In Memoriam - Since 50th Reunion

Mary (Dykes) Delnat, 73, of Mishawaka, passed away in her home on Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
Source: Published in the South Bend Tribune on 4/25/2010.  
Mary had served on our MHS 55 Reunion committees for as long as I can remember.

Betty (Soens) Calderone, 73, of Mishawaka, passed away on Monday, December 21st, 2009.
Source: Published in the South Bend Tribune on 12/23/2009.  

Jack Peyla, 72, of South Bend, passed away in his residence on Saturday, October 10th, 2009.
Source: Published in the South Bend Tribune on 10/12/2009.

Peggy (Myers) Van Scoik, 71, of Mishawaka, died in her home on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009.
Source: Published in the South Bend Tribune on 6/5/2009.

Dan Hyska, 71, formerly of Mishawaka died in Huntington Beach, CA on Wednesday, January 21st, 2009.
Source: Published in the South Bend Tribune on 1/27/2009.

Shirley (Brogdon) Hughes, 71, of Mishawaka, passed away in her home on Wednesday, August 27, 2008.
Source: Published in the South Bend Tribune on August 30, 2008 Edition.  

Gene Roose, 71, formerly of Mishawaka died in Ruidoso, NM on Monday, September 1, 2008.  Survivors include his wife Sandy; two daughters, Wendy (Buddy) Hubby, and Kelley Price; three grandchildren, Travis, Jarrel and Madison; a step-mother, Betty Roose; a step-sister, Karen Wittman; a niece, Shelley Shelley; and a nephew Matthew Priser. 
Graveside Services were held at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens in Clovis, NM on September 5, 2008.
Source: South Bend Tribune, Obituaries & Death Notices: Friday, September 5, 2008 Edition.

Murray Robert "Bob" Modlin, 71, of Mishawaka passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2007, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend.  Survivors include his wife and fellow classmate, Sharon Sue (Ritter); four children; Mark (Julie) Modlin of Mishawaka, David (Christine) Modlin of Mishawaka, Paul (Patrice) Modlin of Wakarusa and Marjorie (Steve Shively) Morgan of Mishawaka; 10 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one great-grandchild one way.  Services were held at the Hahn Funeral Home on Wednesday, Dec. 19th. Burial at the Porter Rae Cemetery.
Source: South Bend Tribune, Obituaries & Death Notices: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Edition.

Geraldine (Van Curen) Englehart, 69, formerly of South Bend passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2006, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend.  Survivors include her husband, Kenneth; a daughter, Sandy Freet of Mishawaka; and a son, Dan of Granger.  Services were held in Osceola Church of the Brethren on October7th.
Source: South Bend Tribune, Obituaries & Death Notices: Thursday, October 5, 2006 Edition.

Doris (Wachs) Musary, 69, of Mishawaka passed away on January 1, 2006, in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend.  Survivors include her husband, John; their son, Michael (Amy) Musary Sr., two grandsons, Michael Musary Jr. and Matthew Musary;  two sisters, Margaret Austin, of Mishawaka and Virginia (Val Walters) Nawrocki-Walters of South Bend; two brothers, Charles (Rose Marie) Wachs and John (Gail) Wachs; along with many nieces, nephews and her special friends since high school, "the bachelorettes" - Ronny Maggioli, Clara Kauffman, LaVonne DiGirolomo, Barbara Albers, Sally Rieff, Carol Thompson, and Nancy Gruber.  A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Thursday, January 5th in the St. Monica Catholic Church.  Burial followed at the Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka.
Source: South Bend Tribune, Obituaries & Death Notices: Tuesday, January 3, 2006 Edition.

In Memoriam - Since 45th Reunion

Catherine (Catalino) Salerno, 67, of Palos Hills, Ill., formerly of Mishawaka, died Thursday (April 8, 2004) in her home. Survivors include her husband, Vito; two daughters, Mary Benik and Lisa Watters; and a brother, Santino Catalino. Services were held on Tuesday (April 13,2005) in Sacred Heart Church, Palos Hills.
Source: South Bend Tribune, Vital Statistics: Saturday, April 11, 2004 Edition.

Max R. Brechtel, 66, of East Third Street, died Thursday, (Nov. 27, 2003) in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Patricia M.; three daughters, Deborah Brechtel of Indianapolis, Tami Lemak of Granger and Diane Smith of Carmel, Ind.; and a brother, Kent of Goshen. 

Source: South Bend Tribune, Saturday, November 29, 2003 Edition.

Mary K. (Smith) Kase's husband, Dale Kase, passed away suddenly on 10/21/2002.  Dale was a 1954 graduate of MHS and subsequently graduated from IU Bloomington as a marketing major. He was a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity  Mary K. and Dale, high school sweethearts, were married in 1955.    Services will be held on Friday, October 25, 2002 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Mishawaka. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka.

Source: South Bend Tribune, Thursday, October 24, 2002 Edition.

Jerry Virgil, 64, of Rochester, Minn., formerly of Elkhart, died Friday (Feb. 8, 2002) in Methodist Hospital, Rochester, of cancer.  Survivors include his wife, Karen (Riecks); a daughter, Jean Schank of Elkhart; two sons, Jeff of Edwardsburg and Jim of LaBelle, Fla; three stepdaughters, Pamela Kerrigan of West Concord, Minn., Melinda Smith of Rochester and Virginia Greening of Hammond, Minn.; a stepson, Paul of Granite Falls, Minn.; a sister, Joan Crawford of Granger; and a brother, James M. of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. 
Source: South Bend Tribune, Tuesday, February 12, 2002 edition.

