Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Lena M. McCuddy

June 19, 1899 - July 11, 2001

 

South Bend Tribune 7/15/2001

Lena M. McCuddy, 102, formerly of Mishawaka, Ind., passed away at 10:12 a.m. Wednesday, July 11, in Memorial Medical Center, Ashland, Wis. Lena was born on June 19, 1899, in Chrisman, Ill., and had lived in Mishawaka from 1919 until 1995 when she moved to Ashland. Lena was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Guy McCuddy; and by her son, Charles McCuddy.

 

She was a 50-year member of the Milburn Blvd. Church of Christ, past president of the PTA of LaSalle School, was a member of the Eastern Star, White Shrine of Jerusalem, Mishawaka Campfire Council, and the Mishawaka Women's Club where she was once named Woman of the Year. She was also employed for many years at Ball Band.

 

She is survived by two granddaughters, Kelly L. Carlson and Shonna L. Sann, both of Ashland; a daughter-in-law, Tonna McCuddy of Ashland; and by two nieces, Margerat McKenzie and Emma Kelly, both of South Bend, Ind.

 

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main Street, Mishawaka, where friends may call from 11 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind.