Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE - 5/29/2002

Mary C. Wilken

Nov. 24, 1931 - May 27, 2002

Mary C. Wilken, 70, of McKinley Highway, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away of natural causes at 8:56 a.m. Monday, May 27, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka.

Mrs. Wilken was born Nov. 24, 1931, to Lewis and Vinnie (Graham) Ransberger in Mishawaka.

On April 6, 1951, the former Ms. Ransberger married Louis Wilken in South Bend. He survives. She is also survived by her son, Kevin Wilken of Mishawaka; her daughter, Karen Deisinger of South Bend, Ind.; two brothers, Charles Ransberger of Avon Park, Fla., and Richard Ransberger of Mishawaka; and by four grandchildren, Austin Wilken, Karey Wilken, Destiny Deisinger and Genavieve Wilken.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 30, in the Good Shepherd Mausoleum on the grounds of Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind.

The Chapel Hill Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Donations in memory of Mrs. Wilken may be made to the Riley's Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Ind.

Mrs. Wilken served her family as a homemaker for many years. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.