ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
OBITS
The Indianapolis Sentinel
1872-08-12
Mrs.
Jemima Lock, the oldest woman in
Joseph County, died on Monday aged ninety-one.
South Bend Tribune 21 December 1914
Shovels Snow; Dead. William
Robbins is Victim of Apoplexy.
William
Henry Robbins, aged 62 years,
dropped dead this morning at
10 o'clock following vigorous exercise clearing the walks of snow
around his home at 322 North Lafayette street. Mr Robbins had
finished
the job he had laid out for himself and entered the house when he was
stricken. Coroner T.J. Swantz was called and pronounced the cause
of
death as apoplexy.
Mr Robbins leaves besides his widow,
four children, Alton E.
Robbins, 801 E. Bowman street, Mrs E. Borton, 822 E. Bowman, Mrs H. L.
Burden and Miss Nellie Robbins at home. He is also survived by the
following brothers and sisters: Rufus, of South Bend, Charles, of
Knox, Ind., Mrs Louise Beecham, Culver, Ind., Mrs John Williams, of
Tyner, Ind., and Mrs Aaron Jones, of Culver, Ind.
The deceased was born in Ohio April
22, 1863. He came here three
years ago from Laporte, Ind. His occupation was gardening.
He was a
member of G.H. Turpany tent, No. 25, Maccabees, of Laporte, Ind.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the residence, Rev F.K. Dougherty, of Grace M.E. Tabernacle,
officiating. Burial will be in Riverview cemetery.
(Contributed by Amy Robbins Tjaden)
The Plymouth Weekly Democrat,
Plymouth, Indiana 27 February, 1919
Charles M. Robbins, 76 years
old, of South Bend, died at 3 a.m.
yesterday following an illness of six weeks. He is survived by
his
wife, Mrs Tressa J. Robbins, and the following children: Miss
Hilda,
Rolly and Omar Robbins of South Bend; Mrs Willam Dougherty of Bass
Lake, Knox, Ind.; and Melvin Robbins of Secor, Ill. Mr Robbins
was
born in Jennings county, Indiana, May 16, 1842 and came to South Bend a
year ago from Culver, Indiana. The funeral was held in the
residence
of his children at 630 South Michigan Street, South Bend and the body
taken to Knox for burial.
(Contributed by Amy Robbins Tjaden)
The South Bend Tribune, Monday, 6
October 195
Mrs Omer Robbins
Mrs Maudy May Robbins, 1809 N. Meade St, died at 7 p.m. Saturday in
her home. She had been ill eight years. She was born in
Marshall
County, Ind., Jan. 27, 1884. She had lived in South Bend 40
years,
coming from La Porte County. In 1894 [sic] she was married in
LaPorte
County to Omer Robbins. He survives along with three sons,
Clarence
and Melvin, both of South Bend, and Carl of New Carlisle; 21
grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Friends may call in the
Hollis Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Services will be held
at 2
p.m. Thursday in Christ Temple Church with Rev. Raymond Jones
officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
(Contributed by Amy Robbins Tjaden)
South Bend Tribune, 30 July 1960
Omer C. Robbins, 517 W.
Lawrence St., Mishawaka, died in St Joseph's
Hospital, Mishawaka, at 9:40 a.m. Friday after a week's illness.
He
was born in LaPorte County on Oct. 17, 1875, and had lived in South
Bend most of his life, moving to Mishawaka three years ago. His
wife,
Maude, died in 1958. Mr Robbins was a retired carpenter.
Surviving
are three sons, Clarence of Mishawaka, Melvin of South Bend, and Carl
of New Carlisle; 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Melvin of El Paso, Ill., and Rolland of South Bend; three
half-sisters, Mrs Jay Stump of Mishawaka, Mrs Ethel Marks of North
Judson, and Mrs John Troeger of Elkhart, and a half-brother, Chester
Rogers [Rodgers] of LaPaz. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today in
the
Hollis Funeral Home where services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday with
Rev. Ray G. Jones, pastor of Christ Temple Church, officiating.
