Submitted by: Dan Rich

South Bend Tribune Monday, 9/22/1919

Florence Nicolini

Florence, 15-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Nicolini, 533 W. Fairmont Avenue, died Sunday afternoon at 4:30 following a three-week illness. She was born in Mishawaka, June 25, 1918. She is survived by her parents, five brothers and one sister. The funeral was held this afternoon at 4 o’clock from St. Monica’s Catholic Church, rev. John Kohl officiating. Interment in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Editor: She was baptized with the name Philemenia, but her grave marker reads Florence. St. Monica’s Church record said she died of an abcess of her hip