Obituaries

Bonner, John W.
John W. Bonner, 62, of 402 West Wayne street, died 1:30 pm Sunday in Memorial Hospital after several months illness.
He was born in Knox Ind. Sept. 10, 1844, and came here 40 years ago from Knox. He was a retail clothier at Wayne and Franklin streets.
He married in South Bend in 1910 to Miss Catherine Clements, who survives.
He leaves also a daughter. Mrs. Marshal T. Horn, 0f Chicago; two granddaughter's, and a sister. Mrs. Edith Bonner Clarke of Los Angeles, Calf.,
he was a member of South Bend lodge No. 235. Benevolent and Protective Order of EIks: St. Joseph lodge No. 45 F. and A. M., and the Scottish Rite bodies here and in Hammond IN. He was also a member or Grace Methodist church.
Friends may call in the Hay funeral home from Tuesday noon until the funeral there from 2 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. Wilbur V. Day of Grace Church. will officiate.
Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, grave side services to be in charge of members of the Elks lodge.

Clements, Alfred E.
Alfred E. Clements, 73, of 830 E Fairview Ave., died at 4:35 p.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Hospital after an illness of four years.
He was born in Knox, Ind., on Aug. 11, 1895, and had lived in South Bend 65 years.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. James R. Harden, of South Bend, and five brothers. Charles of Dayton, Ohio, Cyrus of Lawton, Mich., Herbert, Donald and David, all of South Bend.
Friends may call at the Forest G Hay and Son Funeral Home after noon Wednesday. Services will be held there at 1:30 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Oscar Pace, of the Free Methodist Church.. officiating. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery Knox Ind.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Disabled American Veterans and the Veterans of World War I.
South Bend Tribune, Tue., Sept. 10, 1968

Clements Bessie Marian
Bessie Marian Clements, 71, of 51050 N. Hickory Road, Granger, died at 3 p.m. Monday in her home, after an illness.
Mrs. Clements was a sales clerk at Robertson's Inc. department store.
She was born April 22, 1912 in the Philippians and lived in South Bend for 45 years coming from Ohio. On June 2 1936, in Portland, Ind. as Bessie Brewster, she married David Clements who survives.
She is survived by two daughters Pat Mets of Niles, and Barbara Valentino of Schenectady, NY, a son David Jr. of South Bend, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 pm Thursday in Forest G. Hay Funeral Home. 1201 S. Michigan St. Burial will be in St. Joseph Vally Memorial Park, Granger.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm. Wednesday in the funeral home. She was a former member of Norway Church of Christ.
South Bend Tribune, Tue. Aug. 5, 1985

Clements, David H.
David Hatton Clements, aged 78, of 1014 E. Dayton street died at 12:40 p.m. Sunday in his home after a seven week illness.
Friends may call at the residence tonight and until 10 am. Wednesday (DST) when prayer service will be conducted by Rev C. A. Ensey, pastor of First Free Methodist church here.
The funeral will take place at 10:30 am. (CST) Wednesday In the Free Methodist Church, of Knox. Ind. Burial will be in Knox.
Surviving Mr. Clements are his widow Olive Masterson Clements, whom he married In Knox in 1891, three daughters, Mrs. J. W. Bonner and Miss Marguerite Clements, of South Bend, and Mrs. E. L. Johnson of Fort Wayne, Ind., eight sons Cyrus, Alfred, Everett, Herbert and Donald of South Bend, and Arthur W., Charles W. and David R. Clements of Dayton, OH., and 14 grandchildren.
Mr Clements was born in Huntsville. 0hio, Oct. 12, 1861 and came here 33 years ago from Knox.
He was for twenty years a watchman for the Studebaker corporation.
South Bend Tribune, Mon. May 13, 1940

Clements, Donald
Services for Donald C1ements. 68, of 661 LaPorte Ave., who died Thursday in St. Joseph Hospital, will be at 1 pm. Monday at the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home 1201 S. Michigan St.
Rev. Oscar Pace retired Free Methodist minister, will officiate. Cremation will follow at Riverview Crematory.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Sunday at the funeral home.
Clements was born April 1, 1910 in South Bend, where he was a lifetime resident.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Donis Van Lake of Mishawaka, a sister Mrs. Marguerite Harden of Miami FL, and three brothers Herbert of South Bend, David of Granger, and Charles of New Lebanon OH.
Clements retired in 1966 from the Studebaker Corp., after working there 27 years.
South Bend Tribune, Sat. 3 Feb., 1979

