Submitted by: Dan Rich

Frank Pullman

July 13, 1929 - April 10, 2004

South Bend Tribune 4/14/2004

Frank Pullman, 74, of South Bend, Ind., passed away at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 10, in his residence. Mr. Pullman was born on July 13, 1929 in South Bend, to Michael and Emma (Nemeth) Pullman. He retired on April 8, 1987 from Main Electric, where he was employed for 47 years as an electric motor repairman.

On Sept. 5, 1953, he married Joan Kazmierski, who passed away on Jan. 15, 1988. Then on Nov. 10, 1990, he married Ina Hopper Lauver, who survives. Also surviving is his stepdaughter, Patricia A. Kelley of South Bend; his stepson, David (Shirley) Lauver of South Bend; his three grandchildren, Keith David Lauver, Craig Michael Lauver, and Janice Dickenson; his two great-grandchildren, Kaitlin Kelly and Zachary Dickenson; his four sisters, Josephine Pullman of South Bend, Irene (Michael) Bickel of South Bend, Margaret (Gene) Hodges of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mary Drummond of Huntington Beach, Calif.; and by his brother, John Pullman of South Bend.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 16, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery, where members of the American Legion Pulaski Post #357 will conduct military services. Friends may call from 4 until 8 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in the funeral home.

Mr. Pullman was a member of St. Stanislaus Parish. He was a Korean War veteran, a lifetime member of the American Legion Pulaski Post #357, and a honorary lifetime member of FOP #36.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 108 N. Main Street, Suite 707, South Bend, IN 46601.