Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mildred E. Gollatz

Dec. 2, 1909 - May 23, 1998

South Bend Tribune 5/25/1998

MISHAWAKA - Mildred E. Gollatz, 88, formerly of Mishawaka, Ind., died after an extended illness at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 23, in Elkhart General Hospital. She was born in Peru, Ind., on Dec. 2, 1909, and had lived in this area most of her life. Mildred was a homemaker and belonged to the Eastern Star, the Mishawaka Garden Club, the Mishawaka Women's Club, and was a member of United Methodist Women and the First United Methodist Church of Mishawaka.

As Mildred E. Rufe, she married Starr Wentworth on Dec. 30, 1927. He died on March 29, 1986. She then married Richard Gollatz in January 1990. He preceded her in death in October 1995. Mildred was also preceded in death by her sister, Audrey Browall; and by her brother, Lazerne Rufe.

Mildred is survived by her daughter, Shirley (James) Blue of Granger, Ind.; her son, Dennis (Sherrie) Wentworth of Las Vegas, Nev.; four grandchildren, Lisa (Craig) Sychowski, Dawn (Scott) Troyer, Kimberly (Jim) Schultz and Bradley Wentworth; and by six great-grandchildren, Stephanie and Kimberly Warren, Kameron and Tonya Wentworth, and Angela and Jessica Moore.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main Street, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, with Rev. Don Carpenter officiating. Burial will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind.