Submitted by: Dan Rich

Warren Strong Sr.

Dec. 6, 1921- Dec. 8, 1995

South Bend Tribune 12/10/1995

SOUTH BEND - Services for Warren Strong Sr., 74, of Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center, who died at 5:20 p.m. Friday in the center, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Warner Funeral Home, Osceola. Entombment will be in Rice Cemetery, Elkhart. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to any charity.

Mr. Strong was a former employee of Studebaker Corp., S & H Cabonics, Mishawaka, and was self-employed as a bartender at Morris Inn, Notre Dame. He was born Dec. 6, 1921, in Fulton County, Ind., and lived in this area most of his life.

Surviving are two daughters, Cherie Thompson of Elkhart and Christina Gordon of Orlando, Fla.; a son, Warren R. Jr. of Columbus, Ohio; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Dortha Waidner of Zionsville, Ind., and Phyllis Lauderback of South Bend; a brother, Raymond ''Pete'' of Chapel Hill, N.C.; and a foster brother, Richard Schuman of Columbus, Ohio. A grandchild preceded him in death. He was a World War II Army veteran.