Vincent A. Nichols
March 9, 1909-Jan. 16, 1971

South Bend (Indiana) Tribune, Monday, January 18, 1971, page 8

NILES—Services for Vincent A. Nichols, 61, of 1132 Sassafras La., who died at 6:33 a.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital, will be held in the Halbritter Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Mrs. Earl Styers, First Church of Christ Scientist Reader, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. He was born in Hillsdale, Mich. on March 9, 1909, and came here in 1967 from Edwardsburg. His wife, Mary, died in 1969. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Martha Nichols of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Ron Logan of Richland, Mich.; a son, Sgt/ David, in the U.S. Air Force, Vietnam; and two brothers, two sisters and a grandson. Contributions may be made to the Heart Fund.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, January 18, 1971, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

Vincent A. Nichols, 61, of 1132 Sassafras Lane, died at 6:35 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, 1971 in Pawating Hospital.  A retired employee of Bendix Corp., Mr. Nichols was born March 9, 1909, in Hillsdale, and had lived her since 1967, coming from Edwardsburg. On March 11, 1939, in South Bend, he married Mary A. Graham, who died in 1969. He was a member of the Bendix Management club and the American Society for quality Control.

Survivors include a son, David G. Nichols, in Vietnam; two daughters, Martha A. Nichols of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Ron (Karen) Logan of Richland, Mich.; two brothers, Marshall of Horton, Mich., and Russell of Reading, Mich; a sister, Mrs. Daisy Moore of Hillsdale; a half-sister, Mrs. Mary E. Bell of Jonesville, Mich., and a grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with Mrs. Earl Styers of the First c}Church of Christ Christian officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.  Memorials maybe given to the Niles YMCA Memorial fund.

Neal Nichols
July 4, 1884-Dec. 22, 1944

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 23, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

NEAL NICHOLS, 60, DIES FRIDAY NIGHT

For 30 years an employee of the French Paper company. Neal Nichols, 60, of 106 Forest Avenue died at 7:20 p.m. Friday, in his home where he had been ill eight days.

He was born in Kalamazoo July 4, 1884, and came in Niles when four years old. He was married here June 2, 1917 to Florence Vandenburg.

Surviving are the widow, Cassopolis; a son, Neal Nichols, Niles; a daughter, Mrs. Norma Weaver, Cassopolis; three brothers, Warren Nichols, Berrien Center, and Raymond and Charles Nichols, Niles, and two sisters, Mrs. R.E. Babcock, Niles, and Mrs. G.U. Bingham, South Bend.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.  

Mary Nichols
Sept. 19, 1909-Aug. 2, 1969

Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 4, 1969, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES--Mrs. Mary Nichols, 59, of 1132 Sassafras Lane, died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday in Pawating Hospital.

Mrs. Nichols was born September 19, 1909 in Benton Harbor and had lived her since 1967, coming from Edwardsburg. She married Vincent A. Nichols, who survives, on March 11, 1939, in South Bend, and was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Nichols is survived by a son, Sgt. David G. Nichols, George Air Force Base, Calif.; two daughters, Martha A. Nichols, Minneapolis, Minn., and Karen Nichols, Boulder, Colo.; her mother, Mrs. Millie E. Graham, Niles and a brother, G. M. Graham, Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, with the reader Mrs. Earl Styers officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home.  The family requests that memorials be given to the First Church of Christ Scientist Memorial Fund.

Martin L. Nichols

Aug 28, 1866-June 21, 1919*

 Suicide; result of broken health.

 Martin L. Nichols, 50 years old, committed suicide some time last night by taking a quantity of Paris green. For some time. Mr. Nichols has been in poor health and has gradually been losing his sight until the last few months he was nearly blind. The condition of his health and being unable to secure employment is thought to be the cause of his act. Mr. Nichols had made his home for several years with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jennings. Mrs. Jennings being a niece and his only living relative. They have resided in Niles during the past two years, coming here from Benton Harbor. The body was found near the river bank just above the French Paper mills at the place familiarly known as “the hobo camp.” The officials were notified and an examination as made at once and the body removed to the morgue at the Price Undertaking parlors. Neither Mr. and Mrs. Jennings had seen Mr. Nichols since Wednesday morning when he left the residence, saying he was going out to find work. He had no money with him how he was able to secure the poison is a mystery.

*Dates from Death Certificate

 Submitted by family member; publication details unknown

Hazel Clara Nichols
Aug. 25, 1895-Jan. 11, 1927

Mrs. Chas. Nichols is taken by death.

Passes away after long illness at Vahn Street home.

Mrs. Hazel Nicholas, 31 wife of Charles Nichols die at their home, 711 Vahn Street, this morning at 3:40 (Jan. 11, 1927). She had been in ill health and early in the winter she contracted pneumonia and in since that time had steadily failed. She was in Pawating hospital a few days prior to last Wednesday when she was removed to her home. Among the immediate surviving relatives are three little children.  Mrs. Nichols maiden name was Hazel Webster, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Webster. She was born near Niles and had spent practically, her entire life in Niles and vicinity. Besides her husband and three children, the children being, Ray (12), Frances (6) and Katherine (5), she is survived by her parents who reside at 415 South Ninth St., and by three brothers and a sister, who are Milo Webster, Mrs. Carl Vogelsang, Roy and Hermann Webster, all of Niles.

Mrs. Nichols had many friends in Niles who mourn her death. She bore her prolonged illness with patients and her hopeful expectation that she might be restored in health was encouraging to those who ministered to her.

The body is now at the Troost and Augustine Rooms. The funeral plans will be announced tomorrow.

Submitted by family member; publication details unknown

Jane Frances Nichols
March 3, 1921-Oct. 22, 1925

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, October 22, 1925, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

LOCALS:  CHILD DIES

Jane Frances Nichols, four years, died this morning at 3:55 o’clock at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hagedorne, 1526 Oak Street, after four months of illness with a complication of diseases. She was born in South Bend March 3, 1921. She is survived by her parents, Warren and Margaret Nichols, and by two sisters, Evelyn and Adelia Nichols, of Niles. The funeral plans have not been completed.