Burial
will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
(Contributed by Amy Robbins Tjaden)
Margaret
"Peggy" Bruggner Carberry
Newspaper: South Bend Tribune
Obit: COMMUNITY LEADER CARBERRY, 68, DIES
SOUTH BEND - Margaret ''Peggy'' Bruggner Carberry, 68, of Coventry
Trail, known for her longtime community service and involvement, died
at 4:50 p.m. Friday [May 13, 1994] in St. Joseph's Medical Center of
complications from recent surgery. Mrs. Carberry, a former vice
president of marketing for 1st Source Bank, was an active volunteer in
many organizations and projects through the years. While at 1st Source,
Mrs. Carberry initiated the ''Today's Woman'' and ''Money Money''
programs for woman and children in the community. She joined the bank
in 1973 after 10 years in real estate and retailing. Her community
involvement followed a family tradition that included her grandfather,
George Hull, a 25-year member of the City Council, and her father, a
school board president. She was a founding member and later president
of the Michiana Arts & Sciences Council Inc. and was involved in
starting the Firefly Festival and the annual Carnival for the Arts. She
was a past president of the Junior League of South Bend Inc., which had
just honored her as the 1994 sustaining member of the year. Mrs.
Carberry was past president of the board of directors of Madison Center
Inc.; Century Productions Inc.; and the Children's Dispensary and
Hospital Association Inc. She was active in the Northern Indiana
Historical Society, the United Way of St. Joseph County as a campaign
division chairwoman, WNIT-TV, Brian's House, AIDS Ministries/AIDS
Assist, Youth Service Bureau, YWCA, the Morris Performing Arts Center
restoration and Daughters of the American Revolution. She was involved
in Art in Public Places, which brought the ''Keeper of the Fire''
sculpture by diSuvero to South Bend in 1980. She also wrote several
articles for The Tribune of her visits to England. Mrs. Carberry was
born Sept. 21, 1925, in South Bend and was a lifelong resident. She
married Arthur W. Dailey, who died, and William J. Kluessner, who also
died. On Sept. 21, 1974, in South Bend she married James J. Carberry, a
chemical engineering professor at the University of Notre Dame, who
survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Christine Dailey Schultz of
Hinsdale, Ill.; two sons, Daniel L. Dailey of Minneapolis and David A.
Dailey of Menlo Park, Calif.; five stepdaughters, Alison C. Kiene of
Poplar Grove, Ill., Maura O'Malley Carberry of Newark, Del., Susan
Chapman of Laguna Hills, Calif., and Ann Miller and Jan Huge, both of
Irvine, Calif.; and 12 grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at Sacred Heart Basilica at University of Notre Dame. Burial
will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame. Friends may call from 5 to
8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in Hickey Funeral Home Cleveland Road Chapel,
17131 Cleveland Road.
( Contributed by Ida Maack
Recu )
Catherine Delores Zent nee Krasnesky
IN
Newspaper: South Bend Tribune, Jan. 15 ,16 2004
Obit: Catherine D. Zent, 72, of Osborne Road, died Tuesday in Saint
Joseph Regional Medical Center of natural causes. Survivors include her
husband, Billy D.; a stepdaughter, Karen Burch of Walkerton; three
sons, David B. Schriefer of Southfield, Mich., Thomas A. Schriefer of
Bourbon and Donald P. Schriefer of South Bend; a stepson, Aaron P. Zent
of Redwood City, Calif.; two sisters, Charlotte Jackson of Osceola and
Theresa Smith of Ocean City, Md.; and a brother, George Krasnesky of
Las Vegas. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Welsheimer Funeral
Home, where friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m.
Catherine Delores Zent, 72, of North Liberty, Ind., died at 5:40 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center. She was
born May 3, 1931, in St. Louis, Mo., to the late George and Anna
(Leicht) Krasnesky, and had lived in northern Indiana since 1951,
coming from Baltimore, Md. On Dec. 21, 1948, in Baltimore, she married
George B. Schriefer, who preceded her in death on Nov. 1, 1992. On Aug.
