Obituaries

Charles F. Weaver
April 24, 1872-Dec. 4, 1946

Charles Weaver, Former Niles Resident, Dies in St. Joe

Charles F. Weaver, 74, former Niles resident, died at 1:10 a.m. Today at his rural St. Joseph home, where he had been ill since Friday.
Weaver was born in Niles April 24, 1872, and lived in this city most of his life.
Services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in the Pifer funeral chapel. The Rev. G.A. Steeby, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren church, will officiate.  Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Rosina; three sons, Charles and Edwin M., both of South Bend; and Amos [illegible] Warder; and the following step-children, Joe Griffie, St. Joseph; Mrs. John Weaver, Dowagiac; Oliver Camp, Cedar Rapids, Ia; William Camp, Chicago; 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Freeland, Kalamazoo, and Mrs. Arthur Bachman, Niles.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, December 4, 1946, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Fred (Minnie Miller) Weaver
May 24, 1851-Jan. 1, 1926

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 2, 1926, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Fred Weaver Passes Away After Prolonged Illness

Mrs. Fred Weaver, 107 Union Place, died at 11:30 o'clock on New Year's day after a prolonged illness from a complication of diseases.  Mrs. Weaver was born in Germany, May 24, 1851. She came to Niles when she was eight years old, and had since resided here.  She was married on November 19, 1870, to Fred Weaver, who survives her, as do also four children who are Mrs. Arthur Bachman, Charles and John Weaver, of Niles, and Mrs. Fred Vreeland, of Dowagiac. A sister and brother, Mrs. Eli Leach and Lewis Miller, both of Niles, also survive.

The funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon and at 2:30 o'clock from the Evangelical church of which the deceased had long been a faithful and consistent worker.  Rev. John Schurman will officiate.  Burial will take place in Silver Brook Cemetery. The deceased was well known and highly esteemed.

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Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 5, 1926, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral Services Monday

Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon for Mrs. Fred Weaver, in West Niles.  Rev. John Schurman conducted the services in the Evangelical church of which the deceased had long been a faithful member.  Burial took place in Silver Brook cemetery.

Mrs. Rosina Weaver
April 3, 1868-Oct. 13, 1953

BUCHANAN--Mrs. Rosina Weaver, formerly of Dowagiac, died at 7 a.m.  Tuesday at the Clear Lake Rest Home here after on illness of two years.

Her husband, Charles, died in 1946.  Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Grippe, of South Bend; three sons, William Camp, of West Bend, Wis., Oliver Camp, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., and John Boeson, of Jackson, Wis.; 18 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren, and three brothers, Edwin, Fred and Milo Brundige, of Anamosa, Ia.

Mrs. Weaver was born on April 3, 1868, in Anamosa, and had lived in this vicinity most of her life.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, Niles, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday.  The Rev. Richard Bonner, pastor of the Second Church of Christ, Niles, will officiate, and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 14, 1953, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Maria Rose
Aug. 15, 1941-June 23, 1987

Maria Elena Rose, 45, 121 South Michigan Street, died 4 p.m. Tuesday at Pawating Hospital following a brief illness.

She was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist church, Niles and a former bus driver for Dial-A-Ride.

She was born Aug. 15, 1941 in Key West, Fla. and moved to Niles in 1961.

Her mother, Mary Symonette, Key West, survives.

Other surviving relatives include: two sons, Michael and Harold, Niles; one daughter, Carol Lewis, Dallas; one brother, Lewis Knowls, Key West, Fla.; and two grandchildren.

Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. W.L. Daniel officiating.  Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call at Halbritter Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

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

Niles Daily Star, Friday, June 26, 1987, page 2, col. 6-7, microfilm Niles District Library

Peggy McClary DeSonia
June 17, 1903-June 22, 1987

Peggy McClary DeSonia, 84, a resident of the St. Paul's Retirement Home in South Bend, Ind., died Monday at 12:27 p.m. at Memorial Hospital in South Bend.
She was born June 17, 1903 in Niles and lived in South Bend since 1955, coming from Niles.  She married Elmer McClary in Niles in 1926.  He died in 1951. On Jan. 15, 1955 she married Fred G. DeSonia, who died Dec. 8, 1967.
Se was a retired clerk at J.C. Penney in South Bend and a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in South Bend.
Survivors include a son, Eugene McClary of Zelienotle, Pa.; a brother, O. J. Bennett of Niles and two grandchildren.
Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at the Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road in South Bend.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, June 24, 1987, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Anna M. Robbins
May 15, 1891-June 20, 1987

Anna M. Robbins, 96, 625 Chicago Road, Niles, died at 4:08 a.m. in her home on Saturday, after a lengthy illness.

Born May 15, 1891, in Kitchner, Ontario, Canada, she moved to the area from Wisconsin in 1936 with her husband, Warren, who died two years later.

She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Surviving are two sons, Frank and Floyd Robbins, both of Niles; three daughters, Mabel Robbins of Joliet, Ill., Rose Dittmar and Helen Kline, both of Niles; 20 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 25 great-great-grandchildren.

Services are 7 tonight at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home with Gaspar Colon of Seventh-day  Adventist Church officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home prior to the start of services.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Niles.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 22, 1987, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library