Submitted by: Dan Rich

Christina B. Van Huffel

April 22, 1957 - May 12, 2000

South Bend Tribune 5/16/2000

Our much beloved daughter, Christina B. Van Huffel, 43, was taken from us on Friday, May 12.

Christina was born on April 22, 1957, in South Bend, Ind. She had lived the past four years in Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs, Fla.

Christina leaves behind her parents, Joseph J. and Hildegard I. Van Huffel of South Bend; her sister, Karin J. (Dan) Lee of Millersburg, Ind.; her children, Michelle Keres of South Bend and Michael Keres of Sarasota, Fla.; her brother, Gary A. (Tammy) Van Huffel, and children, Hannah, Adriane, Mario and Crystal from Carmen, Idaho; and her aunts, Ilse (Gunar) Peterson, with son, Alexander of Wiesbaden, Germany, Helga Mende from Stuttgart, Germany, with sons, Marcus and Bernard, Martha Auer of Geislingen, Germany, and Maria Doetsch, with son, Reinhard from Wheil Rhein.

Christina graduated in 1975 from Jackson High School with high honors and attended Purdue University for four years. Following her studies at Purdue she worked at a commercial photography studio in Lafayette, Ind. From 1984-89 she worked as a production artist at Vantage Advertising Company, South Bend. Christina had a loving personality. She had many hobbies like art, photography, kayaking and skiing, and she was an avid reader. She loved the outdoors and nature.

Services will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, in the Hahn Funeral Home, 505 West 8th Street, Mishawaka, Ind., were family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

She will be missed so much by all of us.