Submitted by: Dan Rich

Calvin C. Michael

April 1, 1925 - April 15, 1998

South Bend Tribune 4/17/1998

Calvin C. Michael, 73, died after a short illness on Wednesday, April 15th, in Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind. Calvin was born on April 1, 1925, in Hope, Mich., to Jasper W. Michael and Lela Marie (Hoover) Michael.

On Aug. 10, 1946, he married Betty Marie Kline, who survives. They have been lifetime residents of the North Liberty Community. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School. At age 18, in 1943, he was drafted into the Army's 82nd Airborne Paratroopers Division, where he served in the European Theatre of War. He was the father of three children, Jeffry L. Michael of Hamilton, Ohio, Patricia M. Michael Miller of Plymouth, Ind., and Sally A. Michael Garrett of North Liberty, Ind.; the grandfather of seven grandsons and six granddaughters; the great-grandfather of three great-grandsons and two great-granddaughters. He is also survived by three brothers, Gerald Michael of Florida, Albert ''Bert'' Michael of Midland, Mich., Jasper ''Mike'' Michael of South Bend; and by a sister, Dorothy Joynt of Midland, Mich. Mr. Michael worked for Standard Oil until 1973. He later retired from South Bend Lathe in 1990.

Family and friends may attend a memorial service for Mr. Michael to be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, 1998, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 18950 Roosevelt Road, South Bend, Ind., where Mr. Michael was an active minister. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses or to the American Cancer Society. The Welsheimer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.