Niles Senior High School Michigan Alumni Obituaries

Thomas Patrick Hewell Jr. beloved husband father and grandfather passed away peacefully on December 29 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Tom was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Thomas Patrick Hewell Sr. and Mary Gegan Hewell and grew up in Ridley Park. A proud graduate of St. James High Sch...

Ruth Ellen Halvorson 76 of South Bend Indiana passed away on Wednesday January 14 2026 at Memorial Hospital in South Bend Indiana. She was born on November 18 1949 in Madison Wisconsin to the late George and Frances Corbett Kirch. On October 18 1969 she married Byron Alan Halvorson who survives. She...

John Paul VanMele 83 of Granger Indiana passed away on Friday January 9 2026 surrounded by his family. He was born on October 19 1942 in South Bend Indiana to the late Joseph and Kathleen Pinter VanMele. On January 18 1964 he married Janice Kathleen Cooper in St. Patricks Catholic Church. John is su...

MaryAnn DeKoek 95 of Wyckoff went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday January 7 2026. Born in Benton Harbor Michigan she spent her youth in Niles Michigan and early adult years in Kalamazoo Michigan. She moved to NJ in 1969 with her family where she spent most of her years. She ...

David Joseph Underly age 85 of Town of Moscow Hollandale formerly of Mishawaka Indiana passed away peacefully on Monday June 23 2025 after a 6 month long illness. Born on January 2 1940 in South Bend Indiana Dave was the beloved son of Roy Joseph Underly and Eleanor Skarupinski Underly. He grew up o...

Nancy Hankins 73 of Granger Indiana passed away at 842 a.m. Friday December 26 2025 in Memorial Hospital. Nancy was born on March 23 1952 in South Bend Indiana to Bill and Jenny Deguch Mathews. She retired in 2016 from the South Bend Medical Foundation where she was employed for 39 years. On June 19...