Carrie Young
March 21, 1864-March 4, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Monday, March 6, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library.

Carrie Young, 79, Life Resident of Niles Area, Dies

Miss Carrie Young, 79, of 404 Michigan street, died Saturday afternoon at 12:30 in the home of her nephew, Clifford Young, the only surviving relative, who lives west of Buchanan.  She had been ill five months.

Born in Niles township March 21, 1864, she had lived all her life in this vicinity. She was a member of the Methodist church.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 in the Price and Kiger funeral home. The Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 7, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library.

PALLBEARERS

Harry, John and Norris Young, and Claude Harger, served as pallbearers at the funeral for Miss Carrie Young, 404 Michigan street, who died Saturday Afternoon. Services were conducted in the Price and Kiger funeral chapel at 2 today by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster and burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Iden Ward Logan
Feb. 23, 1879-Oct. 14, 1963

Funeral services of Iden Ward Logan, 84, of Watervliet, formerly of Niles, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Kiger Funeral Home.  The Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He died at 2:05 a.m. today in Watervliet Community Hospital, following an illness of several years.

Mr. Logan was born Feb. 23, 1879 in Plymouth, Ind. He came to Niles from there in 1906, serving as a police officer here for a time before moving to Watervliet.  His wife, Edna, died in 1913.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Walton, Traverse City, and Mrs. Jack Miller, Etna Green, Ind.; a son, Harold Logan, Ann Arbor; and five grandchildren.

He was a member of St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4, Order of Free and Accepted Masons.

Friends are being received at the funeral  home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 14, 1963, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

Harriet Renshaw
Sept. 9, 1886-Jan. 5, 1919

Niles Daily Sun, Monday, January 6, 1919, page 1, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

DEATH CLAIM YOUNG MATRON
Mrs. James Renshaw, Aged 32 Years, Mother of Five Children, Succumbs to Pneumonia at Parents' Home.

Mrs. Harriett Renshaw, aged 32 years, wife of Lieutenant James L. Renshaw, died Sunday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Makepeace, 722 Maple street, after a brief illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Renshaw came to Niles from Chicago on Christmas day for a visit and soon after became ill.  Prior to coming to Niles, Mrs. Renshaw had been a patient in a hospital in Chicago.  Five little children, the oldest 10 years, and the youngest, 4 years, are left motherless by her death. They have been at the home of their grandparents here for several weeks.

Mrs. Renshaw was born in Portsmouth, O., Sept. 9, 1886. Thirteen years ago she was married to Mr. Renshaw at Trafford City, Pa., Several years ago the family moved to Niles.  About a year ago they moved to Chicago.

Besides her husband and children, Mrs. Renshaw is survived by her parents and two brothers. The latter are Edwin L. Makepeace of Newport, R.I., and Harold Makepeace of Niles.

Mr. Renshaw arrived in Niles from Chicago Sunday. He has been stationed at Camp Taylor, Kentucky.

The funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 6, 1919, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

PNEUMONIA IS FATAL TO MRS. RENSHAW

Mrs. Harriet Renshwa, only daughter of Mr.a nd Mrs. Charles Makepeace, and wife of Lieut. Jas. L. Renshaw, died at the home of her parents, 733 Maple street Sunday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock, aged 32 years, three months and one week. The cause of death was pneumonia.

She is survived by her parents and two brothers, Edwin L. at Newport, R.I. and Harold E. at home; by the husband, Lieut.James L. Renshaw, stationed at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and by five little children, James Milo Vaughn, aged 10 years, Thelma Annetta, aged 8; Orville Makepeace, aged 7; Norman W., aged 5; and Dorothy Yvaun, 3.

She was married to Lieut. Renshaw at Thafford City, Pa., April 27, 1906.

Funeral notice later.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 7, 1919, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet Renshaw will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the  home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Makepeace, 722 Maple street. Rev. E.G. Lewis will officiate. Burial will take place in Silver Brook cemetery.

Charles E. Hubler
July 14, 1890-Oct. 13, 1963

Funeral services for Charles E. Hubler, 73, of 135 Forest St., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Kiger Funeral Home. The Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He died at 1 a.m. Sunday in the Oblong Clinic, Oblong, Ill., where he had been a patient since Sept. 23.  He had been ill several years.

Mr. Hubler was born July 14, 1890 in Warsaw, Ind.  He came to Niles from Chicago in 1955.

Survivors include his widow, Anna B.; three daughters, Mrs. J.F. Everling, Michigan City, Mrs. R.C. Lemon, Vancouver, B.C., and Dr. Dorothy Hubler, Oblong; two sisters, Miss Frances Hubler, Chicago, and Miss Mary Laurene Hubler, Brookline, Mass.; a brother, John C., Mokena, Ill.; and seven grandchildren.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 14, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Anna Martha Ausmus
April 29, 1864-March 13, 1944

ANNA AUSMUS, 79, STRICKEN MONDAY

Mrs. Anna Martha Ausmus, 79, of 1405 North Fifth street, died in her home Monday afternoon at 5:30 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Although she was in ill health two years, her condition had been serious only four days.

She was born in Germany April 29, 1864, and had lived in Niles the last 60 years.  She was married May 1, 1884, in Niles to George A. Ausmus, who died in 1920.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Goodsell, Niles, and Mrs. Alice Evans, Jackson; a son, Henry Ausmus, Niles, and a sister, Mrs. Jessie Swartz, Marcellus; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Rutherford Funeral home where services will be conducted at 2 Thursday by Dr. Guy W. Simon, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which she was a member.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 14, 1944, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Adam Ausmus
Feb. 18, 1864-March 6, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, March 7, 1944, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

ADAM AUSMUS, 80, CONTRACTOR, DIES

Adam Ausmus, 80, a resident of Niles for 75 years, died in his home 1201 North Sixth street, at 12:30 Monday afternoon after an illness of seven weeks.

Born in Germany Feb. 18, 1864, he came to Niles at the age of five. Until his retirement, he was a building contractor.

Only survivor is a daughter, Mrs. Rex Leach, Niles. Four other children and eight brothers and sisters preceded him in death.

He was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church.

Friends may call at the home where funeral srvices will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 by the Rev. Theo Eisen.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, March 8, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

PALLBEARERS

George L, George F., Charles, Jr., Authur and Henry Ausmus, and Ernest Timm, Niles, will be pallbearers at funeral services for Adam Ausmus, who died Monday afternoon.  Services are to be conducted in his home as 1201 North Sixth street at 2:30 Thursday afternoon by the Rev. Theo Eisen with burial at Silverbrook cemetery.