Submitted by: Dan Rich

Beverly J. Spainhower

Jan. 27, 1924 - Feb. 26, 1996

South Bend Tribune 2/27/1996

SOUTH BEND - Beverly J. Spainhower, 72, of South 35th Street, died at 3 p.m. Monday in her home after an illness. Mrs. Spainhower was born Jan. 27, 1924, in South Bend.

On Nov. 8, 1947, in South Bend, as Beverly Baney, she married Charles L. Spainhower. He died April 24, 1992. She is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Nowacki and Deborah Spainhower-Jackey, both of South Bend; two sons, Terry and Timothy C., both of South Bend; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Jean Auwenrogge of South Bend and Donna Wieczorek of Mishawaka; and six brothers, Wayne Baney of South Bend, Paul Baney of Homosassa, Fla., Dwight Baney of Chicago, Ronald Baney of Lakeville, Donald Baney of Mishawaka, and Dean Baney of Fort Pierce, Fla. A daughter, Cynthia Spainhower, died Aug. 21, 1959; and a son, Mickey, died Oct. 13, 1972.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Hickey Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson Blvd., and after 12:45 until services Thursday in the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.