Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Sunday, July 9, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, March 18, 1905, page 11 Bargain Still Open. S. C. Lentz is still willing to give some one a bargain in his farm in Liberty township if taken at once. This farm contains 129 acres, has about 25 acres of timber, a fine stream of water running throught it, eight room house, good barn and outbuildings. Situated 11 miles from South Bend and five miles from North Liberty. Call Home phone 1400 or address for further particulars 715 Cottage Grove avenue, South Bend.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wlodarek, Drajus, Jankowski, Owczarzak. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ei.2ADI/1238.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have the marriage of Jan Wlodarek & Victoria Jankowski from St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Chicago film # 1578070, item 1, page 113. It shows that John's father is Michael Wlodarek & mother is Maryanna Drajus. At time of marriage 4 Jul 1899 he is living at 696 Dickson St., Chicago. & he is age 24 in America for 8 years & living in Chicago for 2. Victoria is the daughter of Franciszek Jankowski & Franciszka Owczarzak, she is age 17 & living at 702 Dickson St., Chicago. Illinois license # 294379 I do not know when John died but I have Victoria's obit. She died in 1954. Victoria Wlodarek, nee Jankowski, beloved mother of Helen, Marie, Rose, Eleanor Gorski, Harriet, Joseph, Louis, and Gregory, mother-in-law of Charles Hoffman, Theodore Krywonos, John Dorsch, Casimir Stone, Emily, Loretta, and Dorothy, sister of Lottie Glonke, Rose Gburek, Pearl Lebowski, Sister Mary Felix, Helen Waszczeniuk, John and Vincent Jankowski, sister-in-law of Bernard Glonke, Albert Gburek, Frank Lebowski, Albin Waszczeniuk, Josephine, and Mary Jankowski, grandmother and great-grandmother. Resting at funeral home, 3656 Belmont avenue. Funeral Saturday, 10:30 a.m., from chapel, to St. Wenceslaus' church. Interment St. Adalbert's cemetery. KEystone 9-0502. I know you have Helen's baptismal in South Bend but if his family is there it isn't all that unusual to have the child baptised there. I also have them in chicago on the 1900, 1910 & 1920 census.

Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Saturday, July 8, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, March 18, 1905, page 11 Miss Caroline Brothers. Mrs. Samuel Seifert and daughter, Miss Isabel, will leave Friday morning for Sturgis, Mich., where they will attend the funeral of Mrs. Seifert's niece, Miss Caroline Brothers, who died Tuesday afternoon. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from Holy Angel's church. Rev. Father Kauffman will officiate. Interment at Oaklawn cemetery.

Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Saturday, July 8, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, March 18, 1905, page 11 Leo Roland Lower. Leo Roland Lower, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lower, died at the family home early this morning after an illness of two days of croup. The funeral will be held from St. Patrick's church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. John H. DeGroote officiating. The remains will be laid to rest in the Cedar Grove cemetery.

Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Friday, July 7, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, March 18, 1905, page 11 From The Daily Tribune of Thursday. Mrs. Lydia Bennet. Mrs. Lydia Bennet, wife of Abraham Bennet, died Wednesday at 5 o'clock, aged 75 years. She was a devout member of the M. E. church for 50 years. She leaves two sons and one daughter and her husband.

Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Friday, July 7, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, March 18, 1905, page 11 From The Daily Tribune of Wednesday. Mrs. Margaret McHugh. Mrs. Margaret McHugh died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Sarah E. McGinnis, 316 South Lafayette street, last night after an illness of two years with cancer of the stomach. Mrs. McHugh leaves one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Boonestra, of Chicago, and two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Barrett and Mrs. Sarah E. McGinnis, of this city. Mrs. McHugh was born in Lafayette, Ind., where she made her home until coming to this city two years ago. She was 43 years old. The remains will be taken to Lafayette, Ind., over the Three I road Thursday morning and the funeral will be held from St. Mary's church in that city Thursday afternoon. The remains will be laid to rest in St. Mary's cemetery. Friends wishing to view the remains may do so by calling at the residence after 5 o'clock this evening.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ei.2ADI/1321.1 Message Board Post: looking for a Sarah Cook her mother was Crowder from VA IN

Georgia, hello. Are you related to William Dietrich? His son Charles was married to my GAunt Mary Frances Boyer. Their son Howard William died in France during WWI. I saw the obit, and thought maybe I had found another cousin. Thanks for posting it, Mom will be excited to read it. Marty Smith Wells, Pierceton, Indiana

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ei.2ADI/2385.2 Message Board Post: I have some information on your Edwin Korpal. If you will contact me at my home email, I will be glad to give you the information.

