Obituaries

Jan 25, 2013

Marvin E. Hedstrom, age 89 years of Niles, Michigan died at 12:30 a.m. on Friday, January 25, 2013 at home following an extended illness. He was born on November 7, 1923 in Michigan City, Indiana to Claus A. and Anna (Erickson) Hedstrom, He moved to Niles in 1928, coming from Michigan City. In 1982, after 38 years, Marvin retired from...

Jan 23, 2013

Lodner C. Phillips, age 78 years of Niles, Michigan died at 2:34 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana of injuries suffered in a fall on January 14. He was born on March 19, 1934 in Niles to Laudner C. and Dorothy Marie (Anderson) Phillips, and was graduated from Niles High School in...

Jan 23, 2013

Doris Elaine Casperson, age 86 years of Niles-Buchanan Road in Niles, Michigan died at 7:50 a.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles following an extended illness. She was born on March 9, 1926 in Mishawaka, Indiana to Harold Berwyn and Hazel Maybelle (Ives) Short. She was graduated from Niles High School in 1944, and has...

Jan 22, 2013

Judy Marie Eazsol, age 62 of North Seventh Street, Niles, Michigan died on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at her home unexpectedly, but of natural causes. She was born August 26, 1950 in South Bend, Indiana to Marvin Mitchell and Helen (Miller) Kaferkamp. Judy is a 1968 graduate of Washington High School in South Bend and was an office manager for...

Jan 22, 2013

Stephen William Sheldon, age 66 years of Anderson Road in Cassopolis, Michigan died at 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at his home, unexpectedly but of natural causes. He was born on October 6, 1946 in Niles, Michigan to Marvin William and Leola (Baird) Sheldon. He was graduated from Brandywine High School in Niles, and has lived here all...

Jan 22, 2013

Floyd L. Johnson, age 85 years of U.S.12 in Niles, Michigan died at 7:39 a.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at his home following a brief illness. He was born on July 23, 1927 in Mishawaka, Indiana to Kenneth and Florence (Hamman) Johnson, and has lived in Niles most of his life. He was a member of the Teamsters...

Jan 22, 2013

Ronald E. Bell, age 68 years of Beebe Road in Niles, Michigan died at 12:26 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles, unexpectedly but of natural causes. He was born on July 26, 1944 in New Castle, Indiana to Isaac and Mary (Sampley) Bell. He was graduated from high school in New Castle, and...

Jan 19, 2013

Marjorie L. Marko, age 86, of US 31 North, South Bend, Indiana died on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Hubbard Hills Senior Living Community in Elkhart, Indiana following a brief illness. She was born September 28, 1926 in South Bend to Russel & Lucille H. (Knott) Hosler. On May 21, 1949 in South Bend she married Peter J. Marko,...

Jan 17, 2013

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John Richard Elder, age 76 years of Niles, Michigan died at 1:55 p.m. on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles following an extended illness. He was born on June 8, 1936 in Niles to Richard Wilson and Virginia (Harter) Elder, and lived here all of his life. He was graduated from Niles High School,...

Jan 16, 2013

Larry L. Griffith, age 74 of Fifth Street in Niles, Michigan died at 5:50 a.m. Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Cass County Medical Care Facility following an extended illness. He was born on October 25, 1938 in Niles to Murrel A. and Ruth Kathryn (Asmus) Griffith. He was graduated from Niles High School in 1956, and then entered the...

Jan 16, 2013

Biography Elnora Hogan, age 86 years, of South Fifteenth Street in Niles, Michigan died at 12:58 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles following a brief illness. She was born March 19, 1926 in Cedarbluff, Mississippi to Willie & Mary Frances (Scott) Reives. She was raised in the Baptist faith, and has lived in Niles...

Jan 13, 2013

Tammy Ann Hess, age 49, of Niles, Michigan died on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan following a brief illness. She was born July 19, 1963 in Niles to Daniel & Carolyn (Krueger) Hess. Tammy was a 1979 graduate of Edwardsburg High School and worked for Simplicity Pattern in Niles and for SPI...

Jan 11, 2013

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Alton Thomas “Al” Wells, age 93 of Philip Road in Niles, Michigan died at 8:30 a.m. Friday, January 11, 2013 at his home of natural causes. He was born on September 28, 1919 in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana to Oscar Mumford and Willie Viola (Harper) Wells. He was raised in the Bethel Congregational Methodist Church, and was graduated from...

Jan 3, 2013

Delphine Lenke Layman, age 89, died at 1:50 am, Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Riveridge Manor of an extended illness. She was born January 20, 1923 in Eau Clare, Michigan to Frank and Charlotte (Sooker) Lenke. She was Formerly married to Pierre A. 'Pete' Layman who preceded her in death. Surviving are a daughter, Cathy, of Bay City, Michigan and...

Dec 28, 2012

Send Flowers Charles W. McBain, Sr. February 11, 1943 - December 28, 2012

Charles W. McBain, Sr., age 69 years of Niles, Michigan died at 9:19 a.m. on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Saint Joseph, Michigan following an extended illness. He was born on February 11, 1943 in Niles to Everett and Pearl M....

Dec 28, 2012

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Marianne T. Tschida, age 89 years of Avon Park, Florida, and formerly of Niles, Michigan and South Bend, Indiana died on Friday, December 28, 2012 in Sebring, Florida following a brief illness. She was born on February 17, 1923 in South Bend to Francis A. and Barbara A. (Buckner) Martin. She was graduated from Niles High School, and...

Dec 27, 2012

Frederick James Hahn, age 88, a former resident of Portage, Michigan passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Cass County Medical Care Facility, Cassopolis. He was born February 5, 1924 in Mishawaka to Edward F. & Minnie (Schalliol) Hahn. Fredrick graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1942. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corp...

Dec 26, 2012

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Zelda Mae Brett, age 84 of Niles, Michigan died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Lakeland Community Hospital, Niles following a brief illness. She was born January 1, 1928 in Gary, Indiana to Raymond & Earnestine (Snowden) Godfrey. On June 11, 1952 in Crown Point, Indiana she married S. A. “Tex” Brett, who preceded her in death on...

Dec 25, 2012

Timothy L. Burgess, age 55, of Hickory Street, Niles, Michigan died on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Lakeland Community Hospital, Niles unexpectedly, but of natural causes. He was born September 22, 1957 in Saint Joseph, Michigan to Leon & Joyce (Strickland) Burgess. On February 14, 1992 in Saint Joseph, Michigan he married the former Ingrid Pallot, she survives. Timothy...

Dec 25, 2012

Ellen Loraine Woodruff, age 53 years of South Bend, Indiana and formerly of Niles, Michigan died at 5:19 a.m. on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at Hospice House in South Bend following a brief illness. She was born on March 24, 1959 in Niles to Walter G. and Ruth E. (Yetter) Woodruff. She was graduated from Niles High School in 1977,...