Juliann (Gersey) Cichos, 64, of South Bend, Ind., died in her home on October 4, 2001.  Survivors include her husband, Joseph T.; three daughters, Cynthia Cichos of South Bend, Patricia McKelvey of Mishawaka and Suzanne Morse of Cassopolis; and a brother, Joseph "Bob" Gersey of Phoenix.  Services were held  Monday, October 8, 2001 in the Christ the King Catholic Church.  

Source: Millie (Grise) Gilliland, email 10/4/01 - confirmed in South Bend Tribune, Friday, October 5, 2001 edition.

Sharon (Stoddard) Johnson, 65, of Auburn, Ind., formerly of Mishawaka, died at 8:56 a.m. Tuesday in Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart.  Survivors include her husband, Delbert "Del" C.; two sons, Delbert "Del Jr." of Rome City, Ind., and David of Auburn; her mother, S. Maxine Stoddard of Elkhart; and a brother Kenneth Stoddard of Carmel, Ind.  

Services were held  Friday, August 24, 2001 in the Thomas Funeral Home, Garrett, Ind. 

Source: Marilyn (Chaplin) Kruger, email 8/23/2001, referred to  South Bend Tribune, Thursday, August 23, 2001.

John Michael Friedman, 63, of Natchez, Miss., formerly of Mishawaka, died Sunday in Natchez Regional Medical Center.  Survivors include his wife, Frances L.; his stepmother, Marie Friedman of Mishawaka; a sister, Mary Dunlap of Three Rivers; a brother, Tom of Mishawaka; a stepsister, Ann Metzner of Mishawaka; and a stepbrother, Jim Friedman of Mishawaka.  Services were held in Laird Funeral Home, Natchez, on  June 7, 2001.
Source: Fred Kanouse, email 6/6/2001 referred to  South Bend Tribune, Wednesday, June 6, 2001.

"Lee Hahn passed away very unexpectedly on January 17, 1998 in St. Joseph's Community Hospital, Mishawaka, as a result of a brain aneurysm.  We had been high school sweethearts who had gone our separate ways, but were reunited after twenty years and married in July, 1978.  Along with me (Nancy Sheffield Hahn) he is survived by three sons, Michael of Mishawaka; Todd of Nappanee; Dan of Montgomery Village, Maryland; two daughters, Dara of Miami Lakes, Florida; Ryan Renee of Mishawaka, and thirteen grandchildren.  Funeral services were held on January 20, 1998 at the First United Methodist Church, Mishawaka, Indiana."  

  Source: Nancy Hahn, email dated 3/02/01.  Thank you Nancy.

Charlotte (Stratton) Kocsis passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001 in the emergency room at Saint Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka.  Charlotte's husband, Paul Louis Kocsis Jr., preceded her in death in 1995. Charlotte is survived by three daughters, Cathleen Snyder of Plymouth, IN, Paula (Joshua) Walker of Mishawaka and Sherry (Thomas) Krug of Ontario, CA.  She is also survived by six grand-children.  She had worked at Uniroyal in the accounting department, and for David Bent as a paralegal.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Mishawaka.  Source: The South Bend Tribune, Feb. 28, 2001 edition.  Thanks also to Sally Rieff for bringing my attention to this sad information.    My sympathy and thoughts go out to the family.

Jackie (Campbell) Jackson emailed on 12/24/00 that husband, Fred Jackson, passed away on Nov. 24, 2000.  After just establishing contact with Jackie after so many years, we are saddened to have to report this news.   Jackie has our deepest sympathy.     Visit their website (listed in our Email/Web Site Directory) to learn about Fred's great talent contribution to the music arts.  

Joe Holland was reported to be deceased by a classmate attending the Reunion on Aug. 26th.  We are saddened to report this.  We are sorry that more information is not available. 

John Hall,  passed away after an illness on Sunday, May 28, 2000 in Memorial Hospital, South Bend.  John is survived by his wife, Jody, of 40 years; two sons, John Jr. of Mishawaka and Jeffrey of Granger; five grandchildren; a sister, Carolyn Jankowski of Jupiter, FL; two sisters-in-law; a brother-in-law; two aunts; two nieces; seven nephews; along with several great-nieces and nephews and cousins.  John was presently employed by Daman Products for the past seven years.  He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mishawaka.  
Source:  The South Bend Tribune, March 29, 2000 edition.

Ronald D. Schmalkuche Sr. (64) passed away on May 18, 2000.  He lived in Argos, IN and was the former owner of Cookies Gas & Grocery in Woodland.  He is survived by one sone, Ronald, Jr. and two grandchildren.  
Thanks to Sally Rieff for providing this information.

Sandra "Sandy" (Memenga) Vandegrift passed away on March 10, 2000 in Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL.  She was an accountant for the City of Lakeland and a member of Resurrection Catholic Church.  Sany is survived by husband John, a son John of Atlanta, GA, and a daughter Julie of Tampa, FL, two sisters; three grandsons; three nieces and a nephew.
Source: The South Bend Tribune, March 14, 2000 edition.

Arthur "Art" Myers, III, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2000, in Edmonds, Washington.  
Thank you Mrs. Carl Van Scoik for providing this information.

"Marilyn )Frederick) Huber passed away May 29, 1999 after an extended fight with lung cancer at Mayo Clinic.  Marilyn had been active in several previous reunions and always looked forward to visiting with classmates.  She is survived by me, four children and eight grandchildren.  Six weeks after her death, our 16 yr. old granddaughter, Heather Hammer of South Bend, was killed in an auto accident.  We ask for continued prayers of the Class."
Regards, Dave Huber dated 8/23/00.  Thank you David.

Timeline Reference:  Information received since 50th Reunion

Reference: Information obtain through March 13,  2010