Submitted by: Todd Nowicki

 

Kroll, McFarren, Reiter, Podemski, Brothers, Ritchard, Wibbert
Mrs. Esther Kroll: (South Bend Tribune 7/1958) Mrs. Kroll Ill Four Years; Husband Quits Tourney.
Mrs. Esther A. Kroll, wife of South Bend golfer Walter Kroll, a leading contender for the qualifying medal in the Indiana Amateur Golf tournament being held here this week, died in St. Joseph Hospital at 5:22 p.m. Tuesday.   Kroll was called to his wife’s bedside shortly before her death after he completed nine holes of play at the Morris Park golf course. His wife had insisted he play in the tournament even though she was seriously ill.   Mrs. Kroll had been suffering from a lingering illness for the last four years. She was 41.   Kroll, a former city champion, withdrew from the golf tournament.   Born in South Bend on Oct. 23, 1916, Mrs. Kroll was married Dec. 2, 1939, in Bryan, O. She was the former Esther Reiter.   Three Children Survive.   Surviving besides the husband are her mother, Mrs. Agnes Reiter of South Bend; a daughter, Rebecca, and two sons, Walter Jr. and Frederick, all at home; five sisters, Mrs. Irene McFarren, Miss Henrietta Reiter, Mrs. Harriet Podemski, Mrs. Genevieve Crothers and Mrs. Loretta Ritchard, and two brothers, Julius and Joseph Reiter, all of South Bend.   Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday in the St. Joseph Funeral Home. Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Rev. Arnold J. Wibbert, pastor, officiating.   Burial will be in St. Joseph Polish Cemetery.   The rosary will be recited in the funeral home at 8 p.m. Friday.