Submitted by: Dan Rich

Wanda M. Messman

Jan. 4, 1933 - Feb. 4, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/6/1994

WALKERTON - Wanda M. Messman, 61, of 709 Ohio St., died of natural causes at 8:14 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend. Mrs. Messman was a demonstrator for Nickel's Bakery at Ray & Kenny's Super Value. She was born Jan. 4, 1933, in Indianola, Iowa, and lived in Walkerton since 1990, coming from Hermitage, Mo.

On June 22, 1968, in Stigler, Okla., she married Willard G. Messman. He survives with three sons, John Hailstock of Wheatland, Mo., Danny Hailstock and Tom Hailstock, both of California; four sisters, Lula Rampster of Marshalltown, Iowa, Donna Taft of Queen City, Mo., and Clara and Rita Vaggerl of Prescott, Ariz.; and two brothers, James Taft of Marshalltown and Charles Taft Jr. of Van Meter, Iowa. She was a member of Blissville Church of the Brethren, Plymouth, Walkerton Rebekah Lodge 437, and was a volunteer for Miller's Merry Manor.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph County Heart Association.