Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sheila M. Tepe

April 7, 1933 - Nov. 21, 2007

South Bend Tribune 11/30/2007
SOUTH BEND - Sheila M. Tepe, 74, of Tamerlane Drive, South Bend, died Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 21, in Miller's Merry Manor in Wakarusa after a lengthy illness. She was born April 7, 1933, in South Bend, to Nicholas and Marcella Fitzsimmons, who preceded her in death.

On August 29, 1953, in South Bend, she married Roy J. Tepe, who survives, along with a daughter, Maureen (Doug) Fraser of South Bend; two sons, Roy J. (Tina) Tepe Jr. of South Bend and Kirk T. (Diana) Tepe of Germantown, TN; a sister, Marcella (Jack) Kiely of Glassboro, NJ; and six grandchildren.

Private family services have been held with Rev. Michael Heintz of the Cathedral of St. Matthew officiating. Entombment followed at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park in Granger. The HICKEY Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson Blvd., handled the arrangements.