Submitted by: Dan Rich

Madelon E. Heinrich

Nov. 17, 1907 - Dec. 4, 2001

South Bend Tribune 12/6/2001

Madelon E. Heinrich, 94, residing in Melbourne Beach, Fla., passed away at 5:20 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in the West Melbourne Health Care Center. She was born Nov. 17, 1907, in Seward, Pa., as the daughter of Alexander and Ethel (Versazto) Horvath, and lived in South Bend, Ind., for many years until moving to the Merritt Island-Melbourne areas in 1972.

On May 29, 1926, in South Bend, as Madelon Horvath, she married Richard Heinrich. He died in 1972. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Jane Kaslly; and by two brothers, Robert Horvath and Alex Horvath. She is survived by two brothers, William Horvath of Haines City, Fla., and Louis Horvath of Niles, Mich. She was formerly a winder with a fishing tackle business. She was a former member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in South Bend.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend. Deacon Brad Metz, C.S.C., will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Palmer Funeral Home. Contributions in memory of Mrs. Heinrich may be made to cancer research.