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Barbara A. Gillenwater
October 19, 1940 - April 1, 2002
Barbara A. “Barb” Gillenwater, 61, of 13781 Tyler Rd., Bremen, died of an unexpected heart attack at 6:52 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2002 , in St. Joseph Community Hospital , Mishawaka .
Barb, a lifetime area resident, was born in Lakeville, Ind., on Oct. 19, 1940. She was the daughter of George and Beatrice Donathan Roush. She received her G.E.D. after attending Lakeville schools. She later received a certificate of Secretarial Science from the Michiana College of Commerce.
On Aug. 6, 1994 , in the Olive Branch United Brethren Church in Lakeville, where she remained a member, Barb and Dale E. “Sonny” Gillenwater were married. Sonny died on March 3, 2000.
Barb worked in the food services section of the Kaleidoscope Children’s Center in Plymouth.
An avid reader, she enjoyed working with crafts, especially sewing and crocheting gifts for her family and friends.
Barb is survived by two daughters: Debbie and Jim Roark and their daughters: Heather, Elizabeth and Samantha, all of Bremen, Ind., and Lynette Wiegand, Indianapolis, Ind.
A brother, Keith and Donna Roush, Lakeville, Ind., and a sister, Pat and Arlen Holderread, Plymouth, survive as well.
Barb was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Sonny.
Friends may visit with the family from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2002, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2002, in the funeral home. The Rev. Kevin Skaggs, pastor of the Oak Grove Missionary Church, Wakarusa, Ind., will officiate.
Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Always thinking of the children she worked with, memorial gifts in Barb’s memory may be made to the Kaleidoscope Children’s Center.
Aloysius J. 'Lou' Hahn
April 2, 1912 - May 26, 2002
Aloysius J. (Lou) Hahn, 90, died of natural causes at 1:32 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2002, in the Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson, Ind.
Born on April 2, 1912 , in Chicago , Ill. , Lou was the son of Aloysius and Caroline Gollatz Hahn. He received his high school and college education at St. Joseph Seminary in Westmont, Ill.
On January 29, 1944 , Lou and Elizabeth C. (Betty) Blattner were married. Betty died on August 1, 1994.
Lou worked in sales for Jessop Steel for over thirty years and was office manager for the company for approximately fifteen of those thirty years.
An avid traveler, Lou and Betty visited a different location every year. They wintered for over a dozen years in Winter Haven , Florida .
He enjoyed many things. Stamp and coin collecting were hobbies; he also had an extensive Lionel train collection. He also was a gardener, growing vegetables and flowers.
Lou was a member and past prefect of St. Anthony Fraternity of the Third Order of St. Francis. In addition, he was a founding and lifelong member of the Board of Directors of Mayslake Village in Oak Brook , Ill. He was also a past member of St. Augustine of St. Gall Catholic Churches in Chicago .
Lou is survived by two daughters, a son and a daughter-in-law. They are: Sister Nora Hahn, Dernbach , Germany , Margaret A. Hahn, Donaldson , Ind. , Robert Hahn, Tinley Park , Ill. , and Clare Hahn, Oak Forrest , Ill.
A brother, William L. Hahn and a sister, Ann Gaskin, both of Chicago , also survive together with three granddaughters and a grandson. They are: Sally and Brian Ziolkowski, Markham , Ill. , Sharon Hahn, Tinley Park , Ill. , Beth Hahn and Kevin Hahn, both of Oak Forest , Ill.
Two great grandsons, Ryan and Kyle Ziolkowski of Markham , Ill. , survive as well.
Lou was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Mary Theresa Hahn, a daughter, a son, Kenneth Hahn, a daughter-in-law, Linda Moeller Hahn and two brothers, John and Joseph Hahn.
Visitation with the family will be from 4 to 8 p.m. with a special prayer service at 7 p.m. , on Wednesday, May 29, 2002 , in the Catherine Kasper Chapel and from 3 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2002 , in the Elliston Funeral Home, 60 Grant St. Hinsdale , Ill.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, May 31, 2002 , at 10 a.m. in Our Lady’s Chapel at Mayslake Village , 1801 35th St. , Oakbrook , Ill.
Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Evergreen Park, Ill.
Memorial gifts in Lou’s memory may be made to the Franciscan Missionary Union , 3140 Meramec St. , St. Louis , Mo. , 63118 , or to the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, P.O. Box 1, Donaldson , Ind. , 46563 .
Doris Bell Hardin
July 31, 1903 - March 26, 2002
By: Ida H. Chipman and Jonathon J. Hardin
Our mother, Doris Bell Hardin, 98, a resident of Plymouth’s Millers Merry Manor for the past two years, died of natural causes at 4:25 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2002. Prior to moving to Millers, she lived at Marlou Place and spent 11 years in an attached wing at Eugene and Ida’s home on State Road 17.
Visitation with her family and a celebration of her life will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth. A memorial service at the funeral home will follow at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. Charles Krieg, pastor of the Pretty Lake Trinity United Methodist Church where she was a member, will officiate.
A lover of nature, with a green thumb, Mother loved the springtime. It is appropriate that she departed this life at this time of the year.
The first child of Douglas and Eva Richardson Bell, Mother was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 31, 1903. She graduated from Maury High School and attended Southern Seminary College for Young Women in Blacksburg, Virginia.
On April 25, 1925, she and John J. (Jack) Hardin were married in Norfolk. Daddy died in November, 1969.
During World War II, Mother took some bookkeeping courses and became manager of the Naval Officer’s Club in Norfolk, Virginia.
A talented knitter, she later owned and operated a series of knitting shops. She constantly had knitting needles in her hands. At one time, she owned a shop in Plymouth, a city she learned to love and where, after retiring from her businesses in Virginia, she came to live in the early 1980s.
