Submitted by: Dan Rich
Emiel J. DeCloedt
1888 – July 13, 1963
South Bend Tribune 7/15/1963
MISHAWAKA - Emiel J. DeCloedt, 75,
who had been in the dry cleaning business here for 38 years
before he retired, died Saturday evening in his residence, 536 W.
11th Street. He had been ill the for the last three
months. He had been a resident of Mishawaka for 56 years, coming
here from Nevele, Belgium, where he was born. He married Miss
Mary Meert in St. Bavo’s Catholic Church on Nov. 7,
1911. Surviving are his widow; five grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; six brothers; and four sisters. A son Carl
died in 1943, and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Cannarecci, died
in 1959.
Friends may call in the DeVos Funerla Chapel
after 6 p.m. today and until services at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St.
Bavo’s Catholic Church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.