Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mabel Helen Voitel

March 29, 1911 - May 28, 1999

South Bend Tribune 6/13/1999

Mabel Helen Voitel, 88, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., formerly of Marquette Avenue, South Bend, Ind., died on Friday, May 28, in the Bay Breeze Nursing Home, Gulf Breeze, Fla. She was born on March 29, 1911, in Michigan City, Ind., to Anna E. (Defebaugh) and Jacob M. Ritchie, both of whom preceded her in death. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Nellie Bowlby and Dorothula Killingbeck; and by a brother, Loren Ritchie.

On Aug. 19, 1930, in LaPorte, Ind., as Mabel Helen Ritchie, she married Raymond W. Voitel, who also preceded her in death on Sept. 19, 1996. Mrs. Voitel is survived by a daughter, Joan M. Chandler of Cassopolis, Mich.; two sons, Duane R. Voitel of Mt. Airy, Md., and Dale F. Voitel of Navarre, Fla.; and by 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Voitel was a homemaker. She was a member of the Gospel Center Missionary Church, South Bend, and the Women's Group at the church.

Services for Mrs. Voitel will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 14, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 North William Street, South Bend. Rev. Warren Banks of the Gospel Center Missionary Church will conduct the services. Friends may call one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society, 535 West Edison, Unit #6, Mishawaka, IN 46545; or to the Alzheimer's Association-Northern Indiana Chapter, Jefferson Medical Arts Building, 919 E. Jefferson Blvd. #01, South Bend, IN 46617-3119.