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Elton Clark New Carlisle, Indiana
Elton True Clark
September 23, 1935–August 15, 2019
NEW CARLISLE – Elton True Clark passed away at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center due to heart complications on August 15, 2019. He was born on September 23, 1935 in Gorham, Maine, to the late Ernest Clark and Mary Gladys Hennesey Clark, and raised in Standish, Maine. He was married on June 23, 1961, to Jane Sawyer Clark, who preceded him in death on June 11, 2015. Along with his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by...
Elton True Clark
September 23, 1935–August 15, 2019
NEW CARLISLE – Elton True Clark passed away at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center due to heart complications on August 15, 2019....
Sister Grace Watson (Sister Marie Anthony) C.S.C. Saint Mary's, Notre Dame, Indiana
Entered the Sisters of the Holy Cross from Morris, Illinois on September 7, 1950
Initial Profession of Vows on August 15, 1953
Sister Grace Watson died late at night on August 14, 2019 at Saint Joseph Medical Center, Mishawaka, Indiana. Her sudden medical crisis had lasted less than a week. The next morning her community, the Sisters of the Holy Cross, observed their anniversaries of Initial Profession of Vows. August 15 was the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven--and...
Entered the Sisters of the Holy Cross from Morris, Illinois on September 7, 1950
Initial Profession of Vows on August 15, 1953
Sister Grace Watson died late at night on August 14, 2019 at Saint...
Ralph S. Rakowski South Bend, Indiana
Ralph S. Rakowski, 89, of South Bend, Indiana passed away at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, August 13, 2019, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Ralph was born on December 9, 1929 in South Bend to Stanley and Sophie (Pulaski) Rakowski, and was a lifelong resident. He retired as a Captain from the South Bend Fire Department in 1992, after 33 years of service. On April 7, 1956, in St. Hedwig Church, he married Marlene A. Buczynski, who preceded him in death on October 29, 2014. ...
Ralph S. Rakowski, 89, of South Bend, Indiana passed away at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday, August 13, 2019, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Ralph was born on December 9, 1929 in South Bend to...
Joanne M. Broden South Bend, Indiana
Joanne Green Broden October 1, 1922 – August 13, 2019. On Tuesday morning, August 13, Joanne Green Broden, 96, died at her home in South Bend, Indiana, while holding the hand of her beloved husband of seventy years. She was the second of George V. and Hazel Dorothy “Dott” (Pickens) Green’s six children. Scarlet fever compromised her vision at an early age, but never stopped her from pursuing education, parenting, activism, or a vibrant social life. Born and...
Joanne Green Broden October 1, 1922 – August 13, 2019. On Tuesday morning, August 13, Joanne Green Broden, 96, died at her home in South Bend, Indiana, while holding the hand of her beloved...
Ralph P. Rath South Bend, Indiana
Ralph is survived by his wife, Patricia L. Rath of South Bend. They have no children. Ralph was born on May 22, 1932 in a farmhouse outside of Eason, Minnesota. The farmhouse was built in 1869 by his great-grandfather, Karl Rath, who homesteaded the farm which is still owned by the Rath family. His mother, Beatrice Ludwig Rath, died the next day. The doctor did not expect baby Ralph to survive more than 24 hours, so he was baptized by 3 different people the first...
Ralph is survived by his wife, Patricia L. Rath of South Bend. They have no children. Ralph was born on May 22, 1932 in a farmhouse outside of Eason, Minnesota. The farmhouse was built...
Janis Kryszczuk South Bend, Indiana
Janis Kryszczuk, 74, of South Bend, IN, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Briarcliff Healthcare and Rehabilitation in South Bend, following an illness.
She was born on November 14, 1944 to the late William and Anna (Goble) Marcum in New Castle, IN, and has lived in South Bend since 1967.
On April 15, 1967, as Janis Marcum, she married Ziggie Kryszczuk in South Bend IN.
Janis is survived by her loving husband of 52 years, Ziggie Kryszczuk of South Bend, IN; her daughter, Laura...
Janis Kryszczuk, 74, of South Bend, IN, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Briarcliff Healthcare and Rehabilitation in South Bend, following an illness.
She was born on November 14, 1944...
Marolyn M. Millar South Bend, Indiana
Marolyn M. Millar, 74, of South Bend passed away on Friday August 9, 2019 at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. She was born on December 21, 1944, in Elkhart, to the late Paul E. and Lodema B. (Harter) Shaum. She was preceded in death by a sister, Phyllis Keller. Marolyn is survived by her sons, Todd (Allison) Millar of Williamsburg, MI and Andrew (Amy) Millar of Plymouth, IN; three grandchildren, Mitchell Millar and Bryantle and Kyle Brockus; three great-grandchildren;...
Marolyn M. Millar, 74, of South Bend passed away on Friday August 9, 2019 at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. She was born on December 21, 1944, in Elkhart, to the late Paul E. and...
Marcella J. "Marcy" Williams New Carlisle, Indiana
Marcella J. "Marcy" Williams, 93, of New Carlisle, passed away Friday August 9, 2019 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born on July 21, 1926 in South Bend, to the late Emery A. and Gladys (Freese) Davis. On November 3, 1973, as Marcella J. Poorman, she married Robert L. Williams, who preceded her in death on October 10, 1985. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Larry and Robert Poorman; son-in-law, Robert Anderson and a granddaughter Amanda Anderson. Marcy is...
Marcella J. "Marcy" Williams, 93, of New Carlisle, passed away Friday August 9, 2019 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born on July 21, 1926 in South Bend, to the late Emery A....
Susan K. Gay South Bend, Indiana
Susan K. Gay, 67, of South Bend, passed away on Friday August 9, 2019 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born on October 23, 1951, in South Bend, to the late Robert W. and Betty J. Young. On August 19, 1968 she married Lawrence Gay, who survives. After they got married, she went to live in Fairbanks, AK for two years, while her husband was stationed there in the Army (he always told her it was a long honeymoon.) Along with her husband of 50 years, she is survived by her daughter,...
Susan K. Gay, 67, of South Bend, passed away on Friday August 9, 2019 at Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born on October 23, 1951, in South Bend, to the late Robert W. and Betty J. Young....
Tracy L. Richardson New Carlisle, Indiana
Tracy is survived by husband, John; son, Jeremy (Jessica) Finn, daughter, Kaylynn Finn, step-sons, John (Sabrina) and Aaron (Lazsher) Richardson; 8 grandchildren; parents, Stanley (Barbara) Signs; brothers, Duane Signs and Jason Evans, sister, Shawn Martin, mother-in-law, Diane Richardson (Michael Ventrella). She was preceded in death by mother, Diane Letner and step-son, Brandon Richardson. A service will be at noon EST Saturday August 17 at Kaniewski Funeral Home, 201 S. Filbert St., New...
Tracy is survived by husband, John; son, Jeremy (Jessica) Finn, daughter, Kaylynn Finn, step-sons, John (Sabrina) and Aaron (Lazsher) Richardson; 8 grandchildren; parents, Stanley (Barbara) Signs;...
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