Submitted by: Dan Rich

Maryann DeWulf

July 12, 1928 - Oct. 30, 2003

South Bend Tribune 11/1/2003

Maryann DeWulf, 75, of Regency Place, South Bend, Ind., formerly of N. Center Street Mishawaka, Ind., passed away at 5:35 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Regency Place, after a brief illness. Maryann was born July 12, 1928, in South Bend, as the daughter of the late Homer and Louise (Schmidt) Vriendt.

On Jan. 31, 1948, in Mishawaka, as Maryann Vriendt, she married Robert J. DeWulf, who preceded her in death on July 15, 1979. Maryann is survived her seven daughters, Sheila (Dennis) Wood, Linda (Philip) Klein, Debra (Michael) Jennings, Sandra (Terry) Cline, all of Mishawaka, Tamara (Michael) Stevens of South Bend, Melissa (Mark) Weed of Elkhart, Ind., and Cassandra "Cassie" Fitzgerald of Cary, N.C.; twenty-three grandchildren, Jeff and Matt Wood, Tania Calderone, Philip, Lindsay and Brittany Klein, Angela Laitinen, Shane and Robert Stickler, Ashley Jennings, Todd, Tyler and Travis Cline, Breeana, Corey Gregory, Michael Stevens, Joshua and Jacob Howk, Madison and Nolan Weed, Morgan, Noah and Kendall Fitzgerald; twelve great-grandchildren; one sister, Betty Doty of Grand Haven, Mich.; and one brother, Richard Vriendt of Butler, Pa. Mrs. DeWulf was preceded in death by one grandson, David Fitzgerald. Mrs. DeWulf was a loving homemaker, mother and grandmother and great Grandmother. She was a former member of Albright United Methodist Church Mishawaka and a Red Cross Volunteer.

Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2nd in Hahn Funeral Home, 505 W. 8th Street Mishawaka. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 3 in the funeral home with Br. Steve Nani officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park Cemetery Granger, Ind. Memorial contributions can be made in Mary Ann's memory to Hospice of St. Joseph County 111 Sunny Brook Court, South Bend, IN 46614.