Obituaries

Joseph Machalleck
Oct. 25, 1888-January 14, 1956

    Joseph Machalleck, 67, of 105 North 15th Street, retired New York Central railroad engineer, died at 6:45 p.m. Saturday in the Sunnybrook Nursing Home at Roseland, Ind., following an illness of about seven months.
    Machalleck was born Oct. 25, 1888, in Cassville, Wis., and moved to Niles in 1921 from Michigan City, Ind.  He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers.
    Survivors are his wife, Ella; two sons, John and Robert Machalleck, both of Niles; six grandchildren; a brother, George Machalleck, of Michigan City, and Mrs. Barbara Everett, of Niles.
    Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. Theodore Laesch, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 16, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Geneva Finley
April 16, 1869-January 17, 1956

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, January 18,1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

    Mrs. Geneva Finley, 86, of 1009 Lake Street, died Tuesday in Albion, Mich. after a two year illness.
    She was born April 16, 1869, in Cass County and came to Niles in 1886.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mable Finley Solomon of Albion, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
    Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral Home where the arrangements are incomplete.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 19,1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

FINLEY RITES SET

    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kiger Funeral Home for Mrs. Geneva Finley.  The Rev. M.F. Traylor of the Franklin AME Church will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Douglas Ray Compoe
January 27, 1956

COMPOE INFANT

    A son, Douglas Ray, was stillborn to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Compoe, rural route three, Niles, at 2:44 pm. Friday at Pawating Hospital. Beside the parents, a sister, Sandra Ann, survives.  Committal services were conducted this morning at Silverbrook Cemetery by Dr. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of First Presbyterian Church.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 28, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Albert E. Barkmann, Sr.
July 13, 1875-January 29, 1956

    Albert E. Barkmann Sr., 80, died at 2:30 p.m., Sunday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harold Koenigshof, 1403 Hickory Street, following an extended illness.  His wife preceded him in death.
    Barkmann was born July 13, 1875, in Chicago and came to Niles 30 years ago.  Surviving besides the one daughter are four other daughters, Mrs. Maude Studt, Miss Irene Barkmann and Mrs. Ethel Anderson, all of Niles, and Mrs. J.P. Meyer, of Benton Harbor, three sons, Paul and Albert Jr., both of Niles, and Clarence of Dowagiac, and 15 grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., Wednesday, in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. Arthur Hubermehl, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren Church In Galien, officiating.  Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 30, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Loran V. Clark
Dec. 25, 1876-January 29, 1956

    Loran V. Clark, 79, of Berrien Center, died Sunday in the Berrien County Hospital in Berrien Center after a four month illness.
    Clark was born Dec. 25, 1876 in Berrien Township and has lived here all his life. He was employed as a carpenter and a caretaker.
    Survivors are three nieces, Mrs. Dorothea Wilkie of Alabama, Lois Clark of Washington, D.C. and May Myers of Berrien Center, three nephews, Marvin Clark of Niles, Donald Clark of Jackson, Mich. and Lawrence of Troy, Pa.
    Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kiger Funeral Home . . .[illegible] .. . Methodist church officating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, January 30, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Alfred E. Zordel
April 7, 1902-January 29, 1956

    Alfred E. Zordel, 53, of 2603 Lake Shore Drive, branch manager of the St. Joseph Bank and Trust Company in Roseland, Ind., died at 6:15 p.m., Sunday in Pawating Hospital after suffering a heart attack.
    Zordel, former employe of the First National Bank in Niles and secretary of the Berrien County Banker's Association was born April 7, 1902, in St. Joseph and came to Niles from Baroda about 31 years ago.  He was a member of the Roseland, Ind., Lions Club, the Niles Elks Club, past president of the Niles Lions, and former treasurer of the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church.
    Surviving are his wife, Florence; a son, Donald Zordel, of the Michigan State Police in South Haven; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Day, of San Diego, Calif.; two grandchildren; two brothers, William Zordel, of St. Joseph, and Edwin, of Kenosha, Wis., and a sister, Mrs. Herman Tollas, of Baroda.
    Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday in the First Presbyterian Church with the pastor, Dr. T.M. Greenhoe, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home here until Wednesday noon.

Niles Daily Star, Monday, January 30, 1956, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library