Submitted by: Dan Rich

Russell E. York

Dec. 3, 1912 - Oct. 19, 1995

South Bend Tribune 10/20/1995

SOUTH BEND - Russell E. York, 82, of Healthwin Hospital and Nursing Home, died at 1:42 a.m. Thursday in the nursing home. Mr. York retired from the former Weyerhauser Co. as a machine operator. He was born Dec. 3, 1912, in Peru, Ind., and lived in South Bend most of his life, coming from Niles.

On Feb. 14, 1951, in South Bend, he married Angeline ''Peggy'' Nemeth. She died July 30, 1982. He is survived by a stepson, John L. Nemeth of South Bend; four step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Edsel of Niles and Lawrence of Bridgman. He was a member of American Legion Post 50, Moose Lodge 58 and Eagles Lodge 435, served as an usher at the University of Notre Dame for 40 years, and was a veteran of World War II.