The Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery meet the third Thursday each month at 7 p.m. at the Niles Law Enforcement Center, located at Main St and Silverbrook Ave.
In addition to discussing progress made with our restoration and education projects, we feature a Guest Speaker. Past speakers have given talks about the history of Niles, gravestone restoration, and biographies of leading citizens. Many of our members also have interests in genealogy and local history. Members, nonmembers, and guests are always welcome to attend at no cost.
The Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb 17th at the Law Enforcement Complex at 1600 Silverbrook Ave. in Niles.
Bob and Nancy Cooley of The Berrien County Genealogical Society will be the guest speakers. The topic will be "Indexing a Cemetery" and they will answer any questions that you may have.
There is no charge to attend,
The Friends of Silverbrook will hold an Open House on Thursday, Jan 20th from 6-8 pm at the law Enforcement Complex, 1600 Silverbrook Ave. in Niles.
Through out the year, the group works to restore the monuments and the stories of our local history.
Our Guests will be Jeanne Watson (DDA) and Nancy Studebaker (NDL) to discuss the publication of a series of books about Niles and its history with a collection of photographs.
If you are interested in sharing your old photographs of Niles, we invite you to bring them for consideration for this project. If you can not make the meeting, but would like to share your photographs, please contact: Tim-Candace Skalla at 684-2455, candace74ky@hotmail.com or Nancy Studebaker at the Niles District Library.
The Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery will meet 7 p.m. Thursday November 18 at the Law Enforcement Complex in Niles near Silverbrook Ave and Main Street. We will discuss our plans for 2011 and reflect on the progress we've made throughout 2010.
There will be no meeting in December as we will take this time to cherish our families during this holiday season.
Friends of Silverbrook Cemetery meet this Thursday night, October 21st, at 7pm at the Law Enforcement Center.
As always, the public is welcome!