Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jeness Folk Strouse

Jan. 31, 1913 - Sept. 9, 2008

South Bend Tribune 9/12/2008
SOUTH BEND - Jeness Folk Strouse, 95, of Mitchell's Country Care, formerly of Trent Way, South Bend, Indiana, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving caregivers at 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at Mitchell's Country Care, South Bend, Indiana. Jeness was born January 31, 1913, in Huntington, Indiana. On November 27,1968, as Jeness Folk, she married Charles E. Strouse, who died June 28,1999. She was also preceded in death by her parents, William and Ellen Folk; and her two sisters, Mrs. Martha Adams of South Bend, and Mrs. Bernice Fry of Fostoria, Ohio. She is survived by her friend, Judith Miller. Mrs. Strouse was a graduate of Huntington High School. She received her BS Degree from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; and her Masters Degree from Columbia University, New York City, New York. She touched and enriched the lives of kindergarten children for over 40 years in the South Bend Community School Corporation, having taught at Lincoln, Hay, and John Marshall schools. Mrs. Strouse was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of South Bend.