SOUTH BEND - Marie E. Wartha, 89, of Oakton, Va., formerly of 1021 N. Adams Street, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 12:45 p.m. on Sunday, Jan.  10, in Sunrise Hunter Mill Retirement Center, Oakton. Mrs. Wartha was born in South Bend on Aug. 12, 1909, and was an area resident most of her life. She was a homemaker. She is survived by a son, Tom Wartha of Oakton, Va.; a sister, Hilde Cox of Mishawaka, Ind.; a brother, Albert Wallisch of LaPorte, Ind.; a granddaughter, Kimberly Huddle of Wellington, Fla.; two step-granddaughters, Jenifer Dungan of Staunton, Va., and Amy Bergstrom of Silver Thurne, Colo.; and by a sister-in-law, Lillian Wallisch of Mishawaka. Mrs. Wartha was a member of Holy Cross Parish and the Rosary Altar Society. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14, at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the McGann Funeral Homes, Council Oak Gardens Chapel, 21275 W. Cleveland Road, near Portage, where there will be a wake service at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.