Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jane Etta Temple

Sept. 2, 1926 - Jan. 22, 2008

South Bend Tribune 1/25/2008
SOUTH BEND - Jane Etta Temple, 81, of Willowbrook Drive in South Bend, passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at the Milton Home in South Bend, Indiana. Jane was born September 2, 1926, in Osceola, Indiana, to Cleland and Mildred (Breden) Stoddard.

On March 3, 1943, the former Ms. Stoddard was united in marriage to Mr. Walter H. Temple Sr. Walter preceded her in death, passing away in 1981. Surviving are her children, Walter H. Temple Jr. of Union, Michigan, and Ted (Teri) Temple of South Bend, Cheri (Gary) Mortimer of Burbank, California, and Shelley "Fawn" (Art) Poock of Flowery Branch, Georgia. Jane is also survived by her brother, Lyle (Rose) Stoddard of Buffalo, OK; and four sisters, Lois Sommerville of Elkhart, Deloris "Dee" Ciesialka and Ruth Bilinski of South Bend, and Norma (Gary) Modlin of White Pigeon, Michigan. Surviving as well are 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Preceding Jane in death were her brothers, Daniel, Cleland "Pal" Jr. and Raymond Stoddard, and her sisters, Geraldine Walker and Opal Fleck.

Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, January 27, 2008, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776 McKinley Highway, Osceola. Funeral services will be conducted by Reverend Larry Baker at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 28, 2008, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Mrs. Temple was employed for 30 years as the head cook at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend before her retirement. She was also a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in South Bend.