Submitted by: Dan Rich

J. Paul Douglass

Feb. 20, 1912 - June 28, 2002

South Bend Tribune 7/1/2002

J. Paul Douglass, 90, of Farnsworth Drive, South Bend, died Friday in Memorial Hospital. He was born on Feb. 20, 1912 in Lucerne, Ind., to Naomi (Bybee) and James Walter Douglass and lived in the South Bend area for 48 years after coming from Evanston, Ill. He was the Senior Vice President of the National Bank and Trust Co. in South Bend after retiring in 1979. Then he was a past board member and president of Goodwill Industries, a past board member of the American Red Cross and past senior warden at St. Michael's and All Angels. He was an armed services veteran - US Army, World War II. He retired in 1977.

On Oct., 5, 1937 in Logansport, Ind., he married Ora Barbara Graffis, who preceded him in death on October 22, 1990. Survivors include a daughter, Sharon D. Swintz of Hot Springs Village, Ark., and a son, Jay Douglass of Oak Park, Ill.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 53270 N. Ironwood Dr., South Bend, with Rev. M Randall Melton officiating. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Goodwill Industries of Michiana or to St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Hickey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.