Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Agnes M. Hess

April 5, 1918 - June 20, 1998

 

South Bend Tribune 6/22/1998

Agnes M. Hess, 80, a Niles, Mich. resident and homemaker died at 1 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, at Lakeland Medical Center-Niles.

 

She married Edward Paul Hess on April 10, 1937, in South Bend, Ind., and he preceded her in death in 1975. She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Rennay and Bud Dalenberg of Virginia Beach, Va.; a granddaughter, Stephanie Wilson of Virginia Beach; a grandson, Paul Dalenberg of Misaw Air Force Base, Japan; two great-granddaughters, Katie and Ashley Dalenberg of Misawaka; a great-grandson, Matthew Wilson of Virginia Beach; and by one brother, John Mariel of South Bend.

Mrs. Hess was the oldest living past president of the Womens Auxiliary American Legion LaRue Messenger Post 26-Niles. She also was an avid antique collector, and an avid collector and lecturer of mushrooms.

 

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today in the Chapel at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend. There will be no visitation offered. Memorial contributions may be made to charity of choice. Pifer-SMITH Funeral Home, Niles, is handling arrangements.