From: Susan Gates Davis

 

South Bend Tribune, July 22, 1985, Page 24:
Wilbur Monroe Straup
  Wilbur Monroe Straup, 83, of 67936 Hess Road, Edwardsburg, formerly of South Bned, died at 1 a.m. Saturday in his home.  He was retired from RACO Inc.  Born Nov. 21, 1901, in South Bend, Mr. Straup lived here most of his life, moving to Edwardsburg in 1969.  On Feb. 14, 1926, in Elkhart, he married the former Glenice L. Keck.  She died Jan. 10, 1975.  Surviving are four daughters, Esther Zapalski of North Liberty, Laurene Davis of Edwardsburg, Edith J. Becker of Osceola, and Jennie L. Krumrey of Traverse City, Mich.; two sons, W. Glenn of Logansport, Ind. and Jerry L. Straup of Lexington,Ky.; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Jessie J. of Weston, Ore., and Louis Straup of Lakeville.
  Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the South Bend City Church of the Brethren, and burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.  Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home.  Memorial contributions may be made to the church, of which he was a member, or to the charity of donor's choice.