Submitted by: Dan Rich

Edith Belle Fonda

Mar. 7, 1874 – Sept. 28, 1944

South Bend Tribune, Friday, September 29, 1944

Mrs. David Orson Fonda, of 337 Edgewater drive, a descendant of two of Mishawaka's early pioneers, died at 10 a.m. Thursday in a nursing home in Dowagiac, Mich., where she had been living.

Mrs. Fonda was born March 7, 1874, in Mishawaka, and had spent most of her life here.

She was graduated from the Mishawaka High school in 1889 and as Miss Edith Belle Judkins she was married Oct. 12, 1892, in the First Presbyterian church here to Mr. Fonda. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Judkins.

Mr. and Mrs. Fonda moved to Leavenworth, Kan., in 1897 where he was connected with the Great Western Manufacturing company.

He died Dec. 27, 1898 at which time Mrs. Fonda returned to Mishawaka and later moved to Los Angeles, Calif., where she lived until 1929 when she returned here to reside with her sister. Surviving are one brother, Warren O. Judkins, of South Bend, and two sisters, Mrs. Frederick G. Eberhart and Miss Alice L. Judkins, both of Mishawaka.

Funeral services will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday in the residence. Glenn D. Babcock, of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, will conduct the service. Burial will be in Old Oak cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.

South Bend Tribune, Saturday, September 30, 1944)
Services for Mrs. David Orson Fonda, of 337 Edgewater drive, who died Thursday took place at 1 p.m. today in the residence. Glenn D. Babcock, of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, conducted the service.

Burial was in the Old Oak Grove cemetery, Coldwater, Mich. Pallbearers were Charles W. Bingham, Charles A. Jennings, Carlton H. Miller, M. C. Farrar, Karl D. Warner and Raymond Winey.