Ernest E. Sell
Sept. 20, 1909-April 24, 1972

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, April 25, 1972, page 2, col. 2

GALIEN—Ernest E. Sell, 62, died at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Pawating Hospital, Niles after an illness of several years.

A retired employe of Clark Equipment Co., Mr. Sell was born Sept. 20, 1909, in Bippus, Ind., and had lived here since 1941, coming from Huntington, Ind. On June 29, 1934, in Huntington, he married the former Pauline M. Heiney, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Fred L. Sell of Schaumbar, ill.; a daughter , Mrs. James Butcher of Fort Wayne, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Harold Schilling, of Middletown, Md., and Mrs. T.R. Dill of Galion, Oho, and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with the Rev. Robert M. Trenery of the Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Friends may call beginning Wednesday at the funeral home.

Pauline “Polly” Marcella Sell
June 7, 1915-September 2, 1999

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, September 4, 1999, page 2, col. 1

Funeral services for Pauline “Polly” Marcella Sell, 84, of 301 Pete Ellis, Bloomington, Ind., are Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home by the Rev. Richard L. Rice of Niles.

Burial will follow in Silverbrook Abbey at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.

Sell died Thursday at 9:40 p.m. At Bloomington Convalescent Center., Bloomington, Ind., following a brief illness.

She was born June 7, 1914, in Huntington, Ind., and came to Niles from Huntington in 1941. Sell moved to Bloomington in 1983.

On June 29, 1934 in Huntington, she married Ernest Edward Sell, who preceded her in Death on April 24, 1972.

Sell was a member of the Sherwood Oaks Christian Church in Bloomington. She had been a waitress at Franky's Restaurant and Thomas' Drive-in, both in Niles.

Survivors include a son, Frederick Lee Sell of San Antonio, Texas, a daughter, Janne Lynne Butcher of Bloomington; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Carol Ann Butcher-Jenks, who died on Jan. 4, 1999; three brothers, Donald Heiney, Emmett Heiney and Wesley Heiney Wilson; and two sisters, Opan Shroyer and Mary Tumbleson.

Friends may call one hour prior to services at Halbritter Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice at Home.

Carrie Mae White
September 16, 1869-January 9, 1942

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, February 4, 1927, page 2 col. 6

CARRIE WHITE, 72, DIES IN HOWARD

Mrs. Carrie Mae White, 72, a life-long resident of the Howard township community, died this morning at 1:15 in her Route 1 home after a six weeks' illness.

Born Sept. 16, 1869 in Howard township, she was married Nov. 24, 1897, to William O. White, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Max Cameron White, River Bluff; two grandchildren, William and Maxine White; two brothers, George Cameron, Sumnerville, and Frank Cameron, Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Walker, Rock Island, Ill.

Mrs. White was a member of the Pokagon Methodist church and of the Gleaner Lodge.

Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral home, where services will be conducted in the chapel at 2 Monday afternoon. Burial will be in the masoleum [sic] at Silverbrook cemetery.

William O. White
November 7, 1869-August 23, 1959

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, August 24, 1959, page 2 col. 4

William O. White, 89, a retired farmer and lifetime resident of Niles died at 12:30 a.m., Sunday in his home at 2498 White St., after a three-week illness.

Mr. White was born Nov. 7, 1869 in Cass County and was a member of the First Methodist Church of Niles and the Pokagon Masonic Lodge.

He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ralph Garrett of Sturgis; two grandchildren Mrs. Maxine Jones and William E. White, both of Niles; two great-grandchildren, Cameron Jones and Mrs. Beverly bush, both of Niles; and a great-great grandson, Maxwell Bush, also of Niles. His wife, Carrie Cameron White, died Jan. 9, 1942. He was a brother of the late Judge Charles E. White, Berrien County Circuit judge of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 10 Tuesday at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral home with full Masonic rites by the Pokagon Masonic Lodge. Burial will be in the Silverbrook mausoleum.

Vernon N. Taggett
February 1, 1887-November 10, 1960

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Friday, November 11, 1960, page 2 col. 4

Vernon N. Taggett, 73, 502 N. 13th, chief engineer for the Berrien County road Commission and former Niles City engineer, died unexpectedly at 7:20 p.m. Thursday. He was stricken ill at his home and was pronounced dead on arrival at Pawating Hospital.

A graduate civil engineer from the Michigan State University in 1910, his long career in the field of engineering took him in the early years into the railroad work with the Baltimore and Ohio and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroads. From that phase of his career, he went into hydrographic work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He served as the first superintendent of highways of Whiteside County, Ill., and later as the county highway engineer in Emmet County, Mich.

In 1921, Mr. Taggett came to Niles as city engineer and held that post until 1950. After two years as consulting engineer for Boyd E. Philips Co., Michigan City, Ind., he was appointed chief engineer for Berrien County, a position he filled until the time of his death.

He was a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and member of the National Society of Professional Engineers.

Prominent in both civic and church affairs, he served as an elder in the First Presbyterian Church and for many years was the Sunday school superintendent. He was a former member and past president of the Rotary Club, past commander of Knights Templar of Niles, a member of the Royal Arch Masons of Niles, past master of the Blue Lodge of Morrison, Ill., and a member of the order of Eastern Star in this city.

Born Feb. 1, 1887, in Caro, Mr. Taggett came to Niles from Petoskey. He was married on June 14, 1913, in Chicago to Esther M. Karnopp, who survives. Also surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Paul Raker, Flint; a son, Paul Taggett, North Syracuse, N.Y.; five grandchildren, and a brother, Castle Taggett, in Cass City.

Memorial Services will be held at 4 p.m Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church with the pastor, the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, officiating. Burial will be in the mausoleum at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends are being received at the Kiger and Halbritter Funeral Home here.

Esther May Taggett
August 28, 1890-August 1, 1966

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, August 2, 1927, page 2 col. 5

Ex-Sumnerville Teacher Is Dead

Mrs. Esther May Taggett, 75, organist for the past 20 years of St. John's United Church of Christ, died at 2:20 p.m. , Monday in Pawating Hospital, where she had been a patient nine days following a two-week illness. Mrs. Taggett, who resided at 502 N. 13th St., was born Aug. 28, 1980, in Oconomowoc, Wis., and came to Niles from Petoskey in 1921.

A 1910 graduate of the University of Chicago who studied at Oxford, she services as a public high school teacher in Walkerton, Ind., and Elmhurst, Ill., where she also served as principal.

A student of music with Leo Sowerby and J. Louis Browne, she gave private organ and piano lessons here.

She was married to Vernon N. Taggett June 14, 1913, in Chicago. He died Nov. 10, 1960.

Mr. Taggett was a fromer [sic] Niles city engineer.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Paul Raker, Flint; a son, Paul, Syracuse, N.Y.; and five grandchildren.

In addition to her membership in the First Presbyterian Church, she was member of the American Guild of Organists; the National Guild of Piano Teachers; the American Association of University Women; and the Michigan Music Teachers Association.

Also, the Order of Eastern Star; the Niles Musical Club; the Monday Reading Club; and the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in her church. The Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor, will officiate.

Entombment will be in the Silverbrook Cemetery mausoleum.

Friends will be received at the Halbritter-Swem Funeral Home after 7 p.m., today