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MMaabbllee CCoolleemmaann Oct. 4, 1923 Nov. 28, 2003 Mable Coleman, 80, of Chestnut Street, South Bend, departed for a better life on Friday, Nov.28. She was born in Lepanto, to the union of Grady Ross and Viola (Haggin) Ross, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a husband, Perry E.

brother, Ellis Ross; and by a sister, Rose Dungey. She is survived by two daughters, Viola Maddox and Beatrice (Luther) Tyson brother, Ollie (Corrine) sisters, Barbara (Rev. Samuel) Chase Jr.and Geneva grandchildren, Eric Maddox, Joy Carpenter and Luther (Delysia) Tyson by a host of nieces and nephews, all of South Bend. All of us will miss her truly.Our mother, our sister, our grandmother, our aunt. Love, the family.

Services for Mable Coleman will be held at noon Thursday, Dec.4, in the Second Baptist Church, 24828 Filmore Road.Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. The Funeral Home has been entrusted with funeral arrangements. GGaabbrriieellllee KKoozzuucchh-CCaasswweellll July 22, 1968 Nov. 16, 2003 Gabrielle C.Kozuch-Caswell, 35, of Mundelein, passed away suddenly on Sunday, Nov.16, in Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, Ill. She was born on July 22, 1968, in Chicago, to Roberta C.

Kozuch and Timothy O.Schultz. She graduated from The Cove School of Northbrook, in 1983. She worked as a gallery assistant at Kozuch on Cortez Gallery and recently as a document specialist for the North Shore Community Bank and Trust of Glencoe, Ill. Her favorite travel destination was Paris, France, which she last visited for the Millennium Celebration of 2000.She was fond of all animals, but had a particular love of tigers.Her favorite flower was the red rose, and she collected cobalt blue glass objects of art. She was an artist and worked in both pastels and watercolors.

On June 8, 2002, she married Lawrence T.Caswell of Antioch, in New Buffalo, Mich.They made their home in Mundelein. She is survived by her husband, parents, Roberta C. Kozuch and Timothy O.Schultz of Chicago and New Buffalo.Gabrielle is the granddaughter of Edward and Ann Schultz of Culver, Ind. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m.Saturday, Dec.6, in Malec and Sons, 6000 N. Milwaukee Chicago.

EEllmmeerr MMccCCaallll Aug. 5, 1916 Nov. 26, 2003 Coach Elmer E.McCall, 87, of Granger, died at 9:30 p.m.on Wednesday, Nov.26.He was in the University of Chicago Center for Advanced Medicine undergoing procedures for an aortic aneurysm. He became a resident of Wellington Park Vllas in Granger, in 1995.He lived 37 years in the DePauw University, Greencastle, community, served 20 years as varsity basketball coach, and he served three years coaching cross-country, golf and tennis.He retired as professor emeritus in 1981.Other positions were Ventura County High School, Delphi and Bloomington, Ventura Junior College, and South Bend Central High School. Coaching was his dream.

Encouraging young men to succeed in life as well as on the court was his goal.He taught and coached at all junior college, high school and junior high.He held basketball camps at DePauw for 17 years. Born in Frankfort, on Aug.5, 1916, his early education was in the Frankfort schools, graduating in the class of 1934.He lettered in four sports.From there he attended Ventura Junior College in California.He played basketball and was named to the All Southern California Jr.College Western Conference Team and Most Valuable Player at the J.C. He then attended Fresno State College in Fresno, played three years and was captain of the team.He received his BA degree in 1941 and MPE degree at Purdue University in 1948. He served in World War II in the U.S.Navy.In 1944 he was commissioned as an ensign, was sent to the Pacific area and assigned to a LCI gun boat that preceded troop landings.He received an honorable discharge in 1946 as a Lt.J.G., after serving in the Philippines, Borneo and Korea. His many honors Ventura High School, County CA State Championship at Ventura Jr.

