Submitted by: Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Meribela, Joseph

Names in Obituary:  Meribela, VanDeVeire, Brown, Kovatch

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; Thursday, October 11, 1984, p. 41.

Services for Joseph Meribela, 74, of 217 E. 12th St., who died at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday at his home, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Hahn's DeVos Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the ALS Society of America. Mr. Meribela was born Feb. 10, 1910, in Mazzara, Italy, and had lived there since 1920, coming from Italy. He retired from the Bendix Corp. in 1972, after 38 years of service. On April 27, 1935 in South Bend, he married Bertha I. VanDe Veire. She survives along with a daughter, Carmela M. Brown of Lawrence, Mich.; a son Louis Meribela of Mishawaka; a grandchild; a sister, Ann Kovatch of Mishawaka; and a brother Vincent Meribela of Mishawaka. He was a member of St. Joseph's Church, the DeAmicis Club, Bendix Local 9 of the United Auto Workers and the Bendix Retirees Club.

Note:  Joseph Meribela is son to Mario Meribela and Carmela Giacaloni.