Obituaries

Julia Edwards
Nov. 26, 1874-March 7, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 8, 1961, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Miss Julia Edwards, 86, 519 Bond St., died at 9 p.m., Tuesday in Pawating Hospital. She had been a patient there since Jan. 31.

She was born in Niles on Nov. 26, 1974. She attended Niles High School and had been a legal secretary for Orville Collidge[sic] and Charles E. White. She also had taught at several colleges and church schools.

Her only survivors are four cousins, Edward, Robert and Myrtle Malone, all Niles, and Mary Malone of Birmingham.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday in the Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. John G. Carlton officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home.

John L. Glenan
May 16, 1868-March 7, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 8, 1961, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

John L. Glenan, 92, died at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday in the Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center, where he had been transferred 10 days ago from Parker's Rest Home, Berrien Springs.

Mr. Glenan was born May 16, 1868, in South Lyons and is survived by nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. Donald Strohl, pastor of the Stevensville Methodist Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Thursday.

Susan Miller, 62
April 27, 1949 — June 16, 2011

Susan L. Miller, 62, of Ironwood Drive, Niles, died at 10:17 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2011 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph following an extended illness.

She was born April 27, 1949 in Jackson, Mich. to Richard C. Miller and Kathleen M. (Frizzell) Miller. She graduated from Brandywine High School and lived in Niles most of her life. She attended Vogue Beauty School after graduating from high school.

She is survived by her son, Dennis A. Dimmitt of South Bend; daughter, Denise A. (Chris) Norris of Niles; 13 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brother, Ray (Christine) Burton of South Bend; and sister, Roseann (Bill) Clemans of Niles.
She was preceded in death by a son, Donald A. Dimmitt.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, June 24 at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles with the Rev. Randy Pearman of Bethel Baptist Church.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s choice.

Niles Daily Star, Published online 9:21pm Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Lucille M. Geishirt
Jan. 16, 1911-April 15, 1974

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 16, 1974, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Lucille M. Geishirt, 63, of 209 S. Third St., died at 11:05 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital after an illness of three months.

Mrs. Geishirt was born Jan. 16, 1911, in Galien, and moved back to this area in 1973, from Jackson.  On April 12, 1930, in South Bend, she married Lewis C. Geishirt, who survives. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Niles Moose Lodge and the Rebekah Lodge.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a son, Lewis C. Jr., of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Dorsey Pointer of Niles and Mrs. Harry Keeler of Kalamazoo; four brothers, Jack, William and Robert Jerue, all of Niles, and Donald Jerue of Berrien Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Thelma Decker and Mrs. John Frucci, both of Niles, and Mrs. Janet Lundgren of Chicago, and 12 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Donald Cozadd of the Grace United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral chapel.

Clarence E. Haight
April 13, 1885-March 30, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 30, 1961, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Clarence E. Haight, 75, 2014 Bertrand Road, died at 6 a.m., today in the Fuller Rest Home at Eau Claire.  He had been in ill health since 1950.

He was born in Hastings on April 13, 1885 and moved to Niles in 1939.

Survivors include his wife, Irene; three sons, Maurice of California, Donald of Middleville and Kenneth of Grand Rapids; a daughter, Mrs. Clancy Tift of Hastings; a brother, Roy of Hastings; a sister, Mrs. Rosebella Jacobson of Grand Rapids, and five grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Gordon D. Everett, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday.

Charles E. Hodgson
Sept. 19, 1867-March 28, 1961

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 38, 1961, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Charles E. Hodgson, 93, 1634 Superior St., Died at 12:05 p.m. in the Beckwith Nursing Home.  he had been ill for one years.

Mr. Hodgson was born Sept. 19, 1867, in Niles Township and had lived his entire life in this community.  Surviving is a brother, Edwin J. Hodgson, Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends are being received at the funeral home.