Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mildred M. Sjoquist

March 2, 1913 - March 3, 1995

South Bend Tribune 3/5/1995

SOUTH BEND - Services for Mildred M. Sjoquist, 82, of Manchester Drive, who died at 3:20 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph's Medical Center, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in McGann Funeral Home, 2313 E. Edison Road. Cremation will follow at Riverview Crematory, with burial in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.

Mrs. Sjoquist retired in 1971 after more than 20 years as a commercial artist at Uniroyal. She was born March 2, 1913, in Minneapolis, and lived in this area since 1944, coming from Minneapolis.

On March 26, 1938, in Minneapolis, she married Kermit J. Sjoquist. He died March 26, 1971. Surviving are three sons, James K. of Plymouth, Frederick J. of Tuscon, Ariz., and John P. of South Bend; three grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a sister, Leanor Schaller of Minneapolis; and two brothers, Stanley Swan of Minneapolis and Curtis Swan of Westport, Conn. She was a member of Sunnyside Presbyterian Church, past president of St. Joseph County Watercolor Society, and participated in YWCA art classes.