Submitted by: Dan Rich

Lillian Marie Verhaegen

Aug. 28, 1911 - April 19, 1998

South Bend Tribune 4/21/1998

SOUTH BEND - Lillian Marie Verhaegen, 86, of the St. Joseph Care Center West, South Bend, Ind., died at 2:50 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, in the center. She was born on Aug. 28, 1911, in St. Louis, Mo., to Ida Mae (Henry) and William Bradford, and had lived in the South Bend area for 62 years, moving here from Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Verhaegen was a homemaker.

On Jan. 2, 1930, in Akron, she married Leo Verhaegen, who preceded her in death in November 1979. She was also preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her two daughters, Jo-Ann Mays of North Liberty, Ind., and Margaret Fine of Terre Haute, Ind.; four sons, Harvey Verhaegen of Decatur, Ill., Leo Verhaegen of Indianapolis, Ind., Victor and Robert Verhaegen, both of South Bend; and by 19 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

Services will at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 23, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William Street, South Bend. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, South Bend. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the funeral home.