INJURIES ARE FATAL

Perrp[sic] Weaver Succumbed Last Night as Result of Accident

            The injury received by Perry Weaver on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 7, when he was kicked by a horse in the Zwergle livery barn where he was employed, proved fatal and the young man passed away last evening at 7:15 o’clock at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Weaver, 398 Mill street.  Death was caused directly from inflammation of the brain.

            Although Mr. Weaver’s condition has seemed almost hopeless from the first yet at times he would rally from his delirious condition and encouragement would be offered regarding his recovery.

            But the case baffled the skill of the attending physicians.

            Mr. Weaver was 32 years of age and was born in Ohio.  He has resided in Niles for the past 19 years.

            In 1901 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Bertha Coker of this city, who survives him.  Besides his widow and parents, one brother, William Weaver of this city, and two sisters, Mrs. Louis Walker of South Bend and Mrs. William Young of Coldwater, also survive.

            Mr. Weaver has been engaged in various capacities since coming to Niles.  For a time he was a member of the city fire department and accordingly the central station is draped in mourning.  He was a faithful and conscientious employe and was held in high esteem by his employers and fellowworkmen as well as by a large circle of friends.

            The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from his parents’ home.  Rev. C.J. DeCoux will officiate.  Interment will occur at Silver Brook cemetery.

(Source: Niles Daily Sun, Saturday, January 16, 1909, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library)

Bertha (Thayer) Weaver

1875-1941

           Mrs. B. Weaver, 66, is Taken by Death; Rites Wednesday

            Mrs. Bertha T. Weaver, 66, of 211 Sycamore street, who had lived all her life in Niles and vicinity, died Sunday night at 10 in Berrien Center. She had been ill two months.

            She leaves a brother, Harry Thayer, Niles.

            Mrs. Weaver was born in Niles township Jan. 1, 1875.

            Services will be Wednesday afternoon at 2 in the Price and Kiger chapel. The Rev. George Horst will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 21, 1941, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library)

John W. Weaver

Died Oct. 5, 1942

 John W. Weaver, Stricken Tuesday in Howard Home

            John W. Weaver, 85, a resident of the Niles community 58 years, died Tuesday night at 8:30 in his home on Route 1 in Howard township.  He had been ill only a few hours.

            A carpenter by trade, he was born in Paulding county, Ohio, and lived there until he came to Niles. The only survivor is a son, Clyde Weaver, Niles.

            Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home where the service will be conducted Friday morning at 10.  W.F. Putnam will officiate with burial in Silverbrook cemetery.

(Source:  Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, October 6, 1942, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library)

Sidney B. Codding
Died Jan. 3, 1931


    Sidney B. Codding, 80, died this morning at 2 o'clock in the home of Mrs. Nettie Bullard at 123 S. Fourth street, under whose care he has been an account of continued ill health, since the death of his wife, Mrs. Lora Codding.  The body is at the Troost and Augustine undertaking rooms and while the funeral plans are not completed pending word from Arthur Hull, of Boston, Mass., a nephew of Mrs. Codding, the services will be held probably in the undertaking rooms and burial will be made in the family lot in Silver Brook cemetery.
    Mr. Codding was a retired farmer.  Upon first locating in the vicinity of Niles he farmed in the section south and west of the city along the River road, later he moved to a farm near what is now the Michigan Central terminal and then to a farm on Lake street, where he continued to reside until he retired after selling that farm and moving to Niles.  When in Niles and until after the death of Mrs. Codding their home was at Broadway and Seventh street.  In connection with his farming Mr. Codding raised horses for fast driving and was deeply interested himself in driving in races and in race  horses.
    Mr. Codding is survived by one grandchild, Louis Ehninger of Niles.
    The funeral services will be under the Masonic auspices, Mr. Codding having been one of the oldest members of Niles Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Jan. 3, 1931, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library.)

James Sarley
1892-1942


    James Sarley, Sr., 50, co-owner of the Sarley and Biek Sheet Metal company, died at 1:45 Sunday morning in his farm home on M-60 east, after a few hours illness of heart trouble.
    Sarley came from Chicago, where he was born May 13, 1892, to the Howard township farm in 1932.  He farmed until 1935 after which he was employed one years by the Tyler Fixture corporation and in 1936 joined the staff of the Schoolcraft Sheet Metal Works.
    On Jan. 1, 1941, he formed a partnership with Ray C. Biek, formerly of Dowagiac, and bought the works from Frank Schoolcraft.
    Surviving with his widow, the former Hannah Ulrich to whom he was married April 18, 1814 in Chicago, are three sons and a daughter, Warren, Virginia, and James Sarley, Jr., Niles and Willard Sarley, who is stationed at Scottfiled, Ill.
    He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Marie A Sarley, Chicago; a grandson, Robert Earl Earley, Niles; and six brothers and two sisters, Rocco, Ernest and Anthony Sarley, Mrs. L. Worts and Mrs. John Passarella, all of Chicago; Michael Sarley, Antioch, Ill.; Ralph Sarley, Elmwood Park, Ill., and Frank Sarley, Aurora, Ill.
    Friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home where the service will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 (EWT). The Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
(Source:  Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 5, 1942, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library)

Mrs. Lena White

1879-1942

    Ill only a few minutes after suffering a heart attack, Mrs. Lena Pearl White, 65, died at 9:30 Sunday night in her home at 1029 North Front street.
    A resident of Niles 35 years, she was active in the Methodist church and its Berean class and Women's Society of Christian Service, and in the Niles Musical club.
    Mrs. White was born on a farm north of Niles July 22, 1879, a daughter of the late Justus and Eliza Steiner. She was married to Louis  Hammond in 1900 in Decatur after which she moved to Kalamazoo and then to Niles.  She is survived by George S. White, to whom she was married in 1913.

    She also leaves a daughter, Miss Stella Lou Hammond, a teacher in the Pontiac public schools; two brothers, William Steiner, Niles, and Frank Steiner, South Bend, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Wells, Dowagiac.
    Friends may call at the White home where the funeral will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 by the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster, pastor of the Methodist church.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Monday Oct. 5, 1942, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library)