Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sarah C. Lawall

July 29, 1915 - May 23, 2008

South Bend Tribune 5/25/2008
MISHAWAKA - Sarah C. Lawall, 92, of Mishawaka, passed away Friday, May 23, 2008, in Cardinal Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, South Bend. Sarah was born July 29, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois; a daughter of the late George and Sara (Richards) Campbell. She graduated from Calumet High School in 1933 and from Lewis Institute in 1937 with a degree in foods and nutrition. While working in Chicago at the famous Jane Addams Hull House Center she met her future husband, Wilbur Lawall.

The couple married on September 15, 1938 and settled in Mishawaka a few years later. Sarah was a homemaker and also assisted her husband in his life insurance business. She was a member of First United Methodist Church where she sang in the senior choir, belonged to the Fidelis class and the United Methodist Women, serving as circle chairperson. She also worked on many funeral dinners. Sarah was a Blue Bird and Camp Fire Girl Leader and a Cub Scout Den Mother. She also enjoyed reading, crocheting and travel. Sarah's surviving family includes a daughter, Carol VanSteen of Mishawaka; a son, George (Sue Ann) Lawall of Mishawaka; three grandchildren, Kelly Lawall, Brad Lawall and Marguerite (Robert) Roye; and three great-grandchildren, David, Christopher and Cheryl Roye. Sarah was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur in 1991; a son, Bruce who tragically drowned at the age of 18; and also a sister, Ethel Maher.

Friends may spend time with Sarah's family Tuesday from 4 - 8 p.m. in Thallemer, Goethals & Wells Funeral Home, 503 W. Third, Mishawaka. Services will be held 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church, 201 E. Third, Mishawaka, with Pastor Ronald Bowman officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church Memorial Scholarship Fund. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church.