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Zelma R. Mercer
Zelma R. Mercer, 89, formerly of 619 E. LaPorte St., where she made her home with her devoted son, Michael, died of natural causes at 4:35 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11. 2001. Zelma died in the Walnut Creek Nursing Home where she had lived for the past two and a half years.
Born January 26, 1912, in Huntington, West Virginia.
After her high school graduation in 1928, she attended the South Bend College of Commerce and worked for the Westinghouse Corp. When Westinghouse left South Bend, Zelma became the secretary of the First Christian Church of which she was a member. She worked with its' beloved pastor, Dr. Elmer Ward Cole.
Throughout her life, she remained a faithful and active member of First Christian, serving in many capacities.
The church was the central focus of her life and the life of her family.
On Nov. 19, 1933, in the First Christian Church, Zelma became the bride of Harold A.. Mercer. She devoted the next 17 years to being a full-time wife and mother.
For 27 years, from 1950 until her retirement in 1977, and part-time until 1982, Zelma was a teller, then head teller for the St. Joseph Bank and Trust in South Bend. It was work she dearly loved.
Zelma was known for her sense of humor, her quick intelligence and her strength of character.
She is survived by a son and daughter: Michael K. Mercer, Plymouth and Marilee A. Mercer-Wead, and son-in-law, Gordon R. Wead of Wilmette, Ill. A sister-in-law, Helen Mercer, Plymouth, also survives as well as a niece, Betty Howard, of Lakeland, Florida .
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Harold who died on Nov. 2, 1988, a sister, Edith Gunter and twin brothers, Harold and Gerald Runyon.
Visitation with Zelma's family will be on Saturday, July 14, 2001, from 12 to 2 p.m. in the First Christian Church, 1101 E. Jefferson Blvd., at Eddy Street, South Bend.
Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. Bert Handwork, an Elder of the church, will officiate.
Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Zelma's memory may be sent to First Christian Church, 1101 E. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, IN., 46617.
Marshall A. Craig
Marshall Alexander Craig, 84, 2313 Benham Ave., Elkhart, Ind., a Marshall and Elkhart County resident all of his life, died, following an illness, at 7:07 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, 2001. Marshall died in the Rosewood Terrace Nursing Home, Elkhart.
Born on November 24, 1917, in Plymouth, Marshall was the son of Frank and Eliza Annabelle Greer Craig. He was a 1936 graduate of Lincoln High School, Plymouth and attended various technical schools.
During World War II, Marshall was a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Corp. He was a member of the Plymouth V.F.W., and the American Legion.
In January, 1943, in Indianapolis, Ind., Marshall and Ellamae Ennis were married. Ellamae died in Nov. 1961. In Dec. of 1968, in Elkhart, he and Loretta Zimmer Gang were wed.
Marshall retired on April 1, 1984, after 44 years with the McCords Corp. in Plymouth where he had worked in the Service Plate and Layout departments.
He was a member of the Plymouth Moose, Lodge and of a gun club in Elkhart.
An amateur ham radio operator, his call letters were "K9MSP." He had been a private pilot since the late 1940s and was a member of the Mishawaka Pilots club.
Marshall is survived by his wife, Loretta of Elkhart, and by two daughters. The daughters are Julie Floyd and friend Warren Moore, Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte and Phillip Fifer, Sr., Riverview, Fla.
A granddaughter, Kay Graf, Riverview, Fla., and a grandson, Phillip and Jean Fifer, Jr., Hanover, Md., together with four great-grandsons also survive.
A step-daughter, Shirley and Roger Rhodes, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and a step-son, Robert and Alice Gang, Dewey, Ariz., survive as well.
Marshall was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Ellamae, two brothers and two sisters.
There will be no visitation.
Memorial services in the New Oakhill Chapel, Plymouth, will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17, 2001. The Rev. Mark Kloess, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, will officiate.
The Plymouth V.F.W. Post 1162 will give full military graveside honors at Oakhill Cemetery in Plymouth.
Memorial gifts in Marshall's name may be made to the Plymouth V.F.W. Post 1162 or the Elkhart County Hospice.
Eva R. Lemert
A dynamic professional business woman, Eva R. Lemert, 97, and lifetime Plymouth resident, has died.
Eva, who drove a pink Cadillac with the license plate, "Foxy Lady," died of natural causes, on 2:10 p.m. on Friday, July 13, 2001. In failing health for the past eight years, she died in Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home, 222 Parkview Drive, Plymouth.
Born on the family homestead on 11th Rd., Plymouth, Eva was the daughter of William H. and Nancy V. Bowell Reed. She attended Inwood grade schools, graduating from Lincoln high school in Plymouth in 1920.
On Oct. 9, 1920, Eva and Loren E. Lemert were married in Plymouth. Loren died on Dec. 13, 1962.
After she was married, Eva worked in the first Montgomery Ward Store for a salary of $12 for a sixty hour week. Later she worked in the Recorder's office in the Court House.
She and her spouse owned and operated the Marshall County Sale Barn-Livestock Auctions north of Plymouth. They were also agents for John Deere Farm Equipment and operated Oldsmobile Cadillac Sales and Service from 1942 through 1950.
In 1948, she confidently ran the Lemert Engineering firm with her spouse until his death, continuing as president of the company until her retirement in 1986. Some of the innovative products developed by Lemert Engineering were: Sea Trim Afterplanes, Airflex Riveters, Selectrol Water Injection System and the Level Air Shock Absorbers.
She was a horsewoman and the first secretary of the Marshall County Horse Association, serving for six years. She showed horses in the Three and five Gaited as well as the Five Harness Classes in Plymouth and throughout the state.
Eva was a past matron of the Eastern Star #26 and Past Mother Advisor of Rainbow Girls, serving many additional years as Advisor. She was a Past Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a member of Business and Professional Women, Marshall county Historical Society, a member of the Farm Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce and was written up in "Who's Who."
Eva loved traveling and fishing with her family in Canada and Florida.
She is survived by two daughters: Bonita M. Gehring, Plymouth, and Sue E. and Mike Gill, Warsaw. Six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren also survive.
In addition to her parents and her husband, Eva was preceded in death by a brother, James Reed and a sister, Helen Stockman.
Visitation with her family in a celebration of Eva's remarkable life will be on Monday, July 16, 2001, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
An Eastern Star Service will follow visitation at 1:45 p.m. and the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. The Rev. Father John Schramm, pastor of St. Thomas Episcopal Church of which she was a lifetime member, will officiate.
Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Memorials in Eva's memory may be made to St. Thomas Church or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Mary Jane Knepper
Mary Jane Knepper, 61, 307 N. Indiana St., Bremen, died at 9:25 a.m. on Saturday, July 14, 2001. Mary Jane died in the Bremen Community Hospital of a cancer-related illness following a brave five-year battle with the disease.
For the past 15 years Mary Jane had shared a home with her mother in Bremen, coming from Plymouth.
Born on May 6, 1940, in Plymouth, she was the daughter of Howard A. and Margaret E. Metheny Knepper. She graduated from Plymouth High School in the class of 1958.
Mary Jane worked in production at Bremen Wire for 12 years.
She loved children and did a lot of baby sitting for her family and for children in the area.
She liked to read and do needlepoint and counted-cross stitch work. She crocheted and gardened and was an avid sports fan, especially Cubs baseball. She was fond of animals, particularly dogs.
Mary Jane was an active member of the Bremen Church of the Brethren and had taught a seniors Sunday School class.
She is survived by her mother, Margaret Knepper, Bremen, and two brothers: Richard A. and Shurla Knepper, Inwood, and Ronald E. and Susan Knepper, Plymouth. Three sisters also survive. They are: Sally A. O'Dell, Orriville, Ohio; Linda K. and Edward Krecik, Knox, and Judy M. Dildine, Round Rock, Texas.
Several nieces and nephews survive as well.
Mary Jane was preceded in death by her father and James E. Knepper, a brother.
Family services for Mary Jane were held on Sunday evening, in the Bremen Church of the Brethren, Pastor Tom Hostetler officiated. There will be no visitation.
Memorial gifts in Mary Jane's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Marshall County Hospice.
Martha G. Barth Ogden
Martha G. Barth Ogden, 96, of 17421 18th Road, died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2001, in Culver, Indiana. Mrs. Ogden was born September 1, 1904, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of William J. Barth, Sr. and Marie Catharinas. She was a graduate of Fort Wayne Art School and attended the Snow Froelich School of Industrial Art in New York, the Chicago School of Art Education and the University of Chicago. From 1924 - 1927, Mrs. Ogden was the art supervisor in Albert Lea, Minnesota. She was an art teacher in South Bend from 1927 - 1930, and then taught in Fort Wayne Junior High School.
On June 18, 1936, in Chicago, she married George R. Ogden, who died in 1950. Surviving are one son, George R. Ogden, of Knox, Indiana, one daughter, Martha Ogden Arnold, of Boulder, Colorado, and three grandsons. Three sisters and a brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Ogden had lived in Culver since 1948. For seven years she taught art in area schools until retiring in 1970. She was a world traveler and an avid bird watcher. She was a member of the Culver City Federated Club and the Associate Tri Kappa.
There will be no visitation or services. Mrs. Ogden had requested cremation. Contributions may be made to the Culver Union Township Public Library or the Audubon Society.
Anna Marie Montague
Anna Marie Montague, 78, formerly of Bourbon, Ind., died at 9:55 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2001. Anna who lived at 719 37th. St. W; Bradenton, Fla., for the past 15 years, died in St. Vincent's Hospital, Carmel, Indiana, following an illness.
She was born in Plymouth, the daughter of Harry Wallace and Fay McCollough King. Anna graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1940.
On March 10, 1943, in Columbia, S.C., Anna and Winston G. Montague, who was in the service at the time, were married.
Anna will be remembered as a caring and loving mother and homemaker. Her greatest joy was watching her family grow and, later, traveling to visit her children and grandchildren.
She was a member of the First United Church of Christ, Bourbon, and a Past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star in Bourbon.
Anna is survived by her husband, Winston, Bradenton, Fla., and by their eleven surviving children. One son, Jimmy Montague, preceded her in death.
Their sons and daughters and their spouses are: Sally and Roger McPeak, Pittsburgh, Texas, Jeanene and Troy McGuire, Bothell, Wash., Tom and Valentina Montague, Englewood, CO., Aleta Montague, Warsaw, Ind., Karen and Randy Horoho, Kokomo, Ind., Elaine and Bud Wetzel, Pierre, S.D., Richard and Becki Montague, Westfield, Ind., Debra and Marvin Eberly, Warsaw, Ind., Michael and Karen Montague, Downers Grove, Ill., Cheryl and Richard McDonald, Warsaw, Ind., and Nancy Rockhill, Westfield, Ind.
Thirty-seven grandchildren and thirty-eight great and great-great grandchildren also survive.
Four sisters and two brothers survive as well. They are: Phyllis and Roscoe Markwith, Reelsville, Ind., Charles W. and Virginia King, Lakeville, Ind., Carol and Larry Verrill, Carmel, Ind., Doris and Harold Barnett, Lost Creek, Ky., Sara and Rudy Grumbacher, Carmel, Ind., and Glen M. and Wanda King, Kokomo, Ind. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Anna was preceded in death by her parents, her son, Jimmy, four grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a brother, Malcolm King, and a sister, Rowena Kemery.
Friends may call on the family from 3 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2001 at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Funeral services for Anna will be in the funeral home on Friday, July 20, 2001, at 11 a.m. Brother-in-law Harold Barnett, pastor of the Brethren church in Lost Creek, Ky., will officiate.
Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Memorial gifts in Anna's memory may be made to the American Lung Association or to a charity of the donor's choice.
Des Neiges H. "Denny" Swisher
Des Neiges "Denny" Swisher, 79, a Plymouth resident most of her life, died at 4:17 p.m. on Friday, July 20, 2001. Denny died of natural causes at her home, 905 Berkley St., Apt. 22, Neidlinger Garden Court.
She was born in Plymouth on Dec. 6, 1921, the daughter of J.R. and Agnes Nanick Klapp. She graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 1941.
On Dec. 26, 1942, in Plymouth, Denny became the bride of R. Richard Swisher. Dick died on October 13, 1996.
Denny was the former co-owner of the Plymouth Office Supply. They sold the business in 1965 and moved to the Venice/Naples, Florida area, returning to Plymouth in 1983.
Denny was a lady of many talents with a great sense of humor. She was a people-person, very social and helpful to family and friends.
She liked to shop for antiques and enjoyed playing golf and doing arts and crafts, especially ceramics. She enjoyed bird watching and playing bridge.
She was a former member of Delta Theta Tau, a philanthropic sorority and a member of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church.
Denny is survived by four daughters, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Her daughters are: Pamela J. and Dean Kennedy, Clinton, Ind., Peri J. and Arleigh Nelson, Dayton, Minn., Paula J. Swisher, South Bend and Patrice J. Swisher, Niles, Mich.
A sister, Jayne Derf, of Naples, Fla., Joy Klapp, a sister-in-law of Boca Raton, Fla., and Loreen Pinney, a sister-in-law, Knox, survive as well.
Denny was preceded in death by her parents, her spouse and Robert Klapp, a brother.
Visitation with the family will be on Monday, July 23, 2001, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Funeral services will be held in the New Oakhill Chapel, Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 2001. Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery.
Memorial gifts in Denny's memory may be made to the Kidney Foundation.
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