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South Bend Tribune

04/14/1972

 

NELLIE M. STUDEBAKER

05/17/1883 - 04/12/1972

 

    Mrs. NELLIE MAY STUDEBAKER, 88, of 22495 Kern Rd., died in her residence at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday after a four-month illness.  She was born on May 17, 1883 in Selina, Ohio, and had lived here 42 years, coming from Fort Wayne.  On June 8, 1904 in Decatur, Ind., she was married to HARVEY C. STUDEBAKER, who died in 1946.

    Surviving are four sons, CHARLES of Fort Wayne, VERNON D. of Wawaka, Ind., HERSEL S., of Lake Wales, Fla., and PAUL of Dallas, Tex.; six daughters, Mrs. RAYMOND SMITH; Mrs. W.O.HUGHES, Mrs. SYLVIA MILLER, Mrs. NORMAN CRONKITE all of Ft. Wayne. Mrs. KENNETH SMITH of Holton, Michign and Mrs. DAVID DeMORROW of Elkhart; 37 grandchildren; 65 great grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

    The body is being taken from the FOREST G. HAY and Son Funeral Home, to the MCCOMBS Funeral Home, Fort Wayne, for services in the Sherman Street Church of God, Ft. Wayne Saturday at 1 p.m.  Rev. WILLIAM S. JENKINS and Rev. BEVERLY ANDERSON, officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Fort Wayne.