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.

Mabel V. Schrumpf
March 14, 1897-Nov. 1, 1957

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

Mrs. Mable V. Schrumpf,, 60, of 318 North 13th Street, died at 5:40 p.m. Friday in her home following a year of poor health.

Mrs. Schurmpf was born March 14, 1897, in Clinton County, Ind., and had lived in this community for the past 45 years. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical Reformed Church and the Women's Guild of the church.

Surviving are: her husband, Albert G.; a daughter, Mrs. Winston Sands, of Niles; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John Burge and Mrs. Walter Sutton, both of Niles, and a brother, Delbert Susan, of Albuquerque, N. Mex.  A daughter, Mrs. Robert Rood, preceded her in death on April 23, 1956.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home until noon Monday when the body will be removed to St. John's Evangelical Reformed Church, where services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. by the pastor, the Rev. Herbert Meussling. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

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.