Obituaries

Gabriel Mahler, 5
July 30, 2005 — Jan. 4, 2011

Gabriel Mahler, 5, of Twin Lakeview Drive, Dowagiac, died at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 at Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital, Dowagiac of an accidental drowning.

Gabriel Mahler, 5

He was born July 30, 2005 in Niles to Randy John Devereau and Tamara Lynn Mahler. He lived for a short time in this area.

Gabriel attended Justus Gage Preschool in Dowagiac. He loved to fish, ride his bike and play his guitar; he idolized Buddy Holly. He loved animals, especially all of his pets.

He is survived by his parents, Tamara Mahler of Dowagiac and Randy Devereau of Niles; maternal grandparents, Walter and Christine Linn of Dowagiac and Melvin Mahler of Osceola, Ind; cousins, Joshua, Chase, Emily and Makenzie; and several aunts and uncles.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2011at St. Mary Catholic Church in Niles with Father Kevin Covert of Holy Maternity of Mary Catholic Church in Dowagiac and the Rev. David Otto of St. Mary Catholic Church officiating.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Friends may call beginning at 11 a.m. Friday at Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Berrien County Humane Society or Christmas Commandos.

Niles Daily Star, Published 11:04pm Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Mary Carter
May 16, 1884-April 12, 1949

    Mrs. Mary Carter, 920 South Seventeenth street, died at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday in her home. She had been in poor health for the past three years.
    Surviving are her husband, Frank; their children, Lawrence Carter and Mrs. Paul Haas, both of rural route two, Niles, and Mrs. George Wenzel. of South Bend; five grandchildren, and a brother and sisters, Mrs. Harry Williams, and Mrs. Bertha Rupe, both of Niles, and Edward Morehouse, of Philadelphia, Pa.
    Mrs. Carter was born in Niles May 16, 1884, and had lived here all her life.
    Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, by the Rev. C.K. Graham of the . .. [illegible].

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 13, 1949, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library.

Katie Miller
Oct. 20, 1870-April 13, 1949

    Mrs. Katie Miller, aged 78, of rural route three, Pucker street, Niles, died at 6:30 p.m. yesterday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kate Stick, on rural route three.
    She was born in Germany on Oct. 20, 1870, and came here from Chicago 18 years ago. Her husband, Alfred, died in 1938.
    Surviving, besides Mrs. Stick, are a daughter, Mrs. Frank Fisher, and a son, Alfred, both of Chicago, four grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
    Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Harold Hohman officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
    She was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church and of GAR number 45.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 14, 1949, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library.

Mrs. Sarah Rice
Feb. 19, 1868- April 13, 1949

    Mrs. Sarah A. Rice, 81, of 616 North Fifth street, died suddenly at her residence at 6 p.m. yesterday.
    She was born in Niles township on February 10, 1866[sic*], and lived in this area all her life.  Her husband R. Jay Rice, died in 1915.
    Surviving are a son, Homer, of Hollywood, Cal., a granddaughter, Roline Rice, also of Hollywood, a brother, Frank Treiber, of Niles; four sisters, Louise, Jennie, and Emma Treiber, and Mrs. Clara Hulce, all of Niles.
    Friends may call at the Kiger funeral home where services will . . [illegible]. . .Silverbrook cemetery.
    Mrs. Rice was a member of the First Presbyterian church, the Eastern Star, and the Maccabees in Niles.

*Marriage and census record indicate age of 81 is correct with correct year of birth being 1868.

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 14, 1949, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
   

Pauline Winn
Sept. 6, 1875-April 12, 1949

    Mrs. Pauline Winn, 73, 116 South Fourth Street, died at 10 a.m. today in Pawating hospital after an illness of four weeks.
    Mrs. Winn was born Sept. 6, 1875, in Toronto, Canada.  She came to the area from Door Village, Ind.  After attending Benton Harbor Normal school, she taught in St. Joseph Valley and Matchett Peak schools for seven years before her marriage to the late John Winn, former county supervisor, Oct. 18, 1899.
    The Winns lived on a farm in the Bend of the River district until 1927, when they moved to their Niles home.
    Mrs. Winn was a member of the . . [illegible] . . Christian Service.
    Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Clayton McCoy, Niles, a granddaughter, Miss Marilyn McCoy, a University of Michigan student, a brother, Dr. W.T. Graham of Niles and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Roach of Niles and Mrs. George Frost of Clearwater, Fla.
    Friends may call at the Kiger Funeral home this evening, at the Fourth street residence Wednesday and Thursday until noon and at the First Methodist church Thursday afternoon until the funeral services begin at 2 p.m.
    . .[Illegible]. .officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 12, 1949, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

David C. Eycleshymer
Oct. 11, 1838-June 14, 1909


    David C. Ecyleshymer[sic], a highly respected resident of Niles, passed away yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home 799 Regent street.
    During the past year Mr. Ecyleshymer's[sic] health has been greatly impaired from a complication of diseases which baffled medical skill. About three weeks ago he became worse and had since been confined to his bed.
    Mr. Eycleshymer was born in Pittstown, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1838, being thus in the seventieth year of his life.  His boyhood days were spent at Cambridge, N.Y., where he was married to Anna M. Perry who survives him. In the early '60s the deceased came to Michigan and located at Hastings.  Here he followed the trade of a carpenter and later engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements.
    The deceased came to this city in 1902 and during the years of his residence here has made many friends by his estimable qualities and the sterling worth of his character.
    Besides the widow five children as follows survive him:  Albert C. of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Jessie L. Davis, Albion; Arthur F., Niles; Frederick B., Chicago, and Mrs. Laura Palmer of Niles.  All were with him when the end came.
    The funeral will be held from the late residence at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and will be held under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of which he has been a member for about 40 years, Rev. F.H. Clapp will be the officiating clergyman.
    Interment will occur at Silver Brook cemetery.
    Mr. and Mrs. Eycleshymer had looked forward to the observance of their golden wedding anniversary next September with great pleasure and the severing of the ties which has so long bound them at this time is sad indeed.

Niles Daily Sun, Tuesday, June 15, 1909, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library