Submitted by: Dan Rich

Armin T. Wierschem

June 6, 1908 - Aug. 27, 2002

South Bend Tribune 8/30/2002

Armin T. "Dutch" Wierschem, 94, of Garden Lane, South Bend, Ind., died Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was born June 6, 1908, to the late Joseph and Louise (Loewe) Wierschem. Armin was also preceded in death by sisters, Margaret Kohler, Anne Hennrich, Helen Eschmann and Edna Wierschem; and by brothers, Cornelius and Herbert Wierschem. On April 7, 1942, in Valmeyer, Ill., he married Hilda Palow, who survives. He is also survived by a daughter, Mary (Gene) Yarbrough of South Bend; a son, Joseph Wierschem of Minnesota; two grandchildren, Michael (Janet) Yarbrough and Tami (Aric) Bryant of South Bend; three great-grandchildren, Aaron and Matthew Yarbrough, and Cameron Bryant; and by a brother, William Wierschem of St. Louis, Mo.

He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church for 60 years, the Eagles and ZB Falcons. Armin retired from Kaiser/AM General, and worked at Studebaker as a master mechanic for 23 years. He also owned his own business, Wierschem Electric. Armin served in the Army during World War II as a medical equipment maintenance tech. He received a meritorious award for improvising surgical instruments when none were available in the United Kingdom. He liked to fish on Lake Michigan in the boat he had made. Armin was an avid gardener.

Friends and family may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today, Aug. 30, in the ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road, with a Rosary held at 7:30 p.m. Services will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31, in Holy Family Catholic Church, with burial to follow at Highland Cemetery.