Clements, Cyrus H.
Cyrus H. Clements, 84, of 1941 E. Calvert and Bankson Lake, Lawton Mich., died at 6:15 pm Tuesday in his home. He lived with his daughter. Mrs. Ann Marie Stallman. Clements, was retired from the Studebaker Corp., after 40 years.
Born on Sept. 22, 1893 in Knox, he lived here. most of his life coming from Knox, in August of 1920.
In South Bend he married Bertha F. Mais, who died on Dec. 17, 1961.
Surviving besides Mrs. Stallman, are three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a sister Mrs. Marguerite Hardin of South Bend, and four brothers Herb, Dave, and Donald all of South Bend, and Charles of Dayton Ohio.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. Wednesday in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home 435 S. Ironwood.
Clements was a retired member of the United Auto Workers and was a member of Chapter 6. Disabled American Veterans.
South Bend Tribune, Wed. Jan. 25, 1978

Clements, Ethel D.
Services for Ethel D. Clements 79, of 54675 Mayflower Rd., who died at 10:40 am. in her home will be at 1 pm. Tuesday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home 511 N. William St. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 pm at the funeral home.
She was born Aug., 20 1907 in Indianapolis and moved to this area 67 years ago.
On Aug. 20 1925 she was married to Herbert W. Clements who survives. Also surviving are five daughters, Ethel Yanak of Phoenix, AZ, Phyllis Strasser of South Bend, Hannah Clements at home, Faith Schultz of South Bend, and Christine Zelones of San Diego, Calif., Seven grandchildren, eight geat grandchildren; a sister, Edna Wade of Waukegan Ill, and a brother, Jessie Schell of Mlshawaka.
Mrs. Clements was a homemaker. She was a member of Lydick United Methodist Church, Chain Of Lakes Conservation Club Auxillary, and the South Bend Art Center.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the church.
South Bend Tribune, Sunday March 1, 1987

Clements, Hannah Olive
Mrs. Hanna Olive Clements. 89, of 830 Fairview Ave. died in Memorial Hospital at 10:45 am. Monday after a long Illness.
She was born in Knox on July15, 1874, and was married there in 1889 to David H. Clements, who died in 194O.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Bonner and Mrs. Marguerite Harden both of South Bend six sons Herbert W., Donald F., David R., Alfred E,. and Cy H., all of South Bend, and Charles Of Dayton. Ohio.
23 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; a great great grandchild and a sister Mrs. Lena Ferry, of South Bend.
Friends may call after 7 p m. today at the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home.
Services will be held here at 1:30 pm. Thursday with Rev. Oscar Pace, pastor of the River Park Free Methodist Church, of which she was a member, officiating.
Burial will be in Crown Point; Cemetery, Knox, Ind.
South Bend Tribune, Tue. 31, March 1964

Clements, Herbert W.
Herbert W. Clements
Dec. 6, 1907-Sept 13, 1995
SOUTH BEND — Memorial services for Herbert W. Clements, 87, of Mayflower Road, who died at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday in Fountainview Place, Mishawaka, will be at 7 p.m. Monday in Epworth Memorial United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Welsheimer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
Mr. Clements was self-employed. He was born Dec. 6. 1907, in South Bend. In 1923, in South Bend, he married Ethel Schell. She preceded him in death.
He is survived by five daughters, Ethel Yanak of Phoenix, Phyllis Strasser and Faith Schultz, both of South Bend, Hannah Wood of Niles, and Christine Zelones of Oceanside, Calif.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Charles of Dayton. Ohio.
He was a charter member of Chain-0-Lakes Conservation Club and the church.
South Bend Tribune, Fri. 15, Sept. 1995

Clements, Joyce Hope
Funeral services for Joyce Hope Clements,two-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wade Clements of 310 East Fox Street, who died Friday night at 10 o'clock in the home of her grandmother Mrs. O. H. Clements, 1014 East Dayton street, will be held in the Free Methodist Church at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning.
Rev. Walter Lembertson will officiate and burial will be in Highland cemetery. The body may be viewed in the home of her grandmother.
The child's death resulted from a four weeks' illness of spinal meningitis.
She was born In South Bend Oct. 22, 1925. In addition to the parents and grandmother, three sisters, Phyllis Lois, Hanna Olive and Ethyl D. Clements, survive.
South Bend Tribune, Sun. 5, May 1929

