Obituaries

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.

Ronald Lee Perkins
Oct. 13, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 14, 1957, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

INFANT RITES

Committal rites will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Silverbrook Cemetery for Ronald Lee Perkins, infant son of Mr.and Mrs. Forrest Perkins, rural route four, Niles, who died at 11:22 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital where he was born at 9:17 p.m.
Surviving besides the parents are: a brother, Forrest Perkins, Jr., at home, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Perkins and Arthur Blackney, all of Kalamazoo.

Scott Allen Johnson
Nov. 10, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 12, 1957, page 2, col 4, microfilm Niles District Library

INFANT RITES

Committal services for Scott Allen Johnson, son stillborn to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cottrell Johnson of 1364 Broadway at 11:55 p.m. Sunday at Pawating Hospital, were to be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at Silverbrook Cemetery with the Rev. Joseph Stanley, pastor of Oak Manor Presbyterian Church, officiating.

Mrs. Paulina Siderits
Feb. 24, 1880-Nov. 21, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, November 23, 1957, page 2, col 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Paulina Siderits, 77, died at 6:50 p.m. Thursday in the Beatty Memorial Hospital at Westville, Ind., where she had been a patient for the past two years.

Mrs. Siderits was born Feb. 24, 1880, in Kreisstrelno, Germany, and came to the United States in 1909.

Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Liszewski and Mrs. Josephine Radecki, both of South Bend; five sons, Henry Siderits, of Edwardsburg, Wilbur Siderits, of Niles, Frank Siderits, of South Bend, John Siderits, of Miami, Fla., and Edward Siderits, of Los Angeles, Calif., 16 grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Lloyd Murphy, pastor of the United Missionary Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Joseph Weist
Oct. 2, 1871-Nov. 24, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 25, 1957, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Joseph Weist, 66, of 1432 Eagle Street, retired New York Central Railroad employe, died at 6 a.m. Sunday in the Lakeside Nursing Home at Berrien Springs following an illness of about one year.

Mr. Weist was born Oct. 2, 1871, in Scranton, Pa., and came to this community in 1918 from Ohio.  Surviving are: five sons, Roy, Fred and Joseph Weist, Jr., all of Niles, Paul, of Finley, Ohio, and William, of Akron, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Chancey Mathes, of South Bend, and Mrs. Floyd Greer, of Wilmington, Calif.; 31 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeal 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.

Harold Cross
Sept. 27, 1902-Nov. 27, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Friday, November 29, 1957, page 2, col 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Harold Cross, 55, of 645 North 11th Street, died at 7:10 p.m., Wednesday in Pawating Hospital.

Mr. Cross, who just a month ago retired from National -Standard Company here, was born Sept. 27, 1902, in Detroit and moved to this community in 1919 from Michigan City, Ind.

Surviving are: his wife, Helen; his mother, Mrs. Nettie Updike, of Niles; a son, Norman Cross, of Midland, Mich.; two grandchildren, and a brother, Ralph Cross, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Herbert Meussling, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Reformed Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.