Submitted by: Dan Rich

Eleanor M. Wack

Oct. 13, 1897 - May 10, 1999

South Bend Tribune 5/11/1999

Eleanor M. (Keller) Wack, 101, of East St. Vincent Street, South Bend, Ind., died at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, May 10, in her home. Mrs. Wack was born on Oct. 13, 1897, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and had lived in South Bend, since 1914.

On Aug. 19, 1924, in South Bend, she married George J. Wack who died Dec. 18, 1985. She is survived by three daughters, Joanne Gans of Syracuse, Ind., Marianne Doran and Margie Farmer, both of South Bend; three sons, Dr. James E. Wack of South Bend, and Thomas G. and John T. Wack, both of Wheeling, W. Va.; 36 grandchildren; and by 70 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wack was a charter member of the Ladies of Notre Dame, Christ Child Society, Altar-Rosary Society of St. Joseph Church, Harvest House, and the Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley.

Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday in St. Joseph Catholic Church, South Bend. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the Hickey Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road, where a Rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m.  Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Church, Christ Child Society, or to the Women's Care Center.