Bessie Scott
Jan. 20, 1884-Sept. 12, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 13, 1957, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Bessie Scott, 73, of 52 South Third Street, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since Sept. 5. She had been ill for some time.

Mrs. Scott was born Jan. 20, 1884, in Seymour, Ind., and moved to Niles 28 years ago from Indianapolis, Ind. Surviving is her husband, James.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the pastor of the first Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Donna Sonnenleiter
Oct. 2, 1932-Sept. 12, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 13, 1957, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Donna Sonnenleiter, 24, 0f 1422 North 11th Street, died at 8 p.m., Thursday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center where she had been a patient for some time. She had been ill for a number of years.

Mrs. Sonnenleiter was born Oct. 2, 1932, in Niles and had lived here all her life. Surviving are: her husband, Arthur; a four-year-old daughter, Carmen Marie, at home; her mother, Mrs. Maleta Dittmar of Niles; her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cecil, of Eau Claire, and two brothers, Ralph, of Niles, and Gordon, stationed with the United States Navy in Japan.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home beginning Saturday. Service arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, September 14, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home here for Mrs. Donna Sonnenleiter, 24, 0f 1422 North 11th Street, who died Thursday night in the Berrien County Hospital following a lingering illness. The Rev. Gordon D. Everett, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Edward Reum
Feb. 20, 1906-Sept. 11, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, September 12, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Edward Reum, 51, former Niles resident and foreman at the Kawneer Company plant in Cynthiana, Ky., died at 10 a.m. Wednesday while at work.

Mr. Reum was born Feb. 20, 1906, in Niles and had lived here until his transfer to the Kentucky plant. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Advent at Cynthiana, the Appliance Products Management Organization and Cynthiana chapter of the National Management Association.

Surviving are: his wife Ada Snyder Reum; two daughters, Mrs. A.E. Aram, Jr., of Lexington, Ky., and Miss Dale Reum, at home; four grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Maurice Yonker and Mrs. John Jaroch, both of Niles, and Mrs. Lola Scholl and Mrs. Larned Williams, both of Inglewood, Calif., and three brothers, William A. and Herman Reum, both of Niles, and Clyde Reum, of Espanota, N. Mex.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here beginning Friday afternoon. Committal services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Silverbrook Cemetery with the Rev. John G. Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church here, officiating.

Funeral services were held today at the Church of the Advent in Cynthiana, Ky.

Kurt Weimer*
April 6, 1887-Sept. 5, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Friday, September 6, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Kurt Wiemer, 70, of 1529 Michigan Street, died at 11:50 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient since Aug. 21.

Mr. Wiemer, a retired printer, was born April 6, 1887, in Germany and came from that country in 1923 to make his home in this community. Surviving are: his wife, Elise, and two brothers in Germany.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the New Apostolic Church with the pastor, the Rev. Hugh Lee, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home.

*Name is spelled Wiemer in this obituary but is listed in Weimer in cemetery records.

Lisa Kurty, 47
April 26, 1964 — Dec. 16, 2011

Niles Daily Star, Published 10:13pm Monday, December 19, 2011

Lisa Marie Kurty, 47, of Niles, passed away suddenly, but of natural causes, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

She was born April 26, 1964, in Niles to Willard F. and Charlotte (McKay) Kurty.

Lisa graduated from Niles High School, where she played volleyball and softball.

Lisa also loved the outdoors including fishing, target shooting and skiing and had a love in her heart for stray animals. Lisa worked as a barber-beautician in Niles for more than 15 years until venturing out with a colleague, Angie Hoyt, to run Hoyt’s Haircuts for Men in Buchanan.

She was preceded in death by her father, Willard F. Kurty.

Lisa is survived by her mother, Charlotte Kurty; brothers, Lee (Carol) Kurty and Willard I. Kurty; and a sister, Karla (John) Schadler, all of Niles. She also leaves cousins, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews. Lisa also leaves a host of friends. She had a love, happiness and compassion for everyone she crossed paths with.

A time of visitation will be held Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, from 4 until 7 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home.

A private service will be held by her family. An interment will also be held privately at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be directed in care of Brown Funeral Home.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Niles.

Mae Brotemarkle
May 27, 1891-Dec. 6, 1986

Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 8, 1957, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mae Brotemarkle, 95, Riveridge Manor, Niles, died at 9 p.m. Saturday at Pawating Hospital.

She was born May 27, 1891 in Gardner, Ill.  On Feb. 24, 1914, she married Alvin Brotemarkle who preceded her in death. Surviving are one sister, Margaret Larsen of DesPlains, Ill., and one brother, Arthur Morgan of Gurnee, Ill.

No services or visitation are scheduled.

Arrangements are being made by Pifer-Smith Funeral Home.