Submitted by: Dan Rich

 


Dolores Paar

May 4, 1925 - Dec. 13, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 12/15/2008
SOUTH BEND - Dolores Paar, 83, passed away at 9:40 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in her sons' residence. Dolores was born on May 4, 1925, in South Bend, to John and Frances (Stachowiak) Arndt. She was a homemaker and also had been employed by Lentsch's Bakery. Dolores was a member of the D.F.V. German Club Ladies Auxiliary and loved to play euchre. On July 3, 1948, she married Robert S. "Babe" Paar. He died on February 27, 2007. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Alfreida Woods and Doris Hullinger, and a brother, John Arndt. Surviving are two daughters, Linda (Michael Mahar) Paar-Welcome of Silver Springs, MD, and Doris Paar of Santa Rosa, CA; two sons, Robert "Bob" (Linda) Paar and James "Jim" Paar, both of South Bend; four grandchildren, Jim, Jessica, Jacob and Rachel; three great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Rita Seifert of South Bend and Jane (John) Porogi of Barefoot Bay, FL.

 

Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 17, 2008, in the Zahoran Funeral Home, 1826 S. Kemble Avenue. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 4-8 Tuesday in the funeral home, where a Rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care.