Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE - 1/9/2002

Mary E. Ransberger

Feb. 12, 1913 - Jan. 7, 2002

Mary Evelyn Ransberger, 88, of E. 11th Street, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away at 8:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, in the Saint Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka.

Mary was born on Feb. 12, 1913, in Twelve Mile, Ind., to the late Don L. and Maple A. (Grove) DuBois. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Anne Robinson and Rachel DuBois; and by three brothers, George, Robert and Joseph DuBois. On June 22, 1935, in Mishawaka, Mary married Lawrence H. Ransberger Sr. He also preceded her in death on Oct. 14, 1983.

Mary is survived by a son and his wife, Lawrence H. and Jane Ransberger Jr. of Houston, Texas; and a by grandson, Wayne J. Ransberger of San Antonio, Texas.

Mary was a member of St. Joseph Parish in Mishawaka. She had also graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1932.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today, Jan. 9, in the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka, where a Rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10, in St. Joseph Church, with Fr. Robert A. Yast officiating.