From Rick:

"The South Bend Tribune", Friday Evening, December 2, 1955, page 44

William Henry Berkheiser.

     William Henry Berkheiser, Box 83, Rt. 2, South Bend, died at 7:30 p. m. Thursday en route to Memorial Hospital after he became ill in his home.  He was born in LaPorte County, Indiana, Aug. 12, 1892, and lived most of his life here.  He was married in South Bend in 1919 to Luella Smith, who survives.  He leaves also two sons, Richard and John L., and a daughter, Joyce, South Bend;  three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Warren Smith, Fruitport, Mich.  He was a machine repairman for the Bendix Products Division of the Bendix Aviation Corp.  He was a member of Bendix Aviation Post 284, American Legion.  Friends may call after 7 p. m. today in the Orvis Funeral Home where the funeral will take place at 2 p. m. Sunday.  Rev. Buel Horn, Immanuel Methodist Church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery with rites there in charge of members of Bendix post.