Submitted by: Dan Rich
Maxine Velma Mounce
April 19, 1922 - Oct. 18, 2008
South Bend Tribune 10/19/2008
SOUTH BEND - Mrs. Maxine Velma Mounce, 86, of South Bend,
passed away Saturday morning at 1:55 a.m. in the Sanctuary at St.
Paul's. Mrs. Mounce was born on April 19, 1922, in Valparaiso,
IN, to the late Charles and Velma (Miller) Thune.
Maxine graduated from Valparaiso High School in the class of
1940. She married Warren E. Mounce in the Barry Memorial
Methodist Church, Chicago, IL, on November 16, 1946, and he
passed away in 1980. Her marriage to Warren produced three
children, Michael, who passed away at age 21, and is survived by
Linda Wolfe and Nancy (Daniel) Tetzlaff, all of
South Bend; two grandchildren: twins, Brad (Kerri) Wolfe of
Noblesville, IN, and Stacey (Tommy) Johnston of
Indianapolis, IN; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Paul E.
(Lorene) Thune of Valparaiso; a sister, JoAnn Bond of
Valparaiso; and four nephews. Mrs. Mounce attended Meadowood Free
Methodist Church in Elkhart, IN.
Friends may call Monday from 5-7 p.m. in McGann Hay Funerals | Cremations | Gatherings, University Chapel, 2313 E. Edison Road at Ironwood. Graveside services will take place Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. South Bend time, 10:00 a.m. Valparaiso time, at Graceland Cemetery, 1505 US 30, with Rev. Bryan Borger, pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Mishawaka, officiating. Donations in Maxine's memory may be made to The Sisters of the Holy Cross Ministry With the Poor Fund, Rm. 301, Bertrand Hall, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN 46657.