:30 p.m. after firemen had attempted to revive him with an inhalator. He had been ill five years.

Mr. Groote, who was born April 9, 1916, in Chicago, came to Niles 10 years ago.  He was employed as a shipping clerk.

Surviving are his wife, Stella H., two sons, Peter, Jr., and William, and a daughter, Donna, all at home; and two brothers, Alvin Groote, Chicago, and Fred Groote, Park Ridge, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Earl Wickstrom of the First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Walter D. Martin
April 4, 1873-October 23, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, October 24, 1957, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Walter D. Martin, 84, retired New york Central Railroad employe and former Niles resident for many years, died at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in West Suburban Hospital, Oak Park, Ill.  He had been ill since July.

Mr. Martin was Born April 4, 1873, . .[illegible] ..community a number of years ago. His wife, Louise, preceded him in death in 1950.

Surviving are: two sons, Walter M. Martin, of Detroit, and Carl Martin, of Plymouth, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Steinbauer, of Niles, and Mrs. Robert Rowley, of Oak Park, Ill., with whom he had more recently made his home; nine grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Friday. Arrangements for the services and burial are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Friday, October 25, 1957, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home here for Walter D. Martin, 84, former Niles resident who died Wednesday night in Oak Park, Ill.  The Rev. Gordon Everett, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Dean Lee Frazier
Oct. 28, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, October 29, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Infant Rites

Committal rites were to be held at 4 p.m. today at Silverbrook Cemetery for Dean Lee Frazier, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Frazier, of 520 Grant Street, who was stillborn at 4:46 p.m., Monday in Pawating Hospital. The Rev. Orlen Njus, pastor of Bertrand Bible Church, was to officiate.

Surviving besides the parents are: a brother, Michael Allen, at home, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Darrrell Frazier, of Niles; and Eri Hemminger, also Niles.

Lillie Maude Waugh
May 22, 1879-Oct. 29, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 30, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Lillie Maude Waugh, 78, of 210 North Lincoln Avenue, died at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday in Pawating Hospital where she had been admitted a few hours earlier. She had been ill for three years.

Mrs. Waugh was born May 22, 1879 in Niles and had lived 30 years in Iowa before returning to this community in 1928. She was a member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Past Noble Grand Club of the Rebekah Lodge.

Surviving are: her husband, Lemuel T. Waugh; two daughters, Mrs. Hazel T. Johnson, of Griffith, Ind., and Mrs. Grace B. Miller, of Niles; a son, Floyd E. Waugh, of Niles; eight grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; two brothers, Edmund E. McCoy, of Niles and Floyd J. McCoy, of Ames, Iowa; and a sister, Mrs. Ethel N. Seely, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Gordon Everett, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.