Leslie E. Herring
March 20, 1889-Nov. 7, 1960

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Monday, November 7, 1960, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Leslie Herring, 71, 546 Lake St., died at 10:15 a.m. Today in Pawating hospital. He had been a patient there for eight days.

He was born march 20, 1889 in Chicago. He came here from Chicago in 1920 and was a retired truck driver. He is survived by his wife, Adahlia.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home with the Rev. Maurice McKean of the First Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after noon on Tuesday.

Charles Henry Hoffman
May 5, 1880-Nov. 3, 1960

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

Charles Henry Hoffman, 80, 208 ½ N. Front st., died at 8 a.m. Thursday in his home following an illness of several months.

Mr. Hoffman, a retired farmer was born May 5, 1880, in Dolphin County, Pa., and had lived this this community for the past 70 years. He is survived by a brother Chester Hoffman, South Haven.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Gordon Evertt[sic], pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends are being received at the funeral home.

Leonard A. Frizzell
Feb 13, 1924-April 17, 1971

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Monday, April 19, 1971, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Leonard A. Frizzell, 47, of 1386 Airport Rd., was dead on arrival at 8 p.m. Saturday at Pawating Hospital.

A steel construction worker for J.A. Jones Construction Co., Mr. Frizzell was born Feb. 13, 1924, in Manchester, Tenn., and had lived here for 30 years, coming from Manchester. On June 26, 1953, in Niles, he married the former Antoinette Cacya, who survives. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Iron Workers Union of Mishawaka.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Frizzell is survived by a son, Robert, at home; his mother, Mrs. Gertie Frizzell of Niles; two brothers, Everett and Lloyd, both of Kankakee, Ill., and three sisters, Mrs. Josephine Smith, Mrs. Jan Eaves and Mrs. Wanda Darling, all of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with Stanley Davis of the Church of Christ of Michigan City, Ind. officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, where American Legion Post 26 will conduct a committal service.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

J. Wesley Fowler
Dec. 15, 1872-August 30, 1941

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Saturday, August 30, 1941, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library

J.W. Fowler, 68, Life Resident of Community, Dies

J. Wesley Fowler, 68, who had lived in or near Niles most of his life, died this morning in the hospital at Berrien Center. He had been ill six months.

Mr. Fowler was born Dec. 15, 1872, near Niles and was a painter by trade. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Saler, Kalamzoo, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Bair and Mrs. Sara Selfridge, Niels.

Friends may call at the Pifer funeral home where services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 with the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Tuesday, September 2, 1941, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: SERVICES TODAY

Funeral services for J. Wesley Fowler, who died Saturday morning after a six months' illness, were conducted this afternoon at 2 in the Pifer funeral home with the Rev. J. Kenneth Hoffmaster officiating. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.

Louene Arlene Sacid II
March 24, 1971-April 18, 1971

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Monday, April 19, 1971, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

NILES – Louene Arlene Sacid II, 25-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sacid of South Bend, died at 12:20 p.m. Sunday in Pawating Hospital, where she was born March 24.

In addition to her parents, the infant is survived by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sacid of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Louene Ahlgven of Saginaw, and her great-grandmother, Mrs. Ann Sacid of Willociwk, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Pifer Funeral Home, with the Rev. Violet Kish of the Niles Bethel Tabernacle officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Judy Allana Firnstahl
Sept. 1, 1941-Sept. 1, 1941

Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co, MI), Tuesday, September 2, 1941, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library

Niles News in Brief: COMMITTAL RITES

Committal rites were conducted this afternoon at 2 at Silverbrook cemetery for Judy Elaine[sic] Firnstahl, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Firnstahl, 1429 Powers court. The child was stillborn Monday night at 6:30 in Pawating hospital.