Rex Leach
Jan. 29, 1889-Nov. 25, 1960

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Saturday, November 26, 1960, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Rex Leach, 71, 918 S. 11th St., died Friday at his home following an illness of two years.

Mr. Leach was born Jan. 29, 1889, in Hartford and came to Niles to make his home 55 years ago. He was a retired employe of National-Standard Co., and following his retirement had operated his own machine shop. He also was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed) and a life member of the Niles Elks Lodge.

Surviving are: his mother, Mrs. LeRoy Leach, Arcadia, Fla.; his widow, Amanda; four sisters, Mrs. Orin Ashby, Jackson, Mrs. Arthur Evans, Tecumseh, Mrs. Michael Julastic, Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Jesse Kline, Arcadia, Fla. And two brothers, Gail Leach, Toledo, Ohio, and Joseph Leach, Huntsville, Ala.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Pifer Funeral Home here with the Rev. Richard Fraser, pastor of St. John's United church of Christ (Evangelical and Reformed), officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the funeral home.

*Although not mentioned in the obituary, for many years from 1918, “Mr. and Mrs. Rex Leach sang” was in hundreds of wedding and funeral announcements.

Louise Randall Bailey
May 17, 1917-Nov. 24, 1960

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Monday, November 28, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock today in Austin, Tex., for Mrs. Louise Randall Bailey, 43, a former resident of Niles. She was the daughter of C.A. Randall and the brother of Ralph H. Randall, both of Niles.

Mrs. Randall died a 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24, in the M.D. Anderson Hospital at Houston, Tex. She had been in ill health for several months.

Survivors, in addition to her father and brother, are the husband, Dr. Phillip S. Bailey; two sons, Jonathan Field and Christopher Field, both at home; her mother, Elma Blackman Randall of Athens, Ohio, and other brother, Charles A. Randall of Athens, Ohio.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Thursday, December 6, 1960, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

COMMITTAL RITES SET

Committal rites will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Silverbrook Cemetery for Mrs. Louise R. Bailey, 43, Austin, Tex., daughter of C.A. Randall of Niles, who died on Nov. 25 in Houston, Tex. Dr. Maurice McKean, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate.

Mrs. Bailey was born May 17, 1917, in Daytona Beach, Fla., and prior to her death had been a teacher in Texas schools. Surviving besides her fathers are: her husband, Dr. Phillip S. Bailey; her mother, Mrs. Elma Randall, Athens, Ohio; her step-mother, Mrs. C.A. Randall, Niles; two sons, Jonathan and Christopher Field, and two brothers, Ralph Randall, Niles, and Dr. C.A. Randall, Jr. Athens, Ohio.

Leola Shephard
Nov. 23, 1945-May 11, 1971

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Wednesday, May 12, 1971, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Woman in coma two years dies

NILES―Mrs. Leola Shephard, 26, Mendon, Mich., who had been in a coma since she was injured in an auto accident Nov. 15, 1968, died at 3 p.m. Monday in Saginaw County Hospital.

The fiery US-12 crash more than two years ago killed three persons, including Mrs. Shephard's 7-year-old son.

Local volunteer efforts by community members and Andrews University students to educate brain cells not damaged in the injured Mrs. Shephard were somewhat encouraging, although she never came out of a coma. Mrs. Shephard spent more than two years in Pawating Hospital.

Survivors include her husband, Ernest; two daughters, Sheila and Donna, both at home; three brothers, Lee Brachen of Mississippi and Larry and Charles Brachen of Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Wine of Texas and Linda Brachen of Mississippi.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Carl Thurston of the Pentecostal Church of Three Rivers officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home.

Baker, Infant Son
May 10, 1971-May 10, 1971

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Wednesday, May 12, 1971, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES-- A son was stillborn at 10:52 a.m. Tuesday in Pawating Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. George A. Baker, 1311 Merrifield Ave.

Survivors include his grandparents, Henry J. Denaway of Niles and Mrs. Marietta Brown and Mrs. Margaret Czuk, both of Kalamazoo; great-grandparents, Mrs. Fleeta Fry and Mrs. Mable Denaway, both of Kalamazoo and a brother, John at home.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Silverbrook Cemetery, with the Rev. John R. Wyngarden of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Halbritter Funeral Home.

Robert Tiffany
Nov. 27, 1960-Nov. 27, 1960

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Monday, November 28, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

STILLBORN BOY

A stillborn boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Tiffany, 404 Michigan St., at 6 p.m. Sunday at Buchanan Community Hospital. The body is at the Halbritter Funeral Home and committal services will be held at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Surviving besides the parents, are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sigfrids and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Tiffany, all of Niles.

Harriet E. White
July 16, 1866-Nov. 26, 1960

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, November 28, 1960, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Funeral services were held at 3:30 o'clock today in Trinity Episcopal Church here for Mrs. Harriet E. White, 94, mother of the late Stuart B. White, Niles attorney, who died Saturday afternoon in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since Nov. 19. The rector, the Rev. John G. Carlton, officiated, and burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Mrs. White had been in failing health for the past four years and had been a patient at the Bry-Fern Rest Home, Berrien Center, prior to being admitted to Pawating. She formerly had lived at 1302 Broadway.

Mrs. White was born July 16, 1866, at Pewano, and came to Niles in 1913 from River Forest, Ill. Her husband, William, preceded her in death in 1921. She was a past president of the Women's Association of Trinity Episcopal Church, and had served as president of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Illinois in 1910.

Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. Harold Fletcher, San Francisco, Calif., and Mrs. John Riley, Freeport, Maine; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and a brother Harper Trask, Benton Harbor.

Arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.