Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT – January 6, 1999

John Bamber, Sr.

July 23, 1913 - Jan. 3, 1999

John Bamber, Sr., 85, of East Wall Street, South Bend, Ind., died at 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 3, in Regency Place of South Bend.

John was born on July 23, 1913, in South Bend, Ind., to Rose (Cameron) and Joseph Bamber, who both preceded him in death. On August 19, 1939, John married Palmina Colella, who preceded him in death on Jan. 28, 1997. He was also preceded in death by a brother, James.

John retired in 1975 from Bamber's Superette Food Market in South Bend, which he founded in 1950.

John is survived by two sons, John Bamber, Jr., and Eugene Joseph Bamber, both of South Bend; a daughter, Nancy Ann Hague of Carmel, Ind.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and by two brothers, Louis Bamber and Bill Bamber, both of South Bend.

Funeral services for John Bamber, Sr., will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3718 S. Michigan Street, South Bend. Burial will take place at Highland Cemetery.

Visitation for John Bamber, Sr., will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.

The family asks that memorial donations be made in the name of John and Palmina Bamber to the Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center Coronary Care Unit.