David J. Lowe
Feb. 5, 1891-Nov. 2, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 4, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

David J. Lowe Dies at Age 66

David J. Lowe, 66, proprietor of Lowe Motor Sales, died Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in a South Bend hospital. He had been ill one week.

Mr. Lowe, who lived at 1104 South 11th Street, had been connected with the automotive business in Niles for the past 30 years following his arrival in the city from South Bend. He was born February 5, 1891, in Oakdale, Mass.

He was a member of the St. Joseph Valley Free and Accepted Masons, the First Presbyterian Church, the South  Bend and Niles Shrine Clubs, the Niles Elks, and the Saladin Temple.

Surviving are his wife, Ione: a daughter, Mrs. Wallace Weist, Niles; two brothers, Arthur Lowe, and Leland Lowe, both of Oakdale; three sisters, Mrs. George Converse, Keene, N.H.; Mrs. George Rand, Portsmouth, N.H.; and Mrs. Turner Bergstrom, Boston; and one granddaughter.

The body was taken to the Pifer Funeral Home where friends may call.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. John MacLachlan officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Charles L. Curtis
March 11, 1886-Nov. 4, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 5, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles L. Curtis [. . who lived at South Fifth Street], sexton at Trinity Episcopal Church here, died at 7:47 [illegible] following an illness of six weeks.

Mr. Curtis, a retired New York Central Railroad employe, was born March 11, 1886, in LaGrange Township, Cass County, and had lived his entire life in and around this community. He was a member of Trinity Church, St. Joseph Valley Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Madonna White Shrine and Order of Eastern Star.

Surviving are: his wife, Edythe, three sons, Evan W. Curtis, of Dowagiac, Charles M. Curtis, of Cassopolis, and Edwin E. Curtis, of Kalamazoo; two daughters, Mrs. Donna Rose, of New Brunswick, N.Y., and Mrs. Shirley LeStrange, of Dowagiac; 11 grandchildren; two step-sons, Nelson and Paul King, both of Battle Creek, and a sister, Mrs. Kelsey Bainton, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Trinity Episcopal Church with the rector, the Rev.John G. Carlton, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with Masonic rites at the graveside. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home here.

Stark Twins
Nov. 5, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 5, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

INFANT RITES

Committal rites were to be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Silverbrook Cemetery here for the twin son and daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Norman L. Stark, of 301 South Cass Street, Berrien Springs. The first twin, a girl, was stillborn while the parents were enroute to Pawating Hospital, Niles. The second twin, a boy, was born at 2:16 a.m. at Pawating and died at 4:20 a.m.

Surviving besides the parents are: two sisters, Sandra Jean and Diane Lynn, both at home, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stark, of Buchanan, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schlutt, Sr. of Baroda.

Charles Warren McCormick
November 4, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 5, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DEATH OF AN INFANT

A son, Charles Warren McCormick, born to Mr. and Mrs. Elroy McCormick of 115 South Third Street, died two hours after birth in Pawating Hospital Monday afternoon.

Committal services will be conducted by the Rev. Earl J. Wickstrom, pastor of the First Baptist Church, at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Hattie May Westerfield
Jan. 26, 1870-Nov. 6, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, November 7, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Hattie May Westerfield, 87, of 704 Wayne Street, died at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in her home following an illness of three years.

Mrs. Westerfield was born in Tazewell County, Ill., on Jan. 26, 1870, and came to this community 32 years ago from Dodge City, Kan. Her husband, Noah, died in 1926.

Surviving are: six daughters, Mrs. Clarence Drake, Mrs. Guy Mitchell, Mrs. Minnie Burdue, Mrs. Grace Williams, Mrs. Charles Buck and Mrs. Leslie Jones, all of Niles; a son, Otis Westerfield, serving with the Army in Germany; 20 grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. , Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Orlen Njus, pastor of the Bertrand Bible Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Maude Bickford
Died Nov. 8, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 9, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Former Resident Dies

South Bend--Miss Maude Bickford of 729 California Avenue, South Bend, died Friday morning in her home. She was a former resident of Niles.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Clarence Palmer, Orlando, Fla., also a former Niles resident; and a niece, Mrs. Roland Longley, South Bend.

The body was taken to the Welsheimer Funeral Home, South Bend, where friends may call after [illegible].

Funeral services will be held in the Westminister Presbyterian Church in South Bend on Monday.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.