Infant Girl Teeple
May 10, 1975-May 10, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 12, 1975, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Funeral services were held today in Silverbrook Cemetery for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Teeple, 1603 Regent St. She was stillborn at 8:44 p.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital.

In addition to her parents, survivors include two sisters, Jennifer Ann and Stephanie Kay Teeple at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Teeple of Niles and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hart of Hot Springs, Ark., and greatgrandparents, Mrs. Mary Wright and Mrs. Hart of Murphysboro, Ill.

Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Halbritter Funeral Home.

L.D. Cheney
June 22, 1890-May 6, 1975

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 7, 1975, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

BERRIEN SPRINGS--L.D. Cheney, 84, died at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Unity Hospital in Buchanan after an illness of two weeks.

The owner of Dad and Lad's used furniture business in Berrien Springs, he was born June 22, 1890, in Hamilton, Mich. and lived in Berrien Springs most of his lifetime.

On March 19, 1911, in Decatur he married the former Cora Wilson, She died May 2, 1945.

Surviving are four sons, Lyle of Knox, Ind., Leonard and Burton of Niles and Julius of Mishawaka; four daughters, Mrs. Harry (Maxine) Crevey of Buchanan, Mrs. Alva (Edna) Hartline of Marcellus, Mrs. J.R. (Eva June) Adkins of Niles and Mrs. Lawrence (Wanda) Thompson of Matthews, Ind.; 45 grandchildren, 83 greatgrandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 :30 p.m. Friday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home in Niles with the Rev. Ralph Pletcher, Pastor of Coulter's Chapel Church of God, officiating.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Arthur F. Eycleshymer
Nov. 22, 1869-March 10, 1955

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 11, 1955, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Arthur F. Eycleshymer, 85, of 222 North 13th Street, retired Niles Post Office clerk, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the Sunny Brook Rest Home at Roseland, Ind.

Eycleshymer, who worked 29 years for the Post Office here before retiring 20 years ago, was born Nov. 22, 1869, in Hastings, Mich., and came to Niles 46 years ago from LaGrange, Ind.  He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and the First Presbyterian Church. His wife, Josephine, died Nov. 8, 1954.

Surviving are: a son, Harold D. Eycleshymer, of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Wedel, of Niles, and Mrs. Hazel Ritchey, of Ludington, Mich, five grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Laura Baker, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kiger Funeral Home here  with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with graveside rites performed by the Masonic Lodge. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Dr. Thurston R. Hurd
Aug. 24, 1892-March 19, 1955

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 19, 1955, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Dr. Thurston R. Hurd, 62, of 1306 Broadway, who practiced 40 years in the Niles and Berrien Springs areas, died at 3:10 a.m. today at Pawating Hospital following an illness of one year.

Dr. Hurd was born Aug. 24, 1892, in Clio, Mich., and came to Niles from Houghton, Mich., in 1919. He graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Mo., in 1915, and practiced for 25 years in Niles. He also practiced in the Berrien Springs area for 15 years. He was married Dec. 20, 1919, in Houghton to Miss Mabel Stoyle, who survives.

Also surviving are: a son, Frederick J. Hurd, of Baltimore, Md., and a brother, Mr. M.C. Hurd, of Punxsutawney, Pa.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Kiger Funeral Home here with the Rev. John G. Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Dr. Hurd was a member of the American Legion and was a veteran of World War I.

Frank John Zukowski
April 18, 1891-March 19, 1955

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 21, 1955, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

BUCHANAN--Frank John Zukowski, 63, of Buchanan, died at 10 p.m. Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Francis Huling, rural route two, Buchanan.

Zukowski was born April 18, 1891, in Lithuania, the son of Anthony and Constance Zukowski. He was married in 1913 in South Bend to Stella Stankovich, who died in 1923. He later married Mary Petkvich in 1927 in South Bend. She died in May, 1949.

Surviving besides his daughter are: a son, Victor, of rural route two, Buchanan; two brothers, John of South Bend and Stanley of Niles, and two sisters and a brother in Lithuania, Stella, Elizabeth and Cassimer.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Swem Funeral Home here with the Rev. Francis Sharpe, pastor of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Barron Wetherby
Feb. 23, 1881-March 24, 1955

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 25, 1955, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Barron Wetherby, 75, former Niles city clerk, of 403 North Third Street, died at 11 p.m. Thruday night at Pawating Hospital after a 10-day illness.

He served as city clerk from 1913 to 1916 and had retired after being employed as a New York Central Railroad switchman.

Born here Feb. 23, 1881, he lived in the city all his life. He was a graduate of Niles High School and Michigan State College. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and the local BPO Elks Lodge.

His wife died in 1920. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Dorothea Johnson, and a son, William A. Wetherby, both of Detroit, and one grandson.

Friends may call beginning Saturday night at the Kiger Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.