Submitted by: Dan Rich
March 3, 1922 - June 18, 2008
South Bend Tribune 6/20/2008
NEW CARLISLE - Wanda M. Cortier, 86, of New Carlisle,
Indiana passed away, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at Memorial
Hospital of South Bend. Wanda was born March 3, 1922, in
Mishawaka, Indiana to Leroy and Bessie Mae (Wombold) Utterback.
She retired in 1992, as the Assistant Law Placement Director from
the University of Notre Dame and had previously been employed for
five years with Westat in South Bend.
On August 19, 1944, at the Army Air Force
Base Chapel in Reno, Nevada, Wanda married Richard F. Cortier who
preceded her in death on May 29, 2006. She is survived by, her
son, William (Claudine) Cortier of Bristol, Indiana; her
daughters, Chris Cortier, and Carol Whiteman, both of New
Carlisle and Denise Warner of Venice, Florida; eight
grandchildren, Melanie (Christopher Orr) Cortier, Christopher
(Sia) Cortier, Holli Hixenbaugh, Valerie Cortier, Josilyn
Hixenbaugh, Zacchary Hixenbaugh, Danielle Cortier and Ian (Amber)
Whiteman; a great-granddaughter, Kharina Mathew; and a
great-grandson, Aidan Whiteman; and her brother, Dale (Lee)
Utterback of Granger, Indiana. Wanda was a member of St.
Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, the Woodmen of the World
#6001, T.O.P.S. in New Carlisle, Indiana, and the Farm Bureau.
She graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1940, was a Girl
Scout leader for many years, a volleyball coach, and she and her
husband ran a concession stand at the South Bend Motor Speedway
many year ago.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8
p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2008, at the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545
N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, Indiana, where a parish Rosary will
be prayed at 3:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, June 23, 2008 at St. Stanislaus
Kostka Catholic Church, New Carlisle, Indiana. Cremation will
follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Legion
Post 297, New Carlisle, P.O. Box 181, New Carlisle, Indiana 46552
or to Running Strong for American Indian Youth(r), 2550
Huntington Avenue, Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22303.