Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Loring G. Osler

Aug. 27, 1931 - March 30, 2002

 

South Bend Tribune 4/1/2002

Loring G. "Toby" Osler, 70, of Adams Road, Granger, Indiana died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, March 30 in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. He was born on August 27, 1931 in Edwardsburg, Michigan to the late Elizabeth (Horvath) and Eugene Osler.

 

On August 17, 1956 in North Liberty he married Anna K. Parsons who survives, then on November 27, 1994 he married Cecelia "Vicky" Kirchner-Bruse who survives. Mr. Osler is also survived by three daughters, Lorina Strombeck of Granger, IN. Jana Barth of Plymouth, Indiana, Lisa Brugh of South Bend, two stepdaughters, Reva Kirchner of Goshen, Indiana and Chantelle Hart of Mishawaka, Indiana, three sons Michael and Jeff Osler both of South Bend, and Mark Osler of Elkhart, Indiana, three stepsons, Kenneth Kirchner of Elkhart, Terry Kirchner of Osceola, Indiana and Karl Kirchner of Goshen, nineteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

 

Mr. Osler was a retired Supervisor for the St. Joseph County Highway Dept. He attended Northside Church of the Nazarene, Elkhart. He loved working with heavy equipment and had great pride in his yard. He was an avid collector of antiques and Marilyn Monroe memorabilia.

 

Services for Mr. Osler will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 in the Northside Church of the Nazerene, 53569-1 County Road 7, Elkhart. Rev. Dan Cole pastor of the church will conduct the services. Friends may call from 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 p.m. Monday, April 1 in the Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, South Bend, and one hour prior to services in the church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate, Memorial & Tributes Program, P.O. Box 88-541, Chicago, Illinois, 60680-1541, or the American Diabetes Association c/o Paula Keswick, District Manager, 53631 Fir Road, Granger, Indiana 46530.