Laura C. McCrory
May 23 1899-April 24, 1955

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, April 25, 1955, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Laura C. McCrory, 55, of 1433 Sheffield Avenue, died Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital in South Bend following an illness of six years.

Mrs. McCrory was born May 23, 1899, in Michigan City, Ind., and came to Niles in 1921 from Trenton, N.J. She was a member of the Lady Elks.

Surviving are: her husband, Charles J., three sons, Charles L., James M. and Louis P., all of Niles, and two grandchildren.

Private funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

William M. McKenzie
Nov. 1, 1874-Aug. 8, 1930

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, August 9, 1930, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

M.C. RY. INSPECTOR DIES OF INJURIES
William McKinzie Passes Away at Hospital Friday Evening

Injuries received by William McKenzie, 54, 1352 Sheridan avenue on Thursday night, proved fatal and he died last evening about 6:30 in Pawating hospital without having regained consciousness.

Mr. McKenzie, who was a Michigan Central car inspector, had found a broken brake hanger under a freight car and had crawled under the car to repair it. While he was under the car, the train of which the car was a part, was set in motion and before Mr. McKenzie could get to safety, wheels of the car had gone over him.

Although fellow workmen came at once to his assistance he suffered greatly from loss of blood before he reached the hospital and from the first, grave fears for his recovery were held an account of the apparent injuries and from evident internal injuries.

Mr. McKenzie was born on Nov. 1, 1874, at Mattoon, Ill. He moved to Niles with his family in August, 1923, from Mattoon where he had been employed for 20 years in the railroad service. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Myrtle McKenzie, by three sons, Ray McKenzie, Mattoon, Ill., George and Oscar McKenzie, of Niles, two daughters, Mrs. J.C. Edmonds, of Villa Grove, Ill., and Miss Mary Frances McKenzie, of Niles. One grandson, Gueldon Edmonds, also survives. George McKenzie, one of the three surviving sons, was graduated in June from the Niles high school.

The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon. A service will be held at 2 o'clock in the home, 1352 Sheridan avenue, and at 2:30 in the First Baptist church. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery. 

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, August 11, 1929, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL WILLIAM McKENZIE

Funeral services for William McKenzie, 1329 Sheridan avenue, who was fatally injured last Thursday night while in the discharge of his duties as a Michigan Central car inspector, were held on Sunday in the First Baptist church. The Rev. O.P. Miles, the pastor, conducted the services. The pallbearers were railroad employes as follows: Charles Sayer, Earl Clark, William Guirk, Carl Schmitt, Oliver Burton and Frank Wise. Burial was made in Silver Brook cemetery. Among those from out of the city who attended the services were J.C. Edmonds of Villa Grove, Ill., and Lawrence Walters, Mattoon, Ill., William McKenzie, Frank Anderson and j. Black, of Terre Haute, Ind. Mr. McKenzie was the last member of his family since the death on June 23 of the brother in Mattoon.

Myrtle Meyers
Aug. 20, 1885-Dec. 2, 1960

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, December 5, 1929, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Myrtle Meyers, 75, 1245 S. 14th St., died at 7:20 a.m. Sunday in the Berrien County Hospital where she had been a patient for seven weeks. She had been in failing health for some time.

Mrs. Meyers was born Aug. 20, 1885, near Buchanan and had lived her lifetime in and around this community.

Surviving are: her husband, William; three sons, William Meyers, Jr., Clarence Tuttle, Elkhart, Ind., and Claude Pennington, also Elkhart, Ind.; a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Cloyes, Jones; a step-son, Lawrence Meyers, Ionia; two step-daughters, Mrs. Lucille Choleva, Benton Harbor, and Mrs. Edith Higganbothan, In Hawaii, and a niece, Mrs. Arvilla Jack, Rock Island, ill.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home here wit the Rev. Gordon Everett, pastor of the First Evangelical United brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Bertha Miller
Oct. 25, 1897-April 4, 1955

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, April 4, 1955, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Bertha Miller, 57, of rural route two, [Leet Road] Niles, died at 10?15 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital of a gunshot wound in her right temple. Cass County Coroner Adam Greenawalt of Cassopolis, ruled the death a suicide.

Niles State Police were called to the Miller home at 8:05 today after Mrs. Miller's husband, Joseph, found her slumped over a dresser in the bedroom. Police said she apparently stood in front of a mirror, placed the gun, a 32 caliber revolver, to her right temple and pulled the trigger. The bullet entered her head, came out on the other side, hit the mirror and bounced 10 feet in back of her.

Her husband told state police that she had been in ill health and was despondent.

Mrs. Miller was born Oct. 25, in Milton Township and had lived in this vicinity all her life. Surviving besides her husband are: her mother, Mrs. Bertha Reum, of Niles; a son, Joseph, of Niles; two grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Mervin Morris, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. H. A. Meussling, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning Tuesday evening.

May V. Miller
Feb. 4, 1874-April 19, 1955

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, April 20, 1955, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. May V. Miller, 81, 118 North 10th Street, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Strauss, 922 Regent Street. She had been ill for some time.

Mrs. Miller was born Feb. 4, 1874, in Milton Township, Cass County and had lived in this vicinity most of her life. She was a member of the First Methodist Church here and a member of the adult Bible class of the church.

Surviving besides her daughter are: a grandson, and three sisters, Mrs. Anna Bachman, Mrs. Lew Leach and Mrs. Elizabeth Huff, all of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. L. George Beacock, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Note: May V. Shockley m. Wm. Needles (1860-1912), 1912 m. Lewis Miller. Burial is with first husband Wm. Needles.

Harold A. Mitchell
Nov. 15, 1907-Dec. 4, 1975

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, December 4, 1975, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES—Harold A. Mitchell, 68, of 412 S. St. Joseph, died at 1:45 p.m. Thursday at Kalamazoo State Hospital after an extended illness.

A retired National-Standard Co. employe, Mr. Mitchell was a past commander of LaRue Messenger Post of the American Legion. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of the Disabled American Veterans.

Born here Nov. 15, 1907, Mrs. Mitchell lived in this area all his life. On Aug. 22, 1929, at South Bend, he married the former Stephanie Pataszkiewicz, who survives.

Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ronald Martin and Mrs. Terry Williams, both of Niles; a brother, Guy of Niles, and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home. The Rev. Fred T. Smith of the South Niles Community Church will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be made to the Michigan Diabetes Assn.