She had a love of nature and all of its’ creatures. Mother could make anything grow; her flower box gardens were her joy. Every Mother’s Day, she and her granddaughter, Kelsey, planted her flowers. She loved wild birds and spent hours providing food and water for them and enjoying their company. She also always had at least one pet dog who was treated royally. Friends said that if there was another life, they wanted to come back as Mother’s dog.
Mother was a shark at cards and could beat you most of the time at any game...poker, gin rummy and particularly duplicate and party bridge. She was a member of the Plymouth Duplicate Bridge Club until her eyesight began to seriously fail.
She loved to read, especially mysteries. Most weeks she would check out 15 books from the library.
Mother is survived by us, her two children: Jonathon and Mary Lou Hardin, Waynesville, N.C., and their son, Jon Hardin III, Atlanta, Ga., and Ida and Eugene Chipman, Plymouth, and our children and grandchildren who are: Susan and Ron Nichter and their children, Jared and Hannah, Greenfield, Ind.,; E. Nelson Chipman, Jr., and his children, “Chip” Chipman III, Mary Elizabeth and Maria, South Bend; Bryant M. Chipman and his children, Bryant Chipman Jr., Aaron and Christina, Plymouth; and Kelsey and Tom Flynn and their children, Katie, Thomas and Daniel Flynn, Plymouth.
A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and by three sisters: Ida Bell, Nancy Cutter Smith and Eleanor Bell Page and by one brother, Douglas M. Bell, Jr. An infant grandson and two infant great-grandchildren also have died before her.
Mother was a compassionate lady, a fighter and a survivor. She loved to dance, to tell a good joke and to visit with friends.
Her children and her grandchildren were the most important to her.
She will be missed.
Memorial gifts in her memory may be made to the Plymouth Public Library or the Marshall County Humane Society.
Donna B. Hartz
September 20, 1919 - August 27, 2001
Donna B. “Donnie” Hartz, 81, died of natural causes at her residence 18195 Hartz Lane, Tippecanoe, Ind., at 12:27 p.m. on Monday, August 27, 2001. Donnie had lived in Tippecanoe since 1970 coming from Osceola, Ind.
She was born in Tippecanoe, the daughter of Floyd J. and Nina M. Tippit Creighbaum on September 20, 1919. She graduated from Tippecanoe High School.
On July 7, 1945, in Ft. Wayne, Donnie and Ellsworth F. Hartz were married. Ellsworth died on October 9, 1994.
Donnie retired from the South Bend Bendix Corp. in 1973, where she had worked in production.
Summer was her favorite time of the year. She enjoyed doing yard work and being outdoors.
She was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary in Rochester, the Plymouth Chapter of the Women of the Moose # 1355 and the VFW Post 1162 Auxiliary in Plymouth.
Donnie is survived by four stepsons. They are: Ellsworth E. Hartz, Jr., Robert L. Hartz, Dale L. Hartz and Richard D. Hartz.
Several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren also survive.
A sister, Margie and George Schlosser, Argos, two sisters-in-law, Juanita Creighbaum and Wilma Creighbaum, Bourbon, and a number of nieces and nephews survive as well.
Donnie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and three brothers: Dean W., Donald B. and Charles E. Creighbaum.
Visitation with the family will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2001, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, Ind.
Funeral services will be at 7 p.m., following visitation, in the funeral home. The Rev. Charles Krieg, pastor of the Pretty Lake United Methodist Church, will officiate.
Entombment will be in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Marshall County Hospice or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Nina V. Hassler
October 1, 1925 - July 3, 2001
Lifetime Plymouth resident Nina Virginia Hassler, 75, who lived at 16369 Pretty Lake Road, Plymouth, since 1956, died, following a courageous three-year battle with cancer, at 4:50 a.m. on Tuesday, July 3, 2001. Nina died in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, where she had been a patient for three weeks.
She was born the daughter of Harvey E. and Alice D. Bolenbaugh Grunawalt on October 1, 1925, in Donaldson, Ind. She graduated from West High School with the class of 1943, and later took business and computer courses at Ancilla College.
On July 20, 1945, Nina and Dewey J. Hassler were married in Crown Point, Indiana.
Her work career started at the old Glove factory; she later worked at Meck’s, then Schlosser Brothers Creamery-Hawthorne Mellody until its’ closing. She retired in 1990, following ten years of service in the offices of the Del Monte Corp.
She loved music, reading the latest fiction books and strolls around Pretty Lake. An accomplished pianist, she played at her church, the Trinity United Methodist, and sometimes she and her daughter, Nancy, would play duets.
A fifty-year member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, she was active in the Builders Class and with the United Methodist Church Women, helping with dinners and other projects.
A member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, always concerned for others, she volunteered clerical work for all of the veterans service organizations. She also assisted with her husband at Northern Indiana Legal Services and together they were members of the Michiana Gem and Mineral Society.
Nina is survived by Dewey, her spouse of almost 56 years and by their two daughters: Nancy L. and Don Ferris, Plymouth and Nanette L. and Jim Saboski, South Bend.
Dicky L. Grunawalt, a brother of Norfolk, Virginia, and several nieces and nephews also survive.
She was preceded in death by her parents and by a brother, Gerald Grunawalt, who was killed while in the service of his country in 1944.
Visitation with Nina’s family will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 5, 2001, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, Ind.
Funeral services, conducted by Mike Burroughs of the Trinity United Methodist Church, will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 6, 2001, in the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Tyner Cemetery, Tyner, Ind.
Memorial gifts in Nina’s memory may be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church’s Elevator Fund.
