Submitted by: Dan Rich

James O. McVay

Jan. 23, 1915 - Feb. 5, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/7/1994

SOUTH BEND - Services for James O. McVay, 79, of Argyle Drive, who died at 5 a.m. Saturday in his home after an illness, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Matthew Cathedral. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka, where a parish rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or any charity.

Mr. McVay retired in 1976 from Wheelabrator-Frye Corp., Mishawaka, after 25 years of service. He was born Jan. 23, 1915, in Mattoon, Ill., and lived in South Bend since 1951. On Sept. 2, 1942, in Mattoon, he married Mary Elizabeth Newland. She survives with a daughter, Virginia ``Ginny'' McVay of South Bend; a son, Christopher F. of Eugene, Ore.; and three grandchildren. He was a member of the church and Holy Name Society.