7, 1970, in North Liberty, she married Billy D. Zent, who survives. She
is also survived by three sons, David B. (Debbie) Schriefer of
Southfield, Mich., Thomas A. (Sandra) Schriefer of Bourbon, Ind., and
Donald P. Schriefer of South Bend; one stepdaughter, Karen (Todd) Burch
of Walkerton, Ind., one stepson, Aaron P. (Angela) Zent of Redwood
City, Ca;if.; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Charlotte (Rolland) Jackson of Osceola, Ind., and Theresa
Smith of Ocean City, Md.; and one brother, George "Buddy" Krasnesky of
Las Vegas, Nev. Mrs. Zent retired as a bookkeeper for the O'Brien
Corporation in 1990. She had also been employed by the Indiana Motor
Bus Company. She was a member of North Liberty Church of Christ.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in the
Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., with Rev. Timothy Stewart
of North Liberty Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow at
Highland Cemetery, South Bend. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today,
Jan. 16, in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the
North Liberty Church of Christ, 65225 State Road 23, North Liberty, IN
46554.
Catharine Dolores Zent, 72, of North Liberty, Ind., died at 5:40 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center. She was
born May 3, 1931, in St. Louis, Mo., to the late George and Anna
(Leicht) Krasnesky, and had lived in northern Indiana since 1951,
coming from Baltimore, Md. On Dec. 21, 1948, in Baltimore, she married
George B. Schriefer, who preceded her in death on Nov. 1, 1992.
( Submitters Name: Ida Maack
Recu
)
KLUESSNER,
William J. 67, of 1697 Riverside Dr., (South Bend, IN) president
of Kluessner-Miller Co., died early Sunday [Feb. 11, 1973] in his home.
He was born April 20, 1905 in Chicago, coming here in 1957 from Crystal
Lake, Ill. On Sept. 4, 1926, he married Jeanette Meyer, who died
in 1966. On May 6, 1968 in Chicago he married Peggy Bruggner Dailey,
who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. William R.
Chapman of Palos Heights, Ill., Mrs. Kenneth Huge of Novelty, Ohio, and
Mrs. Andrew J. Miller of South Bend; eight grandchildren; two
step-sons, Daniel Dailey of Minneapolis, and David A. Dailey of South
Bend; a step-daughter, Mary Christine Dailey of Chicago, and two
sisters, MrsJohn Kuesenda of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Warren Hosler
of Wheaton, Ill. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 0 p.m. Tuesday
in the Welscheimer Funeral Home. Mr. Kluessner was a member od the
Indiana Club, a member of the South Bend Country Club, the Summit Club,
the Long Boat Key Golf Club and the Long Boat Beach Club, both of
Sarasota, Fla. He was a member of the advisory board of the First Bank
and Trust Co., and the Lakeshore Club, Chicago. He attended the
University of Chicago and was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity.
He formerly was a manager 0f the U.S. Gypsum Co. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Heart Fund or the Scholarship Fund of St. Joseph
County. The Kluessner-Miller Supply Co. will be closed Tuesday and
Wednesday due to Mr. Kluessner's death.
[Newspaper: South Bend Tribune (IN), Feb. 12, 1973 ] Contributed by Ida Recu
Indiana
Journal Dec 24 1897
THEY DIED TOGETHER- South Bend Ind .
Dec 23
Indiana Husband and Wife Expire at
the Same Time
Charles R. and Mary Charlotte
Chapman, husband and wife, died here yesterday, he first and she 77
minutes later.
Apoplexy caused his death. Mrs.
Chapman died from pneumonia, ignorant of the death of her husband a
short time before
An instance of similar
character was the almost simultaneous death of the paternal
grandparents of President McKinley, many years ago, at their home a few miles east of this city Mr and Mrs.
McKinley are buried side by side in the cemetery of this city.
SOUTH
BEND, Ind., March 9, 1896 - George Kern, of Kern's Hotel, at Walkerton,
this county, died suddenly this morning of congestion of the lungs. He
leaves a widow and three daughters. Mr. Kern was a member of the
Knights of Pythias, the Foresters and .Maccabees.
Floyd
Zent
Services for Floyd C. Zent; 79, will
be 11 a.m. Saturday at Bunkers Garden Chapel, 33 N. Centennial Way in
Mesa. Mr. Zent died Monday, Nov. 25, 1985, at Valley Lutheran Hospital.
Born in Warsaw, Ind., he moved to Arizona 20 years ago from that state.
He had been employed by Uniroyal Rubber Co. for 35 years. Mr. Zent was
a World War II Navy verteran, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the American Legion He was a member of the New Life Assembly
of God in Mesa. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; daughters Terri
Robinson and Derri Uncapher, both of Phoenix, and JoAnn Jones of
Indiana; sons Donald Proctor of Phoenix and Duane Zent, out of state;
10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from
6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bunkers Garden Chapel.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Isaac M. Zent, a former Auburn citizen, and known all over our county,
died Saturday at Vandalia, Illinois, at the home of his mother, where
he went to spend Christmas. While there he took sick with pneumonia,
recovering so as to be about, later suffering a relapse and died. He
left Auburn about 8 years ago, having been prominently connected with
many Auburn industries. In 1882 he was made Wabash station agent at
Auburn and served 28 years there, and in 1910 was appointed postmaster.
Mr. Zent was very active politically, serving a number of years as
treasurer of the Republican committee. The body was returned for
burial.
(submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Source: Saint Joseph County,
Indiana newspaper, 9 Feb 1933
Obituary
for Willmetta Zent (nee Sheibley)
South Bend Tribune (Indiana) Sunday, February 15, 1967
North Liberty - Services for Willmetta Zent, 87, of Miller's
Merry
Manor nursing home, Walkerton, and formerly of 29839 Osborne Road, who
died at 9:45 p.m. Friday in the nursing home after a long illness, will
be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Nausbaum-Elkin Funeral Home, Walkerton.
Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m.
today and from 9 a.m. until the time of service Monday at the funeral
home. Mrs. Zent was born April 7, 1899, in Anderson, Ind., and had
lived in the North Liberty area since 1939. On Dec. 24, 1916, in South
Bend, she married Alvia E. Zent, who died in 1958. Surviving are two
daughters, Mary Jane Gordon and Barbara Elkins, both of North Liberty;
two sons, Ralph and William (Bill) Zent, both of North Liberty; eight
grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. A sister and brother
preceded her in death. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
South Bend, Ind. March 9. - George
Kern, of Kern's Hotel, at Walkerton, this county, died suddenly this morning of
congestion of the lungs. He leaves a widow and three daughters .Mr. Kern, was
a member of. the Knights of Pythias,
the Foresters and .Maccabees.
Indiana Journal March 11, 1896
Chicago
Tribune (Illinois) December 22, 1966
Mrs. Jeannette M. Kluessner of South Bend, Ind., wife of William J.;
mother of Mrs. W. R. Chapman of Palos Heights, Ill., Mrs. Kenneth Huge
of Cleveland, O., and Mrs. A. J. Miller III of South Bend, Ind.;
grandmother of five; sister of H. G. Meyer of Florida, Mrs. Gertrude
Lips, Mrs. H. F. Hammond of Maywood, Ill., and Mrs. Laura Jones of
Antioch, Ill. Memorial will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, in
the Welsheimer Funeral Home, South Bend. Contributions may be made to
Roswell Park Memorial Research Foundation, Buffalo, N. Y. [The Roswell
Park Cancer Institute is a cancer research and treatment center located
in Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, it was the
first dedicated medical facility for cancer treatment and research in
the United States. The facility is involved in drug development and
conducts clinical research for cancer treatment.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)] (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Date:
1920-08-21; Paper: Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Heart Attack Brought End Myrtle Bowman Died from other Cause than
Drowning
HEART ATTACK BROUGHT END
Myrtle Bowman Died From Other Cause Than Drowning, Relatives returning
to Fort Wayne today from Shelby Mich. where they attended the funeral
of Miss Myrtle Bowman. who was reported to have died by drowning last
Monday afternoon have brought back an authentic account of her death
stating that she was stricken with an attack of the heart while
attempting to rescue her sister, Emma aged19 years, from
drowning, in Riddle lake, Lakeville Indiana
According to the story of relatives, the sisters were in bathing
together when the younger Miss Bowman was stricken with cramps and
called for help frightened, her elder sister attempted to swim to her
rescue but was stricken with an attack of the heart, which,
according to the statement of examining physicians, caused her death
The young girl was saved by Mrs. Wiley Chew, who went to her
rescue in a boat Miss Emma was an excellent swimmer The body of the
dead girl was taken from the lake by Mrs Clinton Rough, of Lakeville.
