Submitted by: Dan Rich

James Lee Plummer

May 20, 1932 - Oct. 26, 2001

South Bend Tribune 10/28/2001

James Lee Plummer, 69, of Lake Trail, Lakeville, Ind., died at 4:10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in the Life Care Center, Rochester, Ind. He was born on May 20, 1932, in Lakeville, to Joseph Otto and Pearl (Laughman) Plummer. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Robert and John Plummer; and by a half sister, Helen Knepp.

James is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Pamela and David Wiegand of Lakeville, and Peggy and Frank Wiegand of Grayslake, Ill.; six sisters, Martha Stanage of Lakeville, Donna (Dwight) Nolen of Plymouth, Ind., Lelia (Fred) Masten of Rochester, Evelyn (Richard) Rice of Decatur, Mich., Iris (Louie) Tortorelli of Kalamazoo, Mich, and Jean Ann (Dean) Rice of Mishawaka, Ind.; six brothers, Glen (Mary) Plummer of Rochester, Joe (Annette) Plummer of Houston, Texas, Richard (Maryann) Plummer of Rochester, Lynn (Berneda) Plummer of Rochester, Jake (Gail) Plummer of Lakeville and Dan (Sandie) Plummer of Osceola, Ind. James was a carpenter in Bremen, Ind., before his retirement.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 314 South Michigan Street, Lakeville, with Pastor Philip M. Jerome of Gospel Center Church officiating. Interment will follow at Southlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from noon until 2 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.