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 9/17/1989 p. B15 Cecil Dewey Madden SOUTH BEND - There will be private services for Cecil Dewey Madden, 86, of 3614 Whitcomb, who died at 4:14 p.m. Friday in his home. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel. Mr. Madden retired from Studebaker Corp. after 40 years of service. He was born March 1903, in Danville, Ill. He lived in the area for 66 years, coming from LaPaz. On June 9, 1923, In Elkhart, he married Louise Williams. She survives with five daughters, Marjorie Holland and Shirley Bishop, both of South Bend Lucille Bird of Angola, Ind. Joyce Stout of Atlanta and Sharon Dellinger of Mishawaka; two sons, William of Fort Wayne and Donald of San Rafeal, Calif.; 19 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren. A son, Robert, proceeded him in death. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune March 29, 1940 sec. 2 p. 7 Mrs. Louis Horvath Mrs. Louis Horvath, aged 65, of 1511 South Kemble Avenue, died at 6:55 p.m. Thursday in her home after 10 years illness. Surviving are her husband; three sons, Joseph Louis, jr., and Frank Horvath, of South Bend; four grandchildren and a brother in Hungary. Friends may call at the residence after 10 a.m. Saturday. Mrs. Horvath was born in Hungary April 15, 1874, and came here 29 years ago. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Society and the Sacred Heart society of Our Lady of Hungary Roman Catholic church. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 12/27/1915 p. 4 col. 5 Walkerton Man Killed William Bartz Struck by Baltimore & Ohio Train The Tribune's Special Service WALKERTON, Ind., Dec. 27, - William Bartz, aged about 60 years, was struck and killed by a Baltimor & Ohio milk train at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. It is presumed that Bartz was walking down the track to the farm of his son. His pocketbook and a protion of his clothing was carried on the cow-catcher of the engine to Garret, Ind. The deceased is survivied by a wife, one daughter and three sons. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 1/29/1917 sec. 1 p. 5 Dietrich, VanBuskirk, Gardiner William Dietrich William Be. Dietrich died at his home 1502 Lincoln Way West, at 4 o'clock this morning. He had been ill one year. He is survived by three children Edward and Charles Dietrich, and Mrs. Thomas VanBuskirk, all of this city. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, and had lived in this community 50 years. previous to his retirement 10 years ago he was a farmer in German township. The funeral will be held from the residence at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday, Rev James L. Gardiner officiating. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

When you go the second page listed for Ruby O. Foster it is actually for Robert E. Foster her husband and talks of a combined service for both who died just days apart. Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 4/4/1987 Foster,Tomlin, Correll, Loupee, Emerick, Gerick, Smith, Ricketts Robert E. Foster LAKEVILLE - Robert E. Foster, 58, of 315 E. Monroe St., died at 8 a.m. Friday in his home. He had been employed at AM General for 18 years. Mr. Foster was born Aug. 3, 1928, in Paducah, Ky., and moved to Lakeville in 1956 from Waynesburg, Ky. On Jan 7, 1950, in Corinth, Miss., he married Betty Tomlin. They were divorced. On May 18, 1968, in South Bend, he married Ruby O. Correll. She died March 31, 1987. Surviving are four daughters, Kathy Foster and Judy Loupee, both of Niles, and Janice Emerick and Connie Gerick, both of Mishawaka; a stepdaughter, Martha Smith of LaPaz; three stepsons, Roy G. Correll of Pace, Miss. Marion Correll of Edwardsburg and Bruce L. Correll, stationed with the U.S. armed forces in Panama; 23 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and a sister Betty Ann Ricketts of Savannah, Tenn. Combined services for Mr. and Mrs. Foster will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in Palmer Funeral Service. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery, North Liberty. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 today in the funeral home. He was a member of Local 5 of the United Auto Workers union. Memorial contributions may be made to any charity. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 4/1/1987 p. B8 Foster, Correll, Smith, Emerrick, Gerick, Loupee, McCaslin, Stokes, Bean, Gaddis? Ruby O. Foster Lakeville - Ruby O. Foster, 68 of 315 E. Monroe, died at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Foster formerly was employed by Easyheat Wirecraft. She was born Sept. 29, 1918, in DeSoto, Ill, and had lived in Lakeville since coming from North Liberty in 1950. On May 18, 1968, in south Bend, as Ruby Correll, she married Robert E. Foster, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Martha Smith of LaPaz; three sons, Roy G. Correll of Pace, Miss, Marion L Correll of Edwardsburg and Bruce L. Correll, stationed Panama; four stepdaughters, Janice Emerrick and Connie Gerick, both of Mishawaka and Kathy Foster and Judy Loupee, both of Niles; 23 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; three sisters, Elsie McCaslin of Elkhart, Pearl Stokes of Lakeville; and Bonnie Gaddis? of Royalton, Ill; and four brothers, Audie Bean of Pierceton, Thomas Bean of Sarasota, Fla., Gene Bean of Indianapolis and James Bean of Warsaw. Service will be a 11 a.m. in Palmer Funeral Home. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 7/19/1947 Foster, Swaney, Wallace Mrs. Sarah A. Foster Mrs. Sarah A. Foster, aged 80, of 844 South 25th Street, died at 7:15 p.m. Friday in the Williams Nursing Home after an illness of six months. She was born in Butler County, Missouri, Oct 31, 1866, and came here on year ago from Cates, Ind. Her husband, John Foster, died in 1946. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Alice Swaney and Mrs. Ruby Foster, both of South Bend and Mrs. Rose Wallace, Cates. The body was sent from the Hollis chapel today to the Bodine & Shelby funeral home, Covington, Ind., for funeral services there at 2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Williamsport, Ind. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http: //www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 8.20.1981 p. 49 Smith, Schrager, Hier, Gettinger, Israelov, Mrs. Irving (Florence) Smith Mrs. Florence S. Smith, 62, of 2116 Bader, died at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after a five month illness. She was born on Aug. 28, 1918, in Monessen, Pa., and had lived in South Bend for 44 years. On Aug. 15, 1946, in South Bend, as Florence Schrager, she married Irving J. Smith. He survives with a son Frederick J. of Brookline, Mass; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Jean Hier of New York City; and three brothers, Bernard, Leonard, and Allen Schrager, all of South Bend. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood. Rabbi Yisreal Gettinger of Hebrew Orthodox Congregation will officiate, along with Cantor Israel Israelov of Sinai Synagogue. Burial will be in Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery. She was a member of B'nai B'rith Women, Hadassah, Sinai Synagogue, and Sinai Sisterhood. Memorial contributions may be made to Sinai Synagogue, the Jewish Welfare Fund or the charity of donor's choice. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Sorry I forgot to add this to the Obit Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune /5/1986 p. D 3 SMITH - Services for Irving J. Smith, 72, of 2116 Bader Ave., who died Friday in his home, will be at 1 p.m. today in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood Drive. Burial will be in the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery, Mishawaka. Mr. Smith a form city and county attorney, was the current secretary of the St. Joseph County Democratic Association, a post he had held for the past 30 years. Georgia Gill-Elkins Co-Hostess of ST. JOSEPH County, IN web sites at: Rootsweb: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose_ (rootsweb:%20http://www.rootsweb.com/~instjose) _/_ (http:///) Home page: _http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jorja51) Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StJosephCo_Indiana/ Deffinition of Genealogy: a record of a person, family or group. A record of people/ancestors taken from older records. It is the study of family predigrees passed on from one generation to another. ***************************** ¸... _____________ ·´º o`·, /__/ _/\_ ____/\ ```)¨(´´´ | | | | | | | || |l±±±±| ¸,.-·°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `°·-. :º° ·~·~·-..,¸ Drive Carefully: It's not only cars that can be recalled by their makers. Author unknown Place your mouse on the X below...Click and drag your mouse from the X below to the O. See what happens......... X EVEN WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIM...GOD IS HERE! O