Relatives of this city who attended the funeral at Shelby
are Mr and Mr. James Henderson, Mrs A. R. Kelsey, Mr. William
Bowman and Miss Blanch Bowman
Name
of Deceased: Michael Neland
County Name: Saint JosephState: IN
Newspaper: Buffalo News Obit: Buffalo (WY) News, 12 November 1925, page
8
Mrs. E. S. Ullery of the Nine Mile country received the sad news that
her father, Michael Neland, of South Bend, Indiana, had died from a
stroke of paralysis on the 30th of October.
Submitted by a Friend of Free
Genealogy
Violet
Emma (Dolby) Bennett Holdren, Mishawaka
Jan. 3,1910 —Aug. 28. 2004
MISHAWAKA - Violet Emma Dolby Bennett
Holdren, 94, died Saturday in Fountain View Nursing Home. The Wetin
County native born to the late Leroy and Nora (Kingen) Dolby was
married to the late Elmer Bennett and then the late Orval Holdren
Surviving are a sister Crystal
Netrefa Marion; children Ester Towns, Selma; Clyde Bennett Montpelier;
Patricia Conwell, Muncie; Hannah Greider, Michigan and Cathy Kopp,
North Carolina. 23 Grandchildren and several great grandchildren There
are no services or visitations The body will be cremated Glancy Funeral
Home handled arrangements.
No source.. -- Family
Scrapbook.. Contributed
by Christine Walters
Joyce
Elaine (Holdren) Wingert
06 June 1941 - 02 July 1998
Daughter of Orval & Violet (Dolby) Holdren
Grandaughter of Leroy Otto Dolby
South Bend IN
Bluffton News-Banner, Wells Co IN July 6, 1998 Joyce E. Wingett, 57
Former Montpelier resident Joyce E. Wingett, 57, died July 2 at Hospice
House in South Bend. She was born in Blackford County in June 20, 1941
to Orval and Violet Dolby Holdren. She was a homemaker and factory
worker and was a graduate of Riley High School in South Bend. Surviving
are three sons, Raymond Boomhour of Indianapolis, Brett Boomhour of New
Jersey and Bart Boomhour of South Bend; three sisters, Linda Domonkos
of Miami, Fla., Hannah Greider of Sturgis, Mich., and Cathy Kopp of
Statesville, N.C.; three half-sisters, Esther Towns of Selma, Irene
Beard of Mishawaka and Patricia Conwell of Muncie; a half-brother,
Clyde Bennett of Montpelier; and one grandson. There are no calling
hours. The body is to be cremated and a memorial service will be held
at a later date. Walker & Glancy Funeral Home in Montpelier is in
charge of arrangements.
Contributed by Christine
Walters -- News-Banner Publications July 1998
St.
Joseph • Mrs. Samuel WILKINSON, of St. Joseph county, while preparing
to accompany her husband to South Bend, and seemingly in the best of
health and spirits, fell dead of heart disease.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 10 December, 1890
St
Joseph • News of the death of Mrs. John F. MILLER, widow of the late
Senator John F. Miller, of California, was heard with sorrow at South
Bend, where many relatives and friends live. She was a native of
Pittsburg, Pa., by birth in 1833, and when twenty-two years of age she
went to South Bend and made her home with an unde, the late John W.
CHESS, a leading merchant at that time. [She met her young attorney in
South Bend and they were married in 1857. He became a state senator and
she became a "society leader" in Indianapolis. John F. Miller organized
the 29 Indiana Regiment] and was chosen Its colonel, and from
that time until the close of the war Mrs. Miller spent much of her time
at the front. [Made a major general, Miller continued to be in the
thickest of the fighting and frequently was wounded], so that Mrs.
Miller was kept busy nursing him back to life. While quartered at
Nashville they became warm personal friends of Gov. Andrew Johnson, and
when he assumed the Presidency of the United States he appointed Miller
collector of the port of San Francisco. [John F. Miller later became a
US Senator from California.] After his death in 1886 she took his
remains to California where burial was had beside the grave of her only
son. From that time until her death she made her home with her
daughter, the wife of Lieut. Commander CLOVER, United States Navy, at
Washington.
Indiana General News Items from the Indianapolis News 10 December, 1890
SOUTH
BEND, Ind., March 9.—George Kern, of Kern's Hotel, at Walkerton, this
county, died suddenly this morning of congestion of the lungs. He
leaves a widow and three daughters. Mr. Kern, was a member of the
Knights of Pythias, the
Foresters and MacCabees.
The Indiana Journal March 11, 1896