Niles Feininger’s Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Friday, September 1, 2017 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Dickinson with Fr. Keith Streifel as the celebrant. Inurnment will take place at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Dickinson. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson, with a rosary & vigil at 6 p.m. with Deacon Al Schwindt presiding. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church.
Niles Feininger was taken from us on Friday, August 25, 2017 at age 67. He was involved in a single vehicle accident on a gravel road south of South Heart. There is no doubt about what he was doing in that area on that day. He was scouting for the upcoming hunting season which is what he loved to do more than anything in this world.
This love for the outdoors was passed on to Niles by his late father Pete Feininger. It was he who taught Niles and his siblings through example to do what you love and to do it often. Niles was the oldest of six children raised on the south side of Dickinson by Peter (late, 2010) and Mary Feininger. The three boys Niles, Alphonse (Alf, late, 1970) and Francis (Franny and Kim), were followed by the three girls Laura (Laurie and Lee Hutmacher), Margaret (Mugs), and Nancy (Gunwall). One only needs to visit with any of them to realize the deep and unconditional love shared within this wonderful family.
Niles graduated from Trinity High School in the class of 1968 with many great friends and his future wife Karen (Herauf). Niles and Karen married on his 21st birthday. They have two children (Mitch and Gretchen) and three grandchildren, Sage (7), Reed (6) and Gianna (3 months). Niles and Karen were married for 46 years up to his passing. He starting working for his father at Pete’s Electric in 1969 and eventually bought the business and started Feininger Electric in 1991 and ran the business until his death. During the last few years of his life, his best friend was his English Pointer hunting dog Allie. Though she weighs about seventy pounds, there was always a place on Niles’ lap for her to relax.
Niles was a man with a big heart and he showed it with his unwavering generosity especially for those who needed it the most. He was quick to help out those in need and he did so often. He lived his life as if he was being guided by a higher power to follow Matthew 25:40 which states: “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me”.