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 1/4/1986 p A4; 1/5/1986 p. D 3 Smith, Voorde, Schrager, Parisey, Berbitsky Irving Smith, a former city attorney, dies Irving J. Smith, 72, of 2116 Bader Ave. a former South Bend city attorney, died Friday afternoon in his home. Mr. Smith began practicing law in 1938 in South Bend after graduating from Indiana University Law School. He served as county attorney and in 1955 he was appointed city attorney by Mayor Edward F. Voorde. In 1945, Mr. Smith received a Bronze star medal for his role as director of Camp Feldafing near Munich, Germany, where he was responsible for 4,500 Jewish refugees who were picked up from various concentrations camps. He was born June 14, 1913, in South Bend and he lived in the area all of his life. On Aug. 15, 1946, in South Bend, he married the former Florence Schrager, who died Aug. 19, 1981. On Dec. 29, 1985, in South Bend, He married the former Gyla Terlop Parisey, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Frederick of Boston; two step daughters, Kimberly Parisey and Kelley Parisey, both of South Bend; three stepsons, Bradley, Brian and Lance Parisey, all of South Bend; two grandchildren; a sister Sylvia Berbitsky of South Bend; and a brother, Melvin of Indianapolis. A son David died Jan. 14, 1981. Services will be a 1 p.m. Sunday in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood Dr. Burial will be in the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Mr. Smith was a past secretary of the St. Joseph County Democratic Association. He was a member of the St. Joseph Bar Association, the Indiana Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Mr. Smith also was a member of the Indiana Society of Chicago. In 1968, he was elected president of the Jewish Community Council. In 1969 and 1970, he was elected president of Sinai Synagogue. He was a member of B'nai B'rith and past president of the Jewish War Veterans. Mrs. Smith also served on the board of directors for the Council of Retarded Children of St. Joseph County. Memorial contributions may be made to Sinai Synagogue.

Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune 1/19/1965 p. 21 Smith, Parzen, Berebitshy, Albon Mrs. Ida Smith Services for Mrs. Ida Smith, 83, formerly of 1608 Leer St. who died at 11 p.m. Monday in the Berinstein Jewish Home for the Aged, Indianapolis, were to be held at 4 p.m. today in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, Rabbi Maurice Parzen of Sinai Synagogue officiating. Burial were to be in Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery of Mishawaka. Mrs. Smith was born in Lithuania on Jan. 10, 1882, and been ill for several months. Her husband, David O. Smith, died on July 2, 1948. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Berebitshy, of South Bend; two sons, Irving J. Smith South Bend attorney, and Melvin Smith of Indianapolis; five grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Bessie Albon, of Dallas, Texas.