Submitted by: Dan Rich
Melvin Kenneth Hartz
Aug. 6, 1919 Feb. 5, 1981
South Bend Tribune 2/6/1982
SOUTH BEND - Melvin Kenneth Hartz,
62, of 19120 Sundale, died at 4:40 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph
Medical Center, following a two-month illness. He was a retired
service manager for Feferman Motor Sales. He was born Aug. 6,
1919 in South Bend, where he was a lifetime resident.
On Sept. 1, 1951 in South Bend he married
Margaret M. DeVreese, who died in 1979. Surviving are a
daughter, Mrs. Melissa Jancha of South Bend; a son, Daniel
F. Messinger of Louisville, Ky.; three grandchildren; and
two brothers, Walter and William Hartz, both of Mesa, Ariz.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the
Evangel Heights United Methodist Church, of which he was a
member. Rev. Michael J. Coyner, pastor will officiate. Burial
will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6
to 8 p.m. Sunday in the Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home. The Portage
Masonic Lodge 676 F&AM, of which he was a member, will
conduct Masonic memorial services at 7 p.m. in the funeral home.
He was an Army veteran of World War II and a
member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of South
Bend. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.