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Peo, John Phillip

DOUBLE FUNERAL IN NEW BUFFALO Aged JOHN PEO follows his Brother in Death Double Funeral on Monday, 07 July 1909. Conducted Lake House in New Buffalo, Mich. For Many Years – Retired about Five Years ago – Services in Lutheran Church. JOHN P. PEO, Died on Saturday, 03 July 1909.  John Phillip Peo, an aged resident of New Buffalo, Mich. and brother to the late Ernest Peo, whose death was noted in Friday’s News, followed his brother in death at an early hour this morning.  His death was due to dropsy.  The death of John Peo has necessitated a change in the arrangements for the funeral of Ernest, which was to have been held Sunday afternoon, and instead there will be a double funeral Monday morning.  The services will be held in the Lutheran Church at New Buffalo, Rev. F. A. Adomeit officiating.

 John Peo was 70 years old and a native of Germany. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Peo, deceased.  When a young man he left his native land and settled in New Buffalo, where he conducted the Lake House for many years.  He retired from business about five years ago.  Deceased was twice married, his first wife, Sophie Doris (Schultz) Peo, having preceded him in death.  His second wife, Minnie (Miller) Peo is a cousin to A. C. Heitschmidt ofMichigan City.  She and five children survive, four by his first marriage, and one by the second marriage, as follows: Mrs. Dora Samko, and Frank, George and John Peo, all of Chicago and Fred Peo of New Buffalo.  The following brothers and sisters survive: Charles Peo, LaPorte; Christ Peo, Chicago; Mrs. Fred Walters, New Buffalo, and Mrs. Caroline Brinkman of Michigan City.

Contributed By Alice Winterrod

Peo, Minnie (Miller)

MEMORIAL AT New Buffalo In Memory of MRS. JOHN (MINNIE MILLER) PEO, Former Resident There Died on Thursday, March 20, 1919, buried on March 26th.  Mr. And Mrs. A. C. Heitschmidt have returned from Chicago, where they went this week to attend the funeral and burial of Mr. Heitschmidt’s cousin, Mrs.(Minnie Miller) John Peo, former resident of New Buffalo and of this city.  Mrs. Peo as previously stated in The News, died last Saturday, in Sylvia, Kansas, while she was visiting with relatives there.  The remains were buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.
Arrangements have been made for memorial services in memory of Mrs. Peo, to be held at St. John’s Church, New Buffalo, next Sunday.  Rev. J. Hetzel, pastor of the church, will conduct the services.  Relatives and friends will attend from here, and the memorial will no doubt be largely attended by relatives and friends in and near New Buffalo.

Contributed By Alice Winterrod

Peters, Henry

Died 17 November 1945 at Sister Lakes
Henry Peters, 93, well known Bainbridge township farmer, and a member of one of Berrien county's
prominent pioneer families, died at 11:30 a. m. Saturday at the home of a son, Earl at Sister Lakes.
He was the last surviving members of a family of 10 children — sons of John Peters, who lost his
life in the Civil War. He was born in Bainbridge township, Feb. 11, 1852, and lived there all his life.
except for a few years in his youth when he went west in quest of adventure. He found it in Dodge Citv,
Kan., then a wicked frontier town of wild riding and careless shooting gents.
For many years Mr. Peters was highway commissioner in Bainbridge township.
Mr. Peters spent two years in the west. In Dodge City he hired out to a buffalo hunting expedition
in southwestern Kansas, and spent several months on the Prairies killing buffalo that roamed in
herds of tens of thousands. The buffalo, in those days were hunted mostly for the hides. /Most "of the
meat was left to rot but choice hams were saved. Mr. Peters used to relate how two wagonloads of these
of five tons each, drawn by oxen., were freighted to Dodge City, 80 miles distant, where they were sold
for $1.80 a hundred.
From Dodge City, Mr. Peters drifted to the Texas Panhandle in 1877. The Atchcson, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad was then the only line through that part of the west and was then a new enterprise.
When buffalo hunting was no longer profitable, Mr. Peters obtained work on the Goodnight
ranch in the Texas Panhandle, where he served as a range rider and cowboy.
Surviving him are four sons, Walter, in Saginaw, Mich.; Charles in Benton Harbor; Earl at Sister
Lakes; and Irvin in Atkins, Ark.
There are also 12 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. His wife,
the former Jennie Casner of Ohio to whom he was married in Keeler, in March of 1880, died in
1929, and a daughter, Edna, died 20 years ago.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Reiser chapel. The Rev. Folke Ferre of the
First Baptist church of Benton Harbor will officiate, and burial will be at Keeler cemetery.
Taken from the St. Joseph Herald-Press, November 1945

Contributed By Joseph Swelnis

Pike, Doris Reams

BUCHANAN -  Mrs. Doris Reams Pike, 84, of Woodfield Manor, Niles, formerly of310 Main street, Buchanan, died Thursday at Pawating Hospital, Niles.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Swem Funeral Home, Buchanan, where the funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m.  Burial will be in Oakridge Cemetery.  Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Buchanan, of which she was a member.
Mrs. Pike was born Sept. 30, 1902, in Bangor.  She was a graduate of Western Michigan University and was a teacher for 44 years in the Buchanan elementary schools.
Survivors include one stepdaughter, Helen Viebrock ofWestern Springs, Ill and one stepson, Stewart Pike of Honolulu, Hawaii.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Reginald, in 1968.
From the The Herald-Palladium, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Michigan, Friday, September 25, 1987

Contributed By Lynn Westlake

Pike, Reginald A.

BUCHANAN ---  Reginald A. Pike, 76, of 310 Main street, Buchanan, died unexpectedly at 3 p.m. Wednesday at his home.
He was born March 31, 1892, in Great Yarmouth, England. He came to the Buchanan area in 1947 from Canada.
On Dec. 26, 1948 he married the former Doris Reams in Buchanan. She survives.
Also surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Helen Viebrock of Western Springs, Ill.; a son Stewart of Honolulu, Hawaii; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A sister resides in England.
Mr. Pike was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Buchanan; the Buchanan Lions Club; was a charter member of the Buchanan Toastmaster Club, serving as the club's first treasurer. He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the Canadian Army as a medical corpsman.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:30p.m. in the Swem funeral home, Buchanan. The Rev. W. Y. Pohly of Sumnerville will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Ridge cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. this evening.
Taken From The Herald-Palladium, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Michigan, Thursday, June 6, 1968

Note: Reg had his own painting and decorating business in Berrien and he died after painting his garage at home.

Contributed By Lynn Westlake

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