Submitted by: John C. Monk
Hilja
Saar
Aug.
5, 1915 - Dec. 1, 2009
SOUTH BEND - Mrs. Hilja Saar, 94, Bogart, Ga. passed away
December 1, 2009 at her home in Bogart Georgia. She was born
August 5, 1915 in Tallinn, Estonia. She has lived in four
different countries in her life and worked at Acoustic Audio in
South Bend Indiana from 1959 and retired at the age of 91. She
will be remembered for her gentle spirit, kind words, quick wit
and loving heart. She will be missed by all that knew her. Hilja
is survived by her husband, Leo Saar, sons and daughters in law,
Mart and Margaret Saar, daughter and son in law, Lenna and Kent
Johnston and granddaughters Julie DeCraene and Kristin Johnston.
A memorial mass will be held Saturday Dec. 5, 2009 at 10:00 at
UGA Catholic Center with Father Thomas Vigliotta officiating. The
Family will receive friends after the service. Lord and Stephens
Funeral Home East.
Published
in South Bend Tribune on December 4, 2009