Submitted by: Dan Rich
Aug. 18, 1998 - March 10, 2000
South Bend Tribune 3/14/2000
Nicholis Rapheal Geist, age 1, of the
55000 block of Meadowview Avenue, passed away on Friday, March
10, in a house fire at his residence. Norman was born on August
18, 1998, to Norman R. Geist, Jr., and Angela K. (Baker)
Geist in Mishawaka. Surviving are his mother and father, Angela
K. Geist and Norman R. Geist Jr., and a brother, Robbie Baker,
all of South Bend; Nicholis' paternal great- grandparents, Mary
and Frances Geist of Mishawaka, his paternal grandparents, Norman
Geist, Sr., and his wife Carol, of South Bend; his maternal
great-grandmother, Susie Janes of Mishawaka; maternal
grandparents Donald D.E. and Janie Baker of Dunkirk, Indiana, and
Brenda K. and Robert Carson of South Bend; as well as four
aunts and seven uncles.
Visitation for Nicholis and his brother,
Norman, will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15,
2000, in Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Osceola. Services will be
conducted by Reverend Kenneth Mendenhall of United Pentecostal
Church on Thursday, March 16, 2000, at 2:00 p.m. in Chapel Hill
Funeral Home, with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial
Gardens. Donations in both Nicholis' and Norman's names may be
made to Fountain View Nursing Home, the Lions Club of South Bend,
and the St. Joseph County City Building.