Obituaries

Joseph L. Hendricks
Feb. 8, 1921-April 26, 1958

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 28, 1958, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Joseph L. Hendricks, 37, 0f 1425 Maple Street, died at 12:55 p.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital following an illness of one week.

Mr. Hendricks, a veteran of World War II, was born Feb. 8, 1921, in McMinnville, Tenn., and came to this community 12 years ago. He was an employe at Tyler Refrigeration Corp.

Surviving are: his father, Richard Hendricks, of Smithville, Tenn.; his wife, Maude; two children, Melva Jean and Joseph L., Jr., both at home; three brothers, Arthur Hendricks of McMinnville, Tenn., Smith Hendricks, of Evansville, Ind.  and Willie Hendricks, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and three sisters, Mrs. Lottie Wilson, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Celia Mai Swan and Mrs. Lean Blatten, both of McMinnville.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Pifer Funeral Home here with Mr. Charles Jones of the Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Ernest Timm
Feb. 26, 1880-April 13, 1958

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 14, 1958, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Ernest Timm, 78, of 1720 North 11th Street, died at 6:35 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient since March 23.  He had been in poor health for the past three years.
Mr. Timm, a retired tool and die maker, was born Feb. 26, 1880, in Niles and had lived in Lansing and Detroit prior to returning to the city 25 years ago to make his home.
Surviving are: his wife, Doris; a step-brother, George Wedel, of DeWitt, Mich., and two step-sisters, Mrs. Mollie Bogardus, of Vandercoog Lake, Mich., and Mrs. Zelaga Anderson, of Elkhart, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Herbert Meussling, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), of which he was a member, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Ida C. Nieb
Feb. 21, 1878-April 7, 1958

Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 7, 1958, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Ida Nieb, 80, lifetime resident of this community and native of Berrien County, died at 7 a.m today in her home on 308 Woodruff street.

Mrs. Nieb was born Feb. 21 1878, in Berrien County. her husband, Daniel Nieb, preceded her in death . Surviving are: two sons, Harold Nieb, of Niles, and Lester Nieb, of Phoenix, Ariz.; four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

Friends may call beginning Tuesday evening at the Pifer Funeral Home here where arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 9, 1958, page 2, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library

Nieb Rites Set

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Evangelical United Brethren Church here for Mrs. Ida Nieb, 80, lifetime resident of this community who died Monday morning in her home on 308 Woodruff Street. The pastor, the Rev. Gordon Everett, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home until noon Thursday.

Hattie Morehouse
Sept. 29, 1868-April 2, 1958

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 3, 1958, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Hattie Morehouse, 89, of Lansing,Ill., formerly of Niles, Wednesday afternoon in a convalescent home at Lansing following an extended period of illness.

Mrs. Morehouse was born Sept. 29, 1868, in Berrien County and had lived for a number of years in Illinois, moving here from Niles.

Surviving are a brother George Bowerman, of Niles; a sister, and several nieces and nephews. Her husband preceded her in death about 13 years ago.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon in Lansing, and burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery here.

John L. Maunder
Oct. 23, 1874-April 1, 1958

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 29, 1958, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

John L. Maunder, 83, 0f 1844 South Third Street, died at 9:10 a.m today in the Quick Convalescent Home here where he had been a patient for the past seven weeks.

Mr. Maunder was born Oct. 23, 1874, in Elkhart, Ind., and had lived in the Niles community since the age of 2. Surviving are: several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Ernest Liebetrau, Mrs. Kenneth Kloko and William and Richard Liebetrau, all of Niles.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m.  Thursday from the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home 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.

Estella J. Vetterly
Sept. 20, 1899-April 14, 1958

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 15, 1958, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Estella J. Vetterly, 58, of 604 Wayne Street, died at 2:55 p.m., Monday in Buchanan Community Hospital following an illness of six months.

Mrs. Vetterly was born Sept. 30, 1899, in Michigan City, Ind., and came to Niles to make her home in 1921. She was married on Sept. [illegible] . .was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Railroad Trainmen and the Eagles Auxiliary.

Surviving besides her husband are: a son, Leland E. Vetterly, Jr., of Niles, and Mrs. Richard Marsh, of Buchanan, and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m Thursday from the [illegible] Rev. H. Allen Marrs, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery . Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 16, 1958, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Survivor Listed

Mrs. Estella J. Vetterly, 58, of 604 Wayne Street, who died Monday afternoon in the Buchanan Community Hospital after an extended illness is also survived by another daughter, Mrs. James McConnell, of Niles. The daughter's name was inadvertently omitted from a previous announcement of the death.