Russell C. Haimbaugh
Jan. 25, 1908-May 3, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, May 4, 1957, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Russell C. Haimbaugh, 49, of 637 North Sixth Street, died at 9 p.m. Friday in this home following an illness of one year.

Mr. Haimbaugh, a machinist at Electro Voice, Inc., in Buchanan, was born Jan. 25, 1908, in Plymouth, Ind., and came to Niles about 16 years ago.

Surviving are: his wife, Letha H.; seven children, Clifford and Howard Haimbaugh, both of Niles, Mrs. Betty Robbins, of Ann Arbor, and Robert, Jack, Marilyn and Helen Haimbaugh, all at home.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Herbert Meussling, Pastor of St. John's evangelical[sic] and Reformed Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. The family has requested that flowers be omitted and the money given to the Berrien County Cancer Society.

Mrs. Devona Couch
Aug. 29, 1872-April 4, 1957

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

Mrs. Devona Couch, 84, 0f 533 Lake Street, died at 10:50 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital after an illness of six years. Born Aug. 29, 1872 at Bangor,she came here from Ypsilanti in 1906. Her husband, Charles, died May 15, 1943. She was a member of Royal Neighbors of America.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Lena Rowe, Watervliet; Miss Nellie Couch, South Haven; two sons, William, of Gary, Ind., and Charles, of Niles, and a half brother , Walter Hubbard, of Bangor.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday by the Rev. John MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at Silverbrook.

Harry W. Phillips, Sr.
April 3, 1911-April. 3, 1957

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

Harry W. Phillips, Sr., 46, died at 11 p.m. Wednesday at his  home, 1024 Bame Avenue, after an illness of several months.

Born April 3, 1911, at Oldham, S.D., he came here 25 years ago from Warsaw, Ind., and at one time was employed by the French Paper Co.  Survivors are his widow, Elizabeth; four sons, Harry W., Jr., Robert and David, all of Niles and Jack Phillips, stationed with the U.S. Navy at Washington, D.C.; a daughter, Barbara, of Niles, and a brother, James, of Niles.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home where services will be conducted at 4 pm. Saturday by the Rev. Chester Wetzel, assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at Silverbrook.

Mrs. Bessie May Fell
Jan. 24, 1900-April 3, 1957

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 4, 1957, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Bessie May Fell, 57, of 1023 North Seventh Street, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home. She was born Jan. 25, 1900 in Mississippi and came here from Memphis, Tenn., two years ago.

Survivors are a son, William M. Williams, of Niles, and a sister who resides in New Madrid, Mo.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Apostolic Faith Assembly Church by the Rev. W.J. Coad. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Anna Rosetta Proud
Jan. 13, 1855-Apr. 2, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 4, 1938, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Anna R. Proud, 83, Dies; Had Spent Entire Life in Niles

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Rosetta Proud, 83, of 932 Cherry street, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Price and Kiger funeral home.

The Rev. T.O    . Lee, of the First Methodist church, will conduct the services followed by burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

Mrs. Proud had lived all her life in and near Niles. She died at her home Saturday after an illness of two weeks.

She leaves her husband, William, and two sons, Leon Vanderbeek, Kalamazoo, and Rodman Vanderbeek, living in Nebraska.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home.

Katherine A. High
Sept. 14, 1926-April 11, 1938

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 11, 1938, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Katherine A. High, 11, Dies a Wahjamega

Katherine Arlene High, 11-year-old daughter of Burrell C. High, R. 3, Niles, did early this moring in Wahjamega.

The child had lived in Wahjamega since the death of her mother about a year ago.

Surviving are the father, and a brother, Richard, Niles.

The body will be brought to the Rutherford funeral home. Arrangements for the services are incomplete.