Submitted by: Dan Rich

Dorothy Christin

June 12, 1921 - May 24, 2000

South Bend Tribune 6/5/2000

Dorothy Christin, a former resident of South Bend, died in Virginia Beach, Virginia suddenly on May 24 from an aneurysm. She had not been seriously ill. Burial services will take place in South Bend on June 12 at 3:00 p.m. at Mount Calvary Cemetery in South Bend located at 63568 U.S. 31 South next to Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. The cemetery is near Lakeville, Indiana, on the left if traveling south on Michigan. Friends are welcome to attend. Dorothy attended Ohio State University, University of Dayton, Briarcliff College and Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied literature. She once wrote a column for the Davenport, Iowa Diocesan Paper and several articles on children in various magazines.

Funeral services were held May 27 at Church of The Ascension in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dorothy is survived by her loving husband, Dr. Robert Christin, who taught in the Department of English, University of Notre Dame 1953 through 1966. She is also survived by seven sons, Robert (Barbara) of Washington Grove, Md., George (Audrey) of Bedford, Mass., Michael (Terry) of Toano, Va., Matthew of San Francisco, Calif., Joseph of Virginia Beach, Va., Edward of Rochester, N.Y. and John (Linda) of Mohegan Lake, N.Y.; two daughters, Rita Bertino (Joseph) of Ossining, N.Y. and Mary Christin (John Becker) of Watertown, Mass. She is survived also by twelve grandchildren. A son, Paul, at fifteen died in South Bend from an accident in 1965. Dorothy's parents, her son, Paul, and an aunt are buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery.