Submitted by: Dan Rich

Harvey E. Nixon

June 5, 1926 - Sept. 25, 2002

South Bend Tribune 9/28/2002

Harvey E. Nixon, 76, of Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka, passed away at 1:53 p.m. Wednesday at Valley View Health Care, Elkhart, Ind. Harvey was born in Mishawaka on June 5, 1926. He was a retired truck driver with the Teamsters Union, retiring in 1982. He was a member of the Ham Radio Club.

Harvey married Reatha Hazelip, in South Bend in 1974. She survives, along with four daughters, Jacqueline Curtis, of Mishawka, Cathy Trewhella of Granger, Cindy Rice of Mishawka, Suzanne Frick of San Francisco, Calif.; twelve grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; two stepsons, Carl Kaser of North Liberty, Dean Kaser of South bend; two stepdaughters, Juanita Fisher of North Liberty and Theda Nixon of South Bend; twenty three step-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are four brothers, Robert Nixon, of South bend, Donald Nixon of Mishawaka, Carl Nixon of Plymouth, Larry Nixon of LaPorte; four sisters, Gloria Taylor, Marilyn Figg, both of South Bend, Esther Keb of Anthony, Fla., and Juanita Cummings of Knox, Ind. Harvey was preceded in death by his parents, Harvey and Gertrude (McCarter) Nixon; and a brother, Roy Nixon.

Services were at 1 p.m. Friday in the Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main Street, Mishawaka, Ind., where friends called two hours before services. Burial was in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. The family wishes to express a very special thanks to the people at Valley View, for the super care given to Harvey Nixon. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association.