Submitted by: Dan Rich
He retired from National Mill Supply where he was a pricing clerk. He was born Sept. 23, 1920 in New Carlisle and lived most of his life in Mishawaka. On Sept. 11, 1948 he married the former Mary Louise Deschamphelaere. She survives with a daughter Vicki Gates of Mishawaka; twon sons, Dan and Michael, both of Mishawaka; a grandchild; and two brothers, Emiel and Harry, both of Mishawaka. A sister Elizabeth Witz, died in 1980. He was an Army veteran of World War II.