Submitted by Nadine Hardin

Date submitted:  April 26, 2006

South Bend Tribune

Name in Obituary:  John Tschida

Names mentioned:  Tschida, Nemeth, Fisher, Wartha

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries, Dec 21, 1954

John Tschida. John Tschida, of the Whitman Nursing Home, 1145 Napier St., died there at 645 p.m. Monday after an illness of eight years. He was born in Pamhagen, Burgenland, Austria, March 10, 1878, and came here from Austria in 1889. His wife, Anna, died in South Bend in 1924. Mr. Tschida was formerly employed by the Singer Manufacturing Co. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Nemeth, of Jackson, Michigan, and Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, of South Bend; three sons, Leo and Robert, both of South Bend, and Michael, of Salem, Ore.; a sister, Mrs. Martha Wartha, and a brother, Frank, both of South Bend. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today in the Nemeth Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday in St. Mary's Catholic Church with Rev. John J. Margraf, C.S.C., pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Father Margraf will lead the Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.