John Lamson Perkins
March 3, 1889-Oct. 3, 1957

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

John Lamson Perkins, 68, of 27 North 13th Street, retired employe of the Indiana & Michigan Electric Company, died at 6 p.m. Thursday on arrival at Pawating Hospital.  He had been in poor health since last January.

Mr. Perkins, a former trustee of the First Presbyterian Church here, was born March 3, 1889, in Boston, Mass., and came to Niles 27 years ago. He also was a member of the Niles Amateur Movie Club, St. Joseph Valley Lodge, F. and A.M., Knights Templar, the Masonic Council and Chapter and the Knights of the York Cross of Honor.     Surviving are: his wife, Winifred; a son, John B. Perkins, of Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Catherine Nelson, of Mishawaka, Ind., two grandchildren, and a brother, Gilbert C. Perkins, of Des Moines, Ia.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with Masonic rites at the graveside. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Cynthia Jayne Truesdell
Sept. 27, 1957-Oct. 1, 1957

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

Cynthia Jayne Truesdell, infant daughter of Mr.and Mrs. John A. Truesdell, of 2028 Lewis Drive, who was born Sept. 27 at Pawating Hospital, died at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday.

Surviving besides the parents are : the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Scofield and Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Truesdell, all of Niles, and the great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Doughlas, of South Bend, and Mr. and Mrs. Fed Truesdell, of Niles.

Committal services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Silverbrook Cemetery by the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church.

Oscar Bradbury
Sept. 29, 1892-Sept. 29, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 30, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Oscar Bradbury, 65, of 1722 River Bluff Road, died at 4:55 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital.

Mr. Bradbury, who had been employed at Clark Equipment Company in Buchanan, was born Sept. 29, 1892, in Beardstown, Ill., and came to Niles 20 years ago to make his home. His wife, June, died in 1952.

Surviving are: six daughters, Mrs. Clarence Wakefield, of Flint, Mrs. Pete Sopko, Mrs. Jesse Hedden, Mrs. Andrew Lynn and Mrs. Don Ewing, all of East Chicago, Ind., and Mrs. Robert Wheeland, of Browning, Ill.; three sons, Oscar Bradbury and William Bradbury, both of Niles, and James Bradbury, of Thomson, Ill., and a sister, Mrs. Lydia McCombus, of Beardstown, Ill.

The body is at the Pifer Funeral Home where arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, October 1, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

BRADBURY RITES

Masonic services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home here for Oscar Bradbury, 65, of 1722 River Bluff . .[illegible]..in Pawating Hosptial. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Cleland Reprogle
March 5, 1910-May 18, 1911

Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 19, 1911, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

FIRST DEATH FROM SCARLET FEVER

Reprogle Child on North Front Street Died Last Night--Buried Today

Out of the many cases of scarlet fever last fall and this spring, the first victim to die was the 14 months' old boy of Mr.and Mrs. Ezra Reprogle of north Front street.

The child died last night after several days' suffering and was buried this afternoon in Silver Brook cemetery.

As is customary in such cases where the afflicted has had a contagious disease no funeral services of any kind were held. Neither was there a funeral, the body being conveyed to the cemetery by Undertaker H.E. Price.

Mr. Reprogle is an employe of the French Paper company and have[sic] lived in Niles but a short time.

Niles Daily Sun, Friday, May 19, 1911, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

FIRST SCARLET FEVER VICTIM

Infant Son of Ezra Reprogle Died Last Night

The first death from scarlet fever since the epidemic broke out a few wees ago in Niles occurred last evening when the fourteen months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Reprogle passed away last night about 10:45 p.m.

This afternoon, Undertaker Price, assisted by Mr.  Reprogle, who boards with Mrs. C.J. Smith, Short street, opposite the house where the family lives, took the body to Silver Brook cemetery where interment occurred without funeral services.

There were three children in the family and all had the scarlet fever but the other two, a boy and a girl are recovering.

Yesterday as the youngest child continued to grow worse, Mrs. Lucy Rounds, who is a neighbor, went into quarantine with Mrs. Reprogle and will remain so long as her assistance is needed.

Virgil J. Blanchard
Sept. 3, 1879-Sept. 22, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Monday, September 23, 1957, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Virgil J. Blanchard, 78, a retired rural mail carrier and farmer, died at 6 a.m. Sunday, at this home on route one, Berrien Center, after an illness of two years.

Born Sept. 3, 1879 in Berrien Township, he had lived in the community all his life. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge, Rural Mail Carriers Association, Cass County Historical Society, Berrien Center Grange and the Michigan Archaelogical Society.

Survivors include his widow, Bertha; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Trattles and Mrs. A.B. Miller, both of Niles, and two grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home where . .[illegible]. . p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Garrell Flewelling of the Central Christian Church, Decatur, Ill. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, September 25, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Blanchard Rites Held

Services for Virgil J. Blanchard who died Sunday at this home on route one, Berrien Center, were held Tuesday at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home. Burial was at Silverbrook Cemetery. It was erroneously stated Monday that the funeral would be held Thursday.

Emma Roebeck
Sept. 21, 1867-Sept. 2, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 3, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Miss Emma Roebeck, 89, rural route two, Niles, died suddenly at 7 a.m., Monday in her home.

She was born September 21, 1867, in Germany. Sixty-six years ago, she came to the Niles area from Vandalia.

Surviving are three sister[sic], Mrs. Harriett Schinke, South Bend, Ind.; Mrs. Bertha Reum, Niles; and Mrs. Katheryn Olson, Niles.

Funeral services are planned at 2 p.m., Wednesday at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home, with the Rev. Herbert Meussling of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.