Calista Borden
April 29, 1845-Nov. 9, 1930

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, November 10, 1930, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: DEATH MRS. BORDEN

Mrs. Calista Borden, widow of James Borden, former residents of Niles, died on Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rose Sutton in Kenosha, Wis. The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow at noon by way of the Michigan Central and will be taken to the Rutherford chapel where a prayer will be offered at 2 o'clock by the Rev. O.P. Miles, pastor of the First Baptist church. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery. Mrs. Borden was born in Springfield, Mich., on April 29, 1845. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lutton and by seven grandchildren.

George W. Bruce
April 19, 1859-Oct. 20, 1930

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, October 20, 1930, page 4, col. 6, microfilm Niles Daily Star

G. Bruce Drops Dead Late This Afternoon

George Bruce, 1530 Maple street, was stricken with a heart attack while walking on East Oak street this afternoon about 2 o'clock and dropped dead. Mr. Bruce was 71 years of age. He had been in the Main street section of the business district on an errand and was returned to his home when stricken with the fatal heart attack near Oak street. Mr. Bruce had long been afflicted with chornic[sic] heart trouble.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, October 23, 1930, page 4, col. 3, microfilm Niles Daily Star

Niles News in Brief; FUNERAL GEORGE BRUCE

Among those from out of the city who on Tuesday afternoon attended the funeral services for George Bruce were Horace Bruce and daughters, Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Cook, of Buchanan, Mrs. Guy Bruce, of Berrien Center, Marvin Odiorne and wife of Wyatt, Ind.

Margaret W. Burton
July 13, 1894-Feb. 16, 1961

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, February 16, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Margaret W. Burton, 66, 1610 N. 11th St., died at 9:12 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital where she had been a a patient for 27 days. She had been in failing health for one year.

Mrs. Burton was born July 13, 1894, in Lynchburg, Va., and came to Niles in 1950 from Chicago. She was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist church.

Surviving are: her husband, Abner; step-daughter, Mrs. Wilma Campbell, Tuskegee, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Ray, Wayne, Pa., and Mrs. Arrila Butler, New York City, N.Y., and two brothers, Charles Pettigrew, Niles, and Walter Pettigrew, Lynchburg, Va.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in Mount Calvary Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Theodis L. Hadley, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends will be received at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home.

Jennie M. Hartsell
June 26, 1876-Feb. 3, 1961

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI) Saturday, February 4, 1961, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Jennie M. Hartsell, 84, 1328 Oak St., died at 8:15 p.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient for one day.

Mrs. Hartsell was born June 26, 1876, in Pennsylvania and had lived in this community since she was a year old. Her husband Clyde D. Hartsell, preceded her in death on Dec. 20, 1932. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and St. Agnes Guild of the church.

Surviving are: two daughters, Miss Volta Hartsell, Niles, and Mrs. LeRoy Forler, Sherman Oaks, Calif.; a son, Gordon Hartsell, Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y.; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Trinity Episcopal Church with the rector, the Rev. John G. Carlton, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home here.

Iva M. Myers
Sept. 18, 1914-Jan. 3, 1993

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, January 5, 1993, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Iva Myrtle (Baker) Myers, 78, 410 W. Main St., Niles are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Thompson, of Grace United Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Myers died at 6 p.m. Sunday at Silverbrook Manor following a five-month illness.

Born Sept. 18, 19814, in Fowlerville, Mich., she was a resident of the area most of her lifetime.

She was preceded in death by two husbands, Amon Long in 1968 and Hubert Myers in 1979.

She was retired from Pawating Hospital after 25 years, where she was a laundry supervisor.

Myers is survived by a daughter, Wanda Burchfield-Ellis of Niles' four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one great-greatgrandchild and a sister, Bertha Clough of Niles.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Berrien County Cancer Service.

Edith E. Ramsay
Dec. 17 1889-Feb. 15, 1961

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, February 16, 1961, page 2, col. 5-6, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Edith E. Ramsey, 1806 Cass St., died Wednesday at 11:25 p.m. at Pawating Hospital. She had been ill since Tuesday.

Mrs. Ramsey was born Dec. 17, 1889, in Chicago. She came to Niles from Wyoming in 1936. Her husband, Jesse, died in 1962.

Surviving are two sons, Al Ramsay and Hugh Ramsay, both of Niles; a brother, Hugh Young of Detroit; a sister, Mrs. Alice Dunn of Detroit; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Carey, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Note:  Obituary spells last name Ramsey but Cemetery and other records spells as Ramsay.