The Independent-News, Volume 103, Number 21, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 October 1977 — Page 2

OCTOBER 27, 1977 — THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS

^OBITUARIES MRS. GUSTAVE 0. VERKLER Mrs. Nellie Beatrice Verkier, 84. of rural route 5, box 31. Walkerton, died at 9:30 a m. Sunday in the Osteopathic Hospital. South Bend, after a brief illness. She was bom on November 23, 1892, in Walkerton and lived in this area most of her life. On May 12. 1915. in South Bend, she married Gustave 0. Verkier, who survives, along with a son, James, of Walkrton; four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Nus-baum-Elkin Funeral Home, with Rev. William E. Hughes, pastor of the Walkerton United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was ir Woodlawn Cemetery , Walkerton. Mrs. Verkier was a member of the Walkerton United Methodist Church, a past matron and a

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50-year member of Chapter 319, Order of the Eastern Star, Walkerton. a member of the South Bend Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of the Community Club and the Home Economics Gub, both of Walkerton. WADE A. STEVENSON Funeral services for Wade Arley Stevenson, 77, of 328 N Notre Dame Avenue, South Bend, who passed away at 11:05 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18 at a South Bend nursing home following a long illness, were at 1:00 p.m. Friday in the United Methodist Church. Walkerton, with Rev. William E. Hughes, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton. He was born on September 10, 1900. in Walkerton and had lived in South Bend for 15 years. He was married on October 10, 1922, in Walkerton, to Ellen Isabelle Gark, who preceded him in death on October 14. 1941. He was a retired employee of the B & 0 Railroad. Surviving are two sons, Wade Stevenson, Jr., of Othello, Washington, and Eugene E. Stevenson, Marseilles, Illinois; four daughters,

Mrs. Betty Burden, Fort Worth, Texas. Miss Marcella Stevenson and Ms. Nancy Marvel, both of South Bend, and Mrs. Gloria Schmidt. