Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

James L. Gulbranson

Aug. 24, 1924 - July 4, 1995

 

South Bend Tribune 7/5/1995

ROSELAND - James L. Gulbranson, 70, of 128 E. Willow Drive, died about 3 a.m. Tuesday in his home after an illness. Mr. Gulbranson was a former employee of J.W. Huston Body Shop, South Bend. He was born Aug. 24, 1924, in Baroda, and lived in Roseland since 1966.

 

On April 24, 1970, in Plymouth, he married Evelyn M. Roberts. She died Oct. 13, 1991. He is survived by five daughters, Tina Joy of Granger and Tammie Gulbranson, Trudy Gulbranson, Terrie Kazmirski, Tonie Underwood and Tara Huffman, all of South Bend; two sons, Mark and Eric, both of South Bend; two stepdaughters, Pamela Nowacki of Mishawaka and Sherry Rohr of South Bend; 22 grandchildren; two sisters, Lenore Vida and Mary Zanders, both of Niles; and a brother, Roy of Mishawaka. He was a member of American Legion Post 26, Niles, AmVets, Niles, and was a veteran of World War II.

 

Services will be at 11 a.m. (Michigan time) Friday in Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, with militray services. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. (Michigan time) in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.