Submitted by: Dan Rich

Janice Reed Rugee

Jan. 4, 1909-Dec. 14, 1995

South Bend Tribune 12/16/1995

SOUTH BEND - Services for Janice Reed Rugee, 86, of Rue Voltaire, who died at 5:46 p.m Thursday in her home, will be at 10:30 a.m Monday in First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call after services Monday in the church. Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 S. William Street, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Northern Indiana Historical Society or the church.

Mrs. Rugee was a former bookstore manager at Saint Mary's College. She was born Jan. 4, 1909, in South Bend. On Aug. 8, 1931, in South Bend, she married Louis N. Rugee. He died Dec. 24, 1980. Surviving are a daughter, Janice Carlson of Wellesley, Mass.; four grandsons; and a brother, Mortimer P. Reed Jr. of Sun City, Ariz. She was a past president of Junior League, past president of Children's Dispensary, past president of Women's Association of the church and secretary of the board of Northern Indiana Historical Society. She was a member of the auxiliary of Memorial Hosptial, South Bend Area Genealogical Society, Scholarship Foundation of St. Joseph County and Morris Park Country Club. She was World War II chairwoman of Red Cross Motor Corps, treasurer of Service Men's Center and Press Club Woman of the Year in 1952.