Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mary H. Larrison

March 22, 1916 - Dec. 24, 1998

South Bend Tribune 12/27/1998

Mrs. Mary H. Larrison, 82, of South Bend, Ind., passed away after an extended illness on Thursday morning, Dec. 24, in her residence.

Mary was born on March 22, 1916, in Mounds, Ill., and was married on March 28, 1934, to Lester R. Larrison, who passed away on Dec. 14, 1998. She is survived by her daughter, Betty D. Howard and her husband William of South Bend; her sons Richard L. Larrison and his wife Libby, and Robert E. both of South Bend, and James E. and his wife Jacqueline Larrison of Coppel, Texas; 20 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; three sisters, Freda Wilburn and Lillian Bagby of Mounds, Ill., and Irma Coby of Villa Ridge, Ill.; three brothers, Bill (Donna) Mize of Little Rock, Ariz., Berry ''Bill'' (Dorothy) Mize of South Bend and Jessie Mize of Mounds, Ill. She was preceded in death by a sister, Maybelle Wilson and Orville Mize. Mrs. Larrison was a lifetime member of the Clay Democratic Club.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, with the Rev. Ronald Drake officiating. Burial will be in the Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park. Friends are invited to call in the funeral home from 2 to 6 p.m. today.