Submitted by: John C. Monk

 

Jessica S. Buwa  

Aug. 3, 1988 - July 8, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Jessica Sue Buwa, 21, died Thursday, July 8, 2010. She was born in South Bend on August 3, 1988 and was employed by Buwa's Body Shop. She loved animals and the arts, and enjoyed drawing. Jessica is survived by her mother, Deborah (Clyde) Owens of Mishawaka; father, Richard James Buwa of South Bend; sisters, Brandy (Skylar Pletcher) Buwa of Mishawaka and April (Brandon) Negrete of Elkhart; brothers, Matthew (Liddy Ditsch) Buwa of Edwardsburg and Brandon Scott Buwa of South Bend; grandmother, Donna (Bob) Hamma of Mishawaka and her niece and nephews, Holly Michelle Pletcher, Zachary Scott Pletcher and Dawson Lee Negrete. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Earl E. Baker and Francis A. and Ida E. Buwa. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday July 13, 2010 in Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776 McKinley Hwy. Friends may call on Monday from 2 to 4 & 6 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Entombment in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. The family's preferred memorial is the American Cancer Society . To sign the guestbook or to offer online condolences, please visit www.chapelhillmemorial.com.

Published in South Bend Tribune on July 10, 2010