Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sept. 18, 1925 - May 20, 2008
South Bend Tribune 5/23/2008
SOUTH BEND - Dan Dimich, 82, of 19019 Layden Street, died
on Tuesday, May 20, of natural causes. He was born September
18,1925, in Hazelcrest, Illinois, to Sophie (Petkovoich)
and Nicholas Dimich and had lived in South Bend since 1960.
He married June Risher on March 21,
1948, in Terre Haute, IN. She died February 16, 2006. Surviving
are his daughter, Dianne (Roger) Benko of Elkhart; two
granddaughters, Lindsay (Michael) Mintenko of Colorado
Springs, CO, and Lesley (Blair) Melvin of Chicago, IL; a
great-granddaughter, Madison Mintenko. He is also survived
by a brother, George Dimich of South Bend. Mr. Dimich graduated
from Washington High School in 1944. He was a World War II
veteran, serving in the United State Navy from 1944 to 46, on the
USS Tatum. After his discharge from the service, he attended
Indiana State University, graduating in 1950. He received his
masters of arts of education degree from Ball State University in
1959. While at Indiana State, he received N.A.I.A. All-American
honors in basketball. Mr. Dimich retired from the South Bend
Community School Corporation in 1986, after teaching for 26 years
at Clay High School. He served in education for 37 years and
enjoyed coaching basketball for 23 years. He was active in the
Indiana Sate Alumni Association and the planning of his naval
reunions. He was a charter member of Clay United Methodist Church
and a member of the Washington High School Hall of Fame.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 24, in the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home, 17033
Cleveland Road, South Bend, with Tom Thews of Trinity United
Methodist Church, Elkhart, officiating. Burial will follow at the
St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 4
to 7 p.m. today, May 23, in the funeral home. Memorial
contributions may be made to the YMCA of Michiana and the Indiana
State University Foundation; or to the charity of the donor's
choice.