Submitted by: Kristina Kuhn Krumm

South Bend Tribune

February 7, 1966; page 25

Willis Clyde Divine, 88, of 938 Robert Street, a Realtor here for many years, died Sunday in St. Joseph's hospital after an illness of two months.  He was born in Walkerton on June 27, 1877.  He had resided in South Bend for the last twenty-four years, coming from Teegarden, Indiana.  In November, 1904, in Walkerton, he married Pearl B. Johnson.  He is survived by his widow; five sons, Rev. Frank Divine of Cicero, Illinois, and Rev. Wayne Divine, Gail, Earl and Paul Divine, all of South Bend; five daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Packard, Mrs. Glenna Thompson, Mrs. Jeanette Steadman [sic] and Mrs. Alice Klopfenstein, all of South Bend and Mrs. Lillian Kaiser of Walkerton; 28 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.  Friends may call after 7 PM today in the Hollis Funeral Home.  Services will be at 2 PM Wednesday in the first Baptist Church, Mishawaka, Rev. Roy G. Hammon, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in the Walkerton Cemetery.  He had been a member of the first Baptist Church for 34 years.

South Bend Tribune

February 9, 1966; p. 49.

Services for Willis C. Divine, 938 Roberts Street, who died Sunday, were held today in the First Baptist Church, Mishawaka.  Pallbearers were Harold Kaiser, Charles Divine, Paul Divine, Steve Divine, David Larry Klopfenstein and Thomas Packard.  The Hollis funeral home was in charge arrangements.