Submitted by: Dan Rich
Hendle Davidson Polis
July 12, 1884 - March 6, 1994
South Bend Tribune 3/8/1994
SOUTH BEND - Hendle Davidson Polis,
109, of Regency Place, died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday in the nursing
home. Mrs. Polis was born July 12, 1884, in Chernigov, Russia.
She immigrated to the United States in 1906, moving to Milwaukee.
On July 3, 1910, in Chicago, she married
Harry Polis. He died March 18, 1968. She is survived by two sons,
Morris of South Bend and Ben of West Palm Beach, Fla.; four
grandchildren, including Francie Rosen of South Bend; and
nine great-grandchildren. One child is deceased. She was a member
of the former Mishawaka Synagogue and William Street Shul, Jewish
Senior Citizens, B'nai B'rith, and Hadassah. The late Golda Meir,
who later was prime minister of Israel, came to South Bend in the
late 1930s to help Mrs. Polis establish the local chapter of
Pioneer Women.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today in the
chapel of Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery, Mishawaka. Burial will
follow. There will be no visitation. Forest G. Hay Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made
to Sinai Synagogue, Hadassah, or B'nai B'rith.