Obituaries

Parnel Corum
May 23, 1911-Nov. 5, 1963

Parnel Corum, 52, of 212 N. 10th St., died at 1:17 pm. Monday in Pawating Hospital, where he had been admitted a few hours previously.

Mr. Corum, a cement finisher, was born May 23, 1911, in Turtle Lake, N.D. He came to Niles from North Dakota 11 years ago.

Survivors include his widow, Elsie; five sons, Raymond, Emil, Eddie, Robert and Paul, and a daughter, Jean, all at home; another daughter, Mrs. Larry Cronin, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Nelson, Turtle Lake, and Mrs. Homer Haynes, Seattle, Wash.; and a brother, Arvie, Turtle Lake; and one grandchild.

He was a veteran of World War II.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home.  The Rev. Chester Webster, pastor of the Niles Church of the Nazarene, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, with military committal rites conducted by the American Legion.

Friends will be received at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Eva S. Knott
Aug. 19, 1888-Nov. 5, 1963

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Eva S. Knott of Arlington, Va., died at 7:30 a.m. yesterday in her home. Her husband, Clarence H. Knott, is a former Niles resident.

Mrs. Knott was born Aug. 19, 1888, in Chicago.

Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Goonam, Springfield, Va.; a son, Clarence H. Jr., Detroit; five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Committal rites will be conducted at 3:30 pm. Thursday in Silverbrook Cemetery. The Rev. John Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, will officiate.

Local arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Minnie Young
May 30, 1884-Nov. 12, 1963

Mrs. Minnie Young, 79, of 203 1/2 E. Main St., died suddenly early today. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital at 2:50 a.m.

Mrs. Young was born May 30, 1884, in Germany. She came to Niles from Dennin, Ind., in 1915. Her husband, Charles, died July 10, 1955.

Survivors include three sons, Henry Shedrow, Niles, William Shedrow, Knox, Ind., and Elmer Shedrow, Morocco, Ind.; a daughter Mrs. Elmer Spangler, Albion; a brother, William Wruck, Niles; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Engel and Mrs. Elsie Lind, both of Winamac, Ind., Mrs. Elizabeth Carlson, Chicago, and Mrs. Thomas Flick, Niles; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the New Apostolic Church.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in her church. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger Funeral Home.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 12, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Moore Infant
November 10, 1963

Committal rites for the stillborn son of Mr.and Mrs. Robert Moore, route three, were conducted at 10 a.m. today in Silverbrook Cemetery. The Rev. Perry Deyarmond, pastor of Wood Memorial Bible church, Sumnerville, officiated.
He was still born at 7:11 a.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 11, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Joseph W. Lynd
Jan. 21, 1892-Nov. 9, 1963

Funeral services for Joseph W. Lynd, 71, of 3090 Lawrence St., will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home.  The Rev. John Carlton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

He died at 11  a.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital, where he had been a patient since Oct. 17.

Mr. Lynd, a retired salesman, was born Jan. 21, 1892, in Toronto, Ont. He came to Niles from Marshall in 1926.

Survivors include his widow, Lilian; two sons, Adam, Niles, and Joseph, San Marino, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Casper Burns and Mrs. Don Jerue, both of Niles, and Mrs. George Bingham, Kalamazoo; three sisters, Mrs. C. Clark and Miss Elizabeth Lynd, both of Toronto, and Mrs. Frank Umlauf, Girardville, Pa.; 10 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 11, 1963, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

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.