JVC Western States Conference Champions; 1951, JVC Western States Conference Champions and JVC National Jr.College Tournament, IN Basketball State Championship, South Bend IN Basketball State Championship and undefeated year, South Bend DePauw University NCAA Tournament; 1977-78, NCAA Tournament; 1967-68, Coach of the Year IN Collegiate inducted into IN Basketball Hall of 1995, inducted into the DePauw University Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a 42-year member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.He remained a coach emeritus.Elmer believed the team awards belonged to the players who gave so much time and effort to the game.He was a member of Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church in Greencastle, Ind. thoughts were of his family.He was devoted to Marjorie, his wife of 63 years, and their daughters who shared in his endeavors.They were married on Sept.1, 1940, in Flora, in the home of the father, G.E. Voorhees. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Voorhees daughters, Marcia A.DeLuca, Martinez, Sharon E.

Jenson, South Joe Deluca, Martinez, Gunnar Jenson, South grandson, Joseph Scott DeLuca of Bay Point, granddaughters, Melissa and Michelle DeLuca, great-grandsons, Cody Joe Deluca, Martinez, Dustin James DeLuca and Shane Michael DeLuca of Bay Point, Calif. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec.5, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 E. Cleveland Road, South Bend, where friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.Thursday, Dec.4.Burial will be at Maple Lawn Cemetery, Flora. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the DePauw University Athletic Scholarships to Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, Greencastle.

VViiccttoorr MMccFFaaddddeenn April 5, 1928 Nov. 30, 2003 Victor L.McFadden, 75, of Peashway Street, South Bend, died peacefully at 9:55 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, with family and friends at his side. Vic is survived by his beloved wife, Bonnie Jean, with whom he spent over half a five children, Patrick of South Bend, Thomas (Joyce) of LaGrange, Maureen (James) and Dennis (Barbara) of Granger, and Terence (Laurie) of South Bend; as well as 12 wonderful grandchildren, Erin and Brendan McFadden, Kathleen and Mary Clare McFadden, Ryan, Conor and Patrick Dorgan, Colin and Kevin McFadden, and Michael, Sean and Charles Victor McFadden.

Vic was born in Grand Haven, the fifth of eight children born to Colonel Vincent G.and Irene (Hollis) McFadden.Vic was preceded in death by four brothers, Gerald Denis, Patrick Lawrence and Terrence Albert. He is survived by a brother, Gordon (Patricia) of Wilkes Barre, by sisters, Joan (Daniel) Mead of Grand Rapids, and Geraldine (Emery) Holzinger of Grand Haven. Vic was a combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and lost his left hand in the Korean Conflict while performing an act of heroism that saved the lives of fellow Marines.Because of the loss of his drawing hand, Vic gave up his plans for a career as an artist and came to South Bend in 1952 to enroll at Notre Dame.While at Notre Dame, Vic was, for a term, Mayor of Vetville, a community of their wives and scores of children.At Vetville, Vic and Bonnie forged friendships that endure today.Following his undergraduate degree in political science he went on to law school at Notre Dame, graduating in 1959, becoming a served as legal aid attorney, chief deputy prosecutor, attorney for the Portage Township Trustee, and the County Drainage Board.For some time he was very active in the Democratic Party, and served as co-chairman of the Bobby Kennedy campaign in St.Joseph County in 1968.As an attorney in private practice with his sons, he was honest, courageous, and truly viewed the practice of law as a profession, a privilege that he never forgot.He often handled cases without charge, or neglected to send bills to clients, perhaps owing to his Depression-era childhood and his sense of duty, Christianity and his inclination to help people.He was also a truly practicing Catholic, never missing Sunday Mass.He was a member of Sacred Heart Parish, a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and a member of the St.Joseph County Bar Association. Vic was extremely proud of his Irish heritage, and made a yearly trip to Ireland from 1978 until 2002, and his yearly updated travelogue was sought out by travelers to the Emerald Isle.Vic was devoted to his mother, Irene, his family, friends, his country, the Marines, Notre Dame, and the Detroit Tigers.He was extremely proud of his children and grandchildren, and was madly in loved with Bonnie until the end. The Lord broke the mold with which he created Vic McFadden.

Semper Fidelis, Dad.We love you. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.on Wednesday in the Funeral Home, 2313 E. Edison, South Bend, where the Rosary will be prayed at 3 p.m.A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m.Thursday in Sacred Heart Basilica. In lieu of flowers, the McFadden family requests donations in name to Myelodysplasia Syndrome Foundation, 36 Front Street, Crosswick, NJ 08515. we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His WWiinniiffrreedd MMeelllloo Jan.

19, 1924 Nov. 24, 2003 Winifred Jacqueline Mello, 79, of Mesa, passed away Monday, Nov.24, 2003. She was born in South Bend, on Jan.19, 1924, where she first met and married James A. Mello on Feb.28, 1944.They lived in South Bend while Jim, an All- American football player, attended the University of Notre Dame as a fullback under Coach Leahy from 1942-1946, followed by a move to Rhode Island, then Connecticut, where she was an executive secretary at the facility formerly known as Mansfield State Training School for many years, finally moving to Mesa upon retirement in 1986. She was a beloved and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and is survived by her husband of 59 years, Jim and his wife, Cindy of Lebanon, Timothy of Mesa, Pamela and her husband, Rudy of Apache Junction, and Debra of Gilbert, and by four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Donations in her memory may be made to the nearest Hospice program. RRoobbeerrtt MMeessaarrooss May 31, 1923 Nov. 30, 2003 Robert Eugene Mesaros, 80, of East Colfax Avenue, died Sunday morning, Nov.30, in Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Bob graduated from South Bend Central High School, was a World War II Army Air Force veteran, worked for South Bend Lathe Works for 25 years, retiring from the Bendix Corporation after 13 years, and worked for the Studebaker Corporation.He was a member of V.F.W.Post 360, and enjoyed bowling, fishing and golf. AKRON M.Josephine Merley DOWAGIAC Vernice B.Gaideski ELKHART Howard E.James Betty J.Owens GOSHEN John A.Kercher GRANGER Elmer E.McCall LAPORTE Marjorie Grindle MILFORD Mary K.Smoker MISHAWAKA Mary L.Skodinski NAPPANEE Ida L.Short NEW CARLISLE Carl V.McDonald NILES Gabreal Chase Liebetrau Ila M.Sandstrom NORTH JUDSON Grace G.Hendryx NORTH WEBSTER Patricia A.Holle ROCHESTER Thomas R.Reed Myra M.Sones SOUTH BEND John E.Alexander Jr.

Lester B.Malone Victor L.McFadden Robert E.Mesaros Beatrice E.Neal Nancy A.Powell Kathrine L.Reiner Edna B.Staley Virginia F.Taylor Esther R.Wawrzyniak SYRACUSE Christopher L.Wood WARSAW Alberta C.Middaugh WINAMAC Dorothy R.Krohn DEA TH NOTICES INDEX John E. Alexander Jr. Jan. 12, 1934 Nov. 30, 2003 SOUTH BEND John E.

Alexander Jr.69,of Maplehurst Sunday in his home. Survivors include a L.Zehner of sons, John E.IV of South Bend and Mark A.of a of Seabrook family memorial services will be held. There will be no visitation.McGann Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Vernice B. Gaideski Feb.

7, 1923 Dec. 1, 2003 DOWAGIAC Vernice B. Oak Monday in her home of natural caus- es.Survivors include a daughter, Patti Wenger of son, Mike of Wirick and Betty of a Rowe of Dowagiac.Services will be at 2 p.m.Wednesday in McLauchlin- Clark Funeral friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m.today. Marjorie Grindle July 18, 1917 Nov. 29, 2003 LAPORTE Marjorie (Kaser Harris) Strawberry at 12:30 p.m.Saturday in LaPorte Hospital.Survivors include two Wood of LaPorte and Sandra J.Grindle of Mishawaka.Services will be at 1 p.m.today in Carlisle Funeral Home, Michigan friends may call one hour before services.

Grace G. Hendryx March 1, 1920 Nov. 30, 2003 NORTH JUDSON Grace G. Countryside Place Nursing of North Sunday in the nursing home.Survivors include a Rans of Knox. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday in Funeral friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.today. Patricia A. Holle Oct. 9, 1951 Nov. 30, 2003 NORTH WEBSTER Patricia Ann 11094 W.County Road 325 at 2:07 p.m.

Sunday in Lutheran Wayne.Survivors include her J.of North Webster and Tom M.of Sponseller of sisters, Sue Allen and Sandra of Campbell and Jo Ellen of Janet Kinney of a R. Sponseller of will be at 10 a.m.Thursday in Mishler-Eastlund Funeral Home, Harris friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. John A. Kercher April 16, 1916 Nov.

30, 2003 GOSHEN John A.Kercher,87, of 1713 W.Clinton at 4:46 p.m.Sunday in Goshen General Hospital.Survivors include his wife, Dorothy D.of Kiser of a brother, Robert of Wakarusa.Services will be at 10 a.m.Wednesday in Yoder-Culp Funeral friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.today. Dorothy R. Krohn Oct. 28, 1926 Nov. 30, 2003 WINAMAC Dorothy Rose 4640 E.County Road 50 Sunday in Merry natural causes.Survivors include her Newman of Star Jr.and Robert of Winamac; and a Ulerick of Rochester.Services will be at 11 a.m.Wednesday in Frain Mortuary where friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m.today and after 8 a.m.

Wednesday. Gabreal Chase Liebetrau Nov. 26, 2003 NILES Gabreal Chase of Jessie (Clements) and Adam B.Liebetrau of Howard dead at birth Wednesday in Lakeland Medical Center. Survivors include a Liebetrau at a brother, Brenton at home.Services were held Monday in Legacy Family Funeral Springs. Elmer E.

McCall Aug. 5, 1916 Nov. 26, 2003 GRANGER Elmer E.McCall, Wellington Park at 9:30 p.m.Wednesday in University of Chicago Center for Advanced Medicine.Survivors include his two A.DeLuca of Sharon E. Jenson of South Bend.Services will be at 11 a.m.Friday in Welsheimer Funeral Home E. Cleveland friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.Thursday.

Carl V. McDonald March 11, 1923 Nov. 30, 2003 NEW Carl V. East Chicago Sunday in LaPorte Hospital.Survivors include his wife, Gertrude two Barnes and Jean Stewart, both of New Carlisle.Services will be at 11 a.m.Thursday in Kaniewski Funeral friends may call from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Victor L. McFadden April 5, 1928 Nov. 30, 2003 SOUTH BEND Victor L. Peashway Street, died at 9:55 p.m.Sunday in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his a of four and of South of LaGrange and Dennis of Granger.Services will be at 9:30 a.m.Thursday in Sacred Heart Basilica at the University of Notre Dame.Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.Wednesday in McGann Funeral a rosary will be said at 3 p.m.

M. Josephine Merley June 24, 1916 Nov. 30, 2003 AKRON M.Josephine Merley, Life Care formerly of at 9 p.m. Sunday in the center.Survivors include a Zimmerman of J. Hively of a sister, Marjorie Baker of Rochester.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m.today in Hartzler Funeral Home. ARRANGEMENTS PENDING HHoowwaarrdd 1203 Princeton Sunday; Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral LLeesstteerr North Bend. BBeettttyy 2730 S.Tenth Monday; Westbrook-Metz Clouse Funeral TThhoommaass 7695 N.County Road 375 died Good Funeral MMyyrraa 1125 Franklin Sunday; Bonine Funeral DEATH NOTICES OBITUARIES Obituary information is provided by the funeral home. The three icons (shown above) are available for inclusion in a paid obituary for a small additional charge. Photos of the deceased are included at no additional charge.

Obituaries Mable Coleman Gabrielle C.Kozuch-Caswell Elmer E.McCall Victor L.McFadden Winifred J.Mello Robert E.Mesaros Alberta C.Middaugh Mildred Vadas Ransberger Edna B.Staley Virginia F.Taylor Kathryn M.Wittenbrink See D6 See D6 CYANMAGENTAYELLOWBLACK EDITION Tuesday, December 2, 2003 OBITUARIES DEATH NOTICES MIROP South Bend Tribune D5 IN MEMORIAM CARD OF THANKS I of Thanks are charged $3.85 per line. Photos additional $33.00. Copy MUST be submitted in WRITING 7 days prior to publication. Send to: South Bend Tribune Classified Advertising 225 W. Colfax Ave.

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