Submitted by: Dan Rich

Joan Evelyn Magana

Oct. 23, 1932 - Jan. 20, 2003

South Bend Tribune 1/23/2003

Joan Evelyn Magana, 70, died Monday, Jan. 20, in Hospice House of St. Joseph County. She was born Oct. 23, 1932, in Mishawaka, Ind., a daughter of the late Theodore and Ethel (Dawson) Kronewitter. Joan's family includes her sons, Steven (Tami) Cashen of Osceola, Ind., Michael (Karla) Cashen of Granger, Ind., and Scott (Dawn) Bunkelman of Granger; her daughters, Peggy (Randy) Barghahn of Elkhart, Ind., Mindy Havlicek of California and Cindy Bunkelman of Tennessee; a sister, Marilyn Franks of North Carolina; and by 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Joan worked as a medical receptionist and secretary for Doctor Lyle B. Davis of South Bend, Ind., and Doctor Lloyd Cotter of Santa Ana, Calif. She also worked in Saint Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka, Michiana Community Hospital of South Bend and Saint Joseph Hospital of South Bend. Joan was a member of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare since 1993. She was also a member at St. Bavo Catholic Church.

Friends may call from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday in the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, 503 W. Third St., Mishawaka, where services will begin at 3 p.m. Friday. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of St. Joseph County.