Submitted by: Dan Rich
Nelva I. Ganss
South Bend Tribune 2/27/1981
MISHAWAKA – Mrs. Nelva I. Ganss,
72, of 1617 Panama, was dead of arrival at 10 p.m. Thursday in
St. Joseph Hospital where she was taken after becoming ill in her
home. She was bron on Feb. 21, 1909 in Pulaski County, Ind., and
moved here from that area in 1925.
As Nelva Good she married Frank J. Dawson
on March 23, 1925 in St. Joseph. He died in 1945. She married
Alfred Ganss on Aug. 7, 1954 in Plymouth. He survives. Also
surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Delores) Beard
of Driftwood, Tex., and Mrs. Kenneth (Phyllis) Smith of
South Bend; three sons, James F. Dawson of South Bend, Arthur
Ganss, at home, and Donald E. Dawson of Osceola; 18
grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Nedra Horton
of Baldwin, Mich., and Mrs. John (Florence) Kopsea of
Michawaka and two brothers, Wayne Good of Sturgis and Forrest
Good of Osceola.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Sunday in the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home. Mrs. Ganss
was a member of the Twin City Baptist Church.