Obituaries

We now have over 7,000 obituaries collected about the interred here at Silverbrook Cemetery.

The obituaries are transcribed by the volunteers of the Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery from various sources.  If you see an opportunity for an addition or a correction, please email our obituary editor at obits@friendsofsilverbrook.org.

Beall, Melvina

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Melvina Beall
Feb. 2, 1921

Death claims Mrs. M. Beall

Body will be brought to Niles from South Bend for burial Saturday.

Mrs. L. J. Krell received word this afternoon of the death of Mrs. Melvina Beall, which occurred this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Broderick (Viva Beall) in South Bend. Mrs. Beall’s death followed a prolonged illness, during which her life was despaired of many times.

The funeral services will be held in South Bend Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body will be brought to Niles for burial in Silver Brook Cemetery.

Mrs. Beall was 74 years of age. She formerly resided for many years on a farm on Lake Street and was highly esteemed in the community. She is survived by one daughter, and by one son, also by two sisters, Mrs. Emma Duffy of Chicago and Mrs. Mary Beall of Bay City. Hardy Langston of this city is a nephew of the deceased. The late Mr. Beall was a brother of S.S. Beall of West Niles.

Mrs. Krell, who numbered Mrs. Beall among her intimate old friends, will go to South Bend tomorrow.

Published Niles Daily Star, Feb. 2, 1921. 

Beall, Lilliian

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Lillian M. (Olmstead) Beall
June 6, 1867 – Dec. 22, 1949

JACKSON, Dec. 23 – Mrs. Lillian M. Beall, 82 of Jackson, a former Niles resident, died yesterday at 10:35 p.m. at the home her of her daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Williams, after an illness of several years.

Mrs. Beall was born June 8, 1867, in Milton Township, Cass County the daughter of William and Sarah Olmstead. She married Frank Beall who died in 1915 and lived in Niles until Dec. 24, 1942, when she moved to Jackson to live with her daughter.

Surviving besides Mrs. Williams are two other daughters, Mrs. Genevieve Porter of India, Cal., and Mrs. Clay Young of San Antonio, Tex; and three sons, Lloyd of Northville, Mich., Irl of Cleveland, O and Merwin of San Antonio, Tex.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Submitted by family member; publication details unknown

 

Beam, Roy F.

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Roy F. Beam
Nov. 3, 1903-Jan. 1, 1995

NILES - Roy F. Beam, 91, of 911 S. Third St., died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Silverbrook Manor after an illness. Mr. Beam had been service manager of the former Buick dealership in Niles and had a service garage at his home at Barron Lake. He also was retired from Studebaker Corp., South Bend. He was born Nov. 3, 1903, in Logansport, Ind. On Oct. 16, 1935, in Chicago, he married Mildred Isaac. She died June 12, 1976. On Dec. 14, 1977, in Niles, he married Eva K. Billett Megaughey. She died April 14, 1991. Surviving are a brother, William T. of Indianapolis; a great-niece, Ruth Melinda Frank of Logansport; and a great-great-niece, Kristen M. Frank of Logansport. He was a member of St. Mark Catholic Church.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in Halbritter Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Augustine, Indianapolis.

Submitted by family member; publication details unknown

Beckwith, Ada C.

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Ada C. Beckwith
June 10, 1954

BERRIEN SPRINGS – Mrs. Ada C. Beckwith, 85 of Berrien Springs, died in St. Joseph Hospital, South Bend Thursday. She was the widow of the late Dougal Rodney Beckwith. Survivors include the daughter with whom she lived, Mrs. Arthur Beebe of Berrien Springs, another daughter, Mrs. Lyda Syson of South Ben; a son, William Beckwith of Elkhart; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Sophropia Gerhart of South Bend.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today in South Bend. Burial was in Silverbrook Cemetery.

 Published Niles Daily Star, June 14, 1954.

Beckwith, Rodney J.

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Rodney J. Beckwith
April 5, 1891 – Aug. 31, 1952

Rodney J Beckwith, 61, of Elkhart, Ind., father of Rodney Beckwith of Niles, died Sunday at Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

Funeral services will be held in the Walley Funeral Home at Elkhart Thursday at 10 a.m. and burial will be made in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles. The Rev. Hugh T. Hall will officiate.

Other survivors include his mother, Mrs. Ada C. Beckwith of Berrien Springs; three children, Gerald, Mrs. Maxine Elder and Robert Beckwith, all of Elkhart; two sister, Mrs. Arthur Beebe of Berrien Springs and Mrs. George Syson of South Bend; and a brother, William of Elkhart.

Beckwith was born in Mottville Township on April 5, 1891. A member of the Elks lodge and a World War I veteran, he was employed by the Conn Band Instrument Company.

Published Niles Daily Star, Sept. 3, 1952

Beckwith, William M.

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William M. Beckwith
Feb. 17, 1903 – Feb. 12, 1973

ELKHART – William M. Beckwith, 69, of New Port Richie Fla., formerly of Niles, died Monday in Mease Hospital, Dunedin, Fla.He was born Feb. 17, 1903, in Niles and had lived in New Port Richie for the past 10 years, coming from Elkhart. He married Olga F. Krieger on Sept. 1, 1923 in Baroda Mich. She survives.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Devon Eleanor Books of Bristol, IN., three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home with burial in Silverbrook cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home

Published Niles Daily Star, Feb. 13, 1973

Bedford, John

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John Bedford
May 22, 1925

John Bedford of Dowagiac drops dead

John Bedford age about 80, dropped dead about 7 o’clock last evening at his home in Dowagiac, of heart disease. Mr. Bedford had attended the annual meeting of the directors of the Dowagiac National Bank and when he left the bank about 6:30 o’clock seemed to be in his usual health.His wife, Mrs. Jennie Miller Bedford received the word of her husband’s death in Niles at the home of her life long friend. Mrs. L.E. Wood, who died Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Miller had been in Niles for several days to assist in caring for her friend and had planned to remain here until after the funeral. Mrs. Wood’s sons conveyed her to her home immediately upon receiving the announcement of his death.

Mr. Bedford was for many years a resident of Pipestone township. He was twice married his first wife having been Mrs. Rozellia Walter Bedford, a sister of Mrs. Wood. There were no children by either marriage.

Published Niles Daily Star, May 22, 1925

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