Submitted by: Dan Rich

Philomina Boudonck

Aug. 19, 1876 – July 8, 1946

South Bend Tribune  7/9/1946

Mishawaka - Mrs. Philomina Boudonck, aged 69, of 532 W. 6^th Street, died at 5:45 today in St. Joseph hospital following an illness of six months. Mrs. Boudonck was born in Hansbeke, Belgium, Aug. 19, 1876, and moved here from that country 45 years ago.  As Miss Philomina Byl she married Felix Boudonck June 20, 1900 in Belgium. He died in 1932. Survivors include her two sons, Raymond and Camiel Boudonck, of Mishawaka; two daughters, Mrs. Morris DeVreese and Mrs. Edward Honold Jr., both of Mishawaka; two grandchildren, two brothers, Louis Byl, of South Bend, and Emiel Byl of Bryan Ohio, and one sister in Belgium.  Friends may call at DeVos Chapel until the funeral services which will take place ar 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Bavo’s Catholic Church. Rev. Otto J. Keller, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel