Submitted by: Dan Rich

Alonzio Lee Ivory

Jan. 14, 1907 - Sept. 11, 1999

South Bend Tribune 9/15/1999

Mr. Alonzio Lee Ivory, 92, who resided on North Johnson Street, South Bend, Indiana, passed away at 5:40 A.M. Saturday, September 11, 1999, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, following an illness of one year. Alonzio was born in Shorter, Alabama, on January 14, 1907. Coming from Berrien Springs, Michigan. He had lived in South Bend for the past five years. On August 21, 1976, in Columbus, Ohio, he married Naomi Wilber. He was a retired employee of the Yellow Cab Company, and was a member of the Berean Seventh Day Adventist Church. He had served as a lay activity leader in churches in Benton Harbor and Dayton, Ohio. While living in Dayton, he was also active in the MECCA Program which involves senior citizens. Surviving loved ones include his wife, Naomi; three sons, Robert (Jeanette) Ivory and Rufus Lyle of Dayton, Ohio, and Lonnie Ivory of Columbus, Ohio; nine grandchildren and many great-grandchildren; and one sister, Margaret Johnson of Columbus, Ohio. Preceding him in death were his parents; two daughters, Connie and Savannah Ivory; and sixteen siblings.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Berean Seventh Day Adventist Church. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the services. Alford's Mortuary has been entrusted with arrangements.