Submitted by Nadine Hardin

Date submitted:  April 26, 2006

South Bend Tribune

Name in Obituary:  Joseph A. Wartha

Names mentioned:  Wartha, Beutter, Brothers, Szedenik, Arehart, Valleau, Mendel, Harman

South Bend Tribune, Local Obituaries; August 25, 1955.
Joseph A. Wartha, 1509 S. Fellows St., died early Wednesday in the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind. He was born in South Bend, Feb. 22, 1901. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Mary Wartha; six sisters, Mrs. Catherine Beutter, Mrs. Garold Brothers, and Mrs. Michael Szedenik, of South Bend, Mrs. Anne Arehart, of Hopkins, Mich., Mrs. Mary Valleau, of Rockford, Ill., Mrs. Arden Mendel of Kouts, Ind., and two brothers, Edward and Anthony, both of South Bend. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today in the Hickey Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Matthews Catholic Church, Rev. Arnold Wibbert, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. on Friday in the funeral home.

South Bend Tribune, General Obituary, August 26, 1955:
Pallbearers for the funeral of Joseph A. Wartha, 1509 S. Fellows St., to take place at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Matthew's Catholic Church, will be Gerold Brothers, Rudolph Wartha, Henry Wartha, David Harman, and Richard Harman.