Submitted by:  Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Wartha, Mary

Names in Obituary:  Arehart, Beutter, Brothers, Kovacs, Kukodel, Szedenik, Valleau, Wartha

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; Tuesday, February 28, 1967.

Mrs. Mary Wartha, 81, of 51280 Prescott Avenue, died Monday in St. Joseph's Hospital after a two-week illness.  She was born Oct. 15, 1885, in Pali, Sopron Megye, Hungary, and came here 64 years ago.  She was married Nov. 10, 1903, in St. Stephen's Church, South Bend, to Lawrence Wartha, who preceded her in death.  Surviving are a son, Edward of South Bend; six daughters, Mrs. Theresa Szedenik, Mrs. Olga Brothers and Mrs. Katherine Beutter, all of South Bend; Mrs. Anna Arehart of Middleville, Mich., Mrs. Mary Valleau of Rockford, Ill. and Mrs. Betty Mendel of Kouts; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Kovacs of South Bend and Mrs. Rose Kukodel, in Hungary.  Friends may call at 7 p.m. today in the Zahoran Funeral Home.  She was a member of the Sacred Heart and Rosary Society of Our Lady of Hungary.  The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home by members of the society.

South Bend Tribune, Funeral Notes, Wednesday, March 1, 1967.

WARTHA - Services for Mrs. Mary Wartha, 81, of 51280 Prescott Ave., who died Monday, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Our Lady of Hungary Church, Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Sabo, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery.  The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today in the Zahoran Funeral Home.