Frank A. Goldfuss
July 31, 1901-Sept. 18, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, September 19, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Frank A. Goldfuss, 56, 1324 Wayne Street, died Wednesday at 4:10 p.m., at his home folowing an illness of four months.

Mr. Goldfuss was born July 31, 1901 in Niles. He was a pipefitter on the New York Central Railroad. His wife Teresa died August 29th.

[Surviving are] Mrs. Elwood Hemphill, Mrs. James French, and Mrs. Thomas Meador, Jr., all of Niles; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Wilbur Wert, Bradenton, Fla., Mrs. Jack Manuel, Puente, Calif.; two step-sons, Richard Krysiak, Edwardsburg; Robert Krysiak, Niles; a brother, George, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Jerue, Galien; Mrs. Orville Williams, Niles; two half brothers, Clyde Goldfuss, Canton, O.; Fred Goldfuss, Niles; two half sisters, Mrs. Miles H. Dodd, Chicago; Miss Katherine Goldfuss, Berrien Center, one grandson and eight step grandchildren.

The body was taken to the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home where funeral services will be held Satuday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Orlen Njus of the Bertrand Bible Church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Edward H. Behm
Aug. 20, 1885-Sept. 18, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 18, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Edward H. Behm, 72, of 216 South Fourth Street, retired carpenter, died at 6:25 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital following an illness of six weeks.

Mr. Behm was born Aug. 20, 1885, in Peoria, Ill., and had lived in this community since 1919. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are: his wife,Jessie M. Behm; five children, Edward J. Behm, of Niles, and Mrs. Dillard Crouch, Mrs. John Marx, Mrs. Steve Frizzo and Mrs. Leland Stevens, all of Niles; five stepchildren, William Welsher, of St. Joseph, Jack Welsher, of Niles, Mrs. John Wegner and Mrs. Barabra Walter, both of Niles, and Mrs. Henry Bash, of South Bend; three brothers, William Behm, of Des Moines, Ia., John Behm, of California and Charles Behm, of Kewanee, Ill.; 13 grandchildren and 17 step-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the First Presbyterian Church here with the pastor, the Rev. John MacLachlin, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home.

Edward J. Morehouse
March 24, 1892-Sept. 16, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 17, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Edward J. Morehouse, 65, long-time resident of Niles who for the past two years had made his home in Quincy, Mich., died at 2:40 a.m. Monday in the Quincy Nursing Home following an illness of one month.

Mr. Morehouse was born March 24, 1892, in Niles and was a lithographer by trade. Surviving are . .[illiegible]. . .Richmond, Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Ardis Himebaugh, of Quincy; four grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Paul Young and Mrs. Clara Williams, both of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. Earl J. Wickstrom, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning this evening.

Mrs. Walborg Enger
March 4, 1877-Sept. 17, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 17, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Walborg Enger, 80, of 507 North 13th Street, died at 12:10 a.m. today in her home following an illness of several months.

Mrs. Enger was born March 4, 1877, in Norway and come to Niles in 1902 from Chicago. Her husband, Louis, died July 27, 1946. Surviving are: a son, Walter Enger, of Niles; one grandchild, Mrs. Charles E. Smith, of Glendora, Calif., and three great grandchildren.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Maccabee Lodge.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. John Mac Lachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Edna Mae Joyce Neuens
Oct. 24, 1931-Sept. 14, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 16, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Miss Edna Mae Joyce Neuens, 25, of rural route six, Niles, died at 12:02 p.m. Saturday in her home following an illness of 14 months.

Miss Neuens was born Oct. 24, 1931, in Chicago and came to Niles about two and a half years ago from Chicago.  She was employed as a bookkeeper at the University of Notre Dame.

Surviving are: her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Theis, of Niles, and the grandparents, Mrs. M. Neuens, of Homewood, Ill., and Floy Beid, of Chicago.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday in the Pfer Funeral Home with the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Susan Lynn Pedersen
Sept. 13, 1957-Sept. 14, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, September 14, 1957, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Committal services were held today at Silverbrook Cemetery for Susan Lynn Pedersen, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Pedersen, of 1130 Rivers Court, who died at 1:30 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where she was prematurely born Friday.  The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiated.
[Surviving in addition to the parents] are: the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Morrow and Mrs. L.P. Pedersen, all of Niles, and a sister, Kathy Lee, at home.