Dipboye, Eleanor
16 May 1879
Death of Mrs. Eleanor Dipboye, wife of Rev. Jonathon Dipboye, who resides near Frankton, this county, and whose death occurred May 5, 79.
Mrs. Dipboyes sickness was of short duration having a severe attack of lung fever, which only lasted for perhaps three days. The deceased was the daughter of Robert and Mary Bartlet, was born in Monongahela County Virgina, March 2 1822 and moved with her parents to Delaware county, this State, in 1833 and was married to Jonathon Dipboye in 1837. with whom she was permitted to live for a period of over forty-one years.
Mrs. D. was a woman of sterling integrity and her every day walk and conversation while she was permitted to live has left the testimony for her friends and relatives, that she was what she professed to be, being always ready to do any thing that would benefit suffering humanity. She was loved and respected by all who knew her, being one of those kind, social women that made her company pleasant to all whom she came in contact with. Her memory no doubt will be preserved by her associates of former years from the fact that her life has been an example for others to imitate. Her manner and walk was not only that of virtue and godliness away from home, but she set a worthy example before her family, which was the greatest of all. She was always anxious for her husband to perform his duties as a Minister of the Gospel. She spent many lonesome hours in the early part of their married life, whi1e he was away preaching.
She leaves a large circle of friends and relatives, and a bereaved husband and children, to mourn her loss, but no doubt their loss being her gain. She leaves eleven children, ten of whom were present at her funeral, to witness the closing scenes of a fond mother and great counselor.
Mrs. D. joined the Christian Church in the year 1845, and was baptised by Elder William Hendrix and remained a faithful member of the same until her death. Mrs. D. will be greatly missed by her friends, who are many. She will be missed in the Church not only of her own denomination, but others also, as she was willing to unite with all Christians.
The funeral services took place May 6 at the school near the home of the deceased and was conducted by Rev. W. G. Parker, to a large and attentive audience of friends and mourners who listened attentively to the remarks that were offered from 1st Thessalonians, 4th chapter, 13th and 14th verses,
but I would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope, for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Broad is the road that leads to death.
And thousands walk together there.
But wisdom shows a narrow path.
With here and there a traveler.
Anderson Democrat, 16 May 1879

Harden, Marguerite L.
March 18, 1916 - Nov. 14 1991
SOUTH BEND — Marguerite L.Harden, 75, of Largo Fla., formerly of South Bend, died Nov. 14 In her home.
Mrs. Harden was born March 18, 1915, in South Bend and lived in South Bend until moving to Florida in 1976.
She is survived by her husband James R. of Largo; a daughter, Judy Burris of Clearwater Fla; a son, James L. of South Bend; four grandchildren; one great granddaughter; and two brothers Herbert Clements of South Bend and Charles Clements of Dayton. Ohio.
The National Cremation Society, Clearwater, handled the arrangements.
South Bend Tribune, Tue., Nov. 26, 1991

Loudermilk, Joseph M
Joseph M. Loudermilk died suddenly of heart failure. Mr. Loudermilk walked down town and spent a part of the forenoon in the business section. He was on his way home when the sudden summons came, he fell to the walk, in front of the Ewing residence on Bender Street. Medical aid was hastily summoned, but the spark of life had fled. Mr. Loudermilk had long been known as one of the good citizens of the community. He had been in ill health for some I time, but his condition was not regarded as serious and his death was a shock to relatives and friends.
"And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away." And so beside the silent sea, I wait with muffled oar; No harm from Him will come to me, On ocean or on shore.''
Joseph M. Loudermilk, the son of Joseph and Minerva Loudermilk, Was born in Clark County, Indiana on December 28, 1849 and answered the Master's Call to his eternal home on February 8, 1924. His age was 74 year's, 1 month and 10 days. His mother died when he was just a young boy and a few years later he came to Starke county to live and has lived here continuously since then. He became a christian when just a young man and followed the way laid out by his Lord and Savior. He and his wife had been in members of the Knox Christian Church for many years. He was united in marriage to Nancy C. Clements, on August 1, 1876 and to this union four children were I born Joseph W,, the first son, who preceded his mother into that Better Land, Albert and Guy, of Knox and Clara May Eisenberg, of San Antonio, Texas. There is one other son, Gary I Loudermilk, by a former marriage, who lives in Iowa. He was a man well known and well a respected by this entire community, a man who was generous to a fault. Today even the children are paying him a great tribute, because it is not every man who loved and was loved in return by the children as "Uncle Joe" was loved. And so, as "Uncle Joe," we shall miss him, whether young or old, and feel that his place in our lives shall be hard to fill. Besides these grieving Sons and daughter, there are eleven grand children and a host of sorrowing relatives and sympathizing friends. Mr. Loudermilk leaves two sisters, Mrs. Emma Collins, of Edinberg, Indiana, Mrs. Clara Borden, of Brownstown, Indiana and one half sister, who is 93 years old, Mrs. Mary C. Wagoner also of Brownstown, Indiana. His only brother, Thomas answered his country's call and died for its Unity and Conservation during the Civil War. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian Church,in charge of Rev. J. S. Van Qrman. Interment was made in Oak Park (Crown Point) cemetery.
Those from a distance who attended the funeral were Dave Clements and wife, Cy Clements, Alfred Clements and Everett Clements, J. W. Good and family, Forrest Good and family, Chas. Foot and wife, Of South Bend, James Boniface, wife and son, of LaPorte, James Clements, Andrew Clements and wife, of Logansport,Mrs. Katie Bonner, of South Bend, Sam Tabor, of Edinburg, Indiana, Mrs. Ella Buchanan, of Mishawaka and Mr. and Mrs. John Eisenberg, of San Antonio, Texas.
Starke County Democrat
Knox, Indiana Wed, Feb, 13 1924

Schell, Isaac
Isaac Schell, aged 70, of 401 Donmoyer Ave. died at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday in the residence of a daughter Mrs. Ben Wades, Waukegan, Ill. He had been ill two months.
Surviving also are three other daughters Mrs. Callie Turner, Logansport, Ind., Mrs. John Whitacre, North Webster Ind., and Mrs. Ethel Clements of South Bend; two sons Harold and Jack Schell, South Bend; two sisters Mrs. Blanche Moffitt, Kennard, Ind., and Mrs. Lillian Robinson, Elwood, Ind., and two brothers, Cash Schell, Elwood, and Daniel Schell Kokomo, Ind.
Friends may call in the Forest G. Hay funeral home tonight and until the Funeral there at 10 a. m. Saturday.
Rev. H. J. Kieser of Grace Methodist church will officiate.
Burial will be in the Schell cemetery, Elwood.
Mr. Schell was born in Elwood June 19 1869 and came here 12 years ago, he was married in Anderson Ind., in 1894 to Sabie L. Etchison.
South Bend Tribune, Thursday 16 May 1940

Schell, Jesse
Nov. 21,1902-May 24, 1992
SOUTH BEND — Jesse Schell, 89, of Woodside Street, died at 11:45 p.m. Sunday in the home of a friend at 123 Orange Ave. Mishawaka.
Mr. Schell retired in 1964 from Studebaker Corp. after 40 years of service as a spray painter. He formerly was employed by Pennsylvania Railroad and Wabash Railroad.
He was born Nov 21, 1902, in Wheatfield Ind., and had lived In South Bend since 1924, coming from Logansport Ind. in 1925, in Anderson Ind., he married Augusta Moffet She died in 1974.
He Is survived by two sons, Raymond and Ronald both of South Bend; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a sister, Edna Wade of Waukegan, Ill. A son Dale, died in 1982.
Services will be at 2p.m. Wednesday In Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. Cremation will take place, with burial In Southlawn Cemetary, Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.
South Bend Tribune, Tuesday 25 May 1992

Schell, Raymond J.
Raymond J. Schell, 79, of South Bend, IN, passed away at 3:15 a.m. Friday, April 14, 2006, in his home. He was born on November 7, 1926, in South Bend to the late Jesse and Augusta (Jarvis) Schell. He was also preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Judy Kramer and a brother, Dale Schell.
Mr. Schell is survived by a daughter, Maria Lynn (David) Chamberlin of South Bend; a son, Raymond E. Schell of South Bend; a stepdaughter, Linda Clark of Naperville, IL; a stepson, Murray (Myrna) Kramer of Pensacola, Fl; his companion, Jean Siede of South Bend; five grandchildren and a brother, Ronald Schell of South Bend. Mr. Schell is also survived by his "Grand Cats" which he loved very much.
Mr. Schell was a lifelong area resident. He served his country in the United States Marine Corp. during World War II. Mr. Schell was employed at Studebaker Corp. for fourteen years, and retired in 1990 after twenty-six years working for AM General. He loved cooking, fishing and just being outdoors. He was a member of Eagle's Lodge #435 and Moose Lodge #58, both in South Bend.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, 2006, in the Palmer Funeral Home-Guisinger Chapel, 3718 S. Michigan St. South Bend, IN. Tikkri Knarr will officiate. Friends may visit with the family from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8:00 p.m. Monday, April 17, 2006, in the funeral home.
Contributions in memory of Raymond J. Schell may be made to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 111 Sunnybrook Ct., South Bend, IN 46637.
"Everybody Loved Raymond".
Copyright South Bend Tribune Corporation Apr 16, 2006

Schell, Szabie L.
Mrs. Sadie L. Schell 53, 1314 Lincoln Way East, died Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock In St. Joseph Hospital of goitre, from which she had been suffering since last November.
Mrs. Schell came to South Bend four years ago from Indianapolis, with her family.
She was born March 18, 1874 at Frankton, Ind. and in 1894 married Issac Schell at Anderson, Ind. She is survived by her husband, her father James K. P. Atchesion five daughters, Mrs. Helen Zimmerman, Mrs. Harry Turner, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitacre, Mrs. Ethel Clements and Mrs. Edna Schell; two sons. Harold and Jesse Schell of South Bend; three sisters Mrs. Rebecca Marton, Mrs. Emma Neice and Mrs. Mary Mc Cord all of Frankton, Ind. a brother William Atchesion of Anderson, Ind.
The funeral will be at the Schell home. Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. Benjamin Rist officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
South Bend Tribune, Sunday 24 April 1927

Turner, Donald, 85, of Logansport, Ind., died Wednesday, Aug. 11, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.
He was born Feb. 13, 1919, in Logansport, son of the late Harry Turner and the late Callie Schell. He was married to the late Grace Ryan on April 4,1942. He then married Marie A. Fettig (Bechtol) on Sept. 26, 1987. She survives.
He was a member of the Logansport Airport Board for three years, Golden Gloves, vice president of Plumber's Union of South Bend, Ind., Corporate Wing of South Bend, St. Joseph Masonic Lodge 45, Flying Farmers of South Bend, OES of South Bend (Past Worthy Patron), VFW of Logansport. He was a member of the Anoka United Methodist Church and the Grace United Methodist of South Bend. He became a journeyman in 1946. He was a private pilot and he enjoyed flying, fishing, poems, and playing musical instruments. He served in the U.S. Army during World War in the Queens Regiment in Hawaii, Pacific Theater, from 1942 to 1945.
He worked as a plumber and welder for the Bendix Corporation, South Bend, and Local 172.
Surviving are his wife, Marie A. Fettig Bechtol; two sons, Timothy Turner of South Bend and Donald (Brenda) E. Turner of South Bend; stepdaughter, Barbara Flory of Delphi, Ind.; stepson, James Bechtol of Logansport; brother, Thomas Turner of South Bend; sister, Betty Speth of South Bend; three granddaughters, Gretchen Jennings of South Bend, Shannon (Herbert) Magezi of South Bend and Ashley Turner of South Bend; grandson, Shawn Turner of South Bend; two step- granddaughters, Elizabeth (Mark) Burdsall of Minneapolis, Minn., and Heather (Brian) Burns of Monticello, Ind.; step-grandson, John Kiste of Winamac, Ind.; two great-grandchildren and one step-great- grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Grace Ryan Turner, on Dec. 15, 1985, and by three brothers.
Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. today, Aug. 13, in the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Logansport. Services will be held in the Fisher Funeral Chapel, Saturday, Aug. 14, at 10:30 a.m., with Rev. Jim Abbott officiating. Interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery with full military rites.
Copyright South Bend Tribune Corporation Aug 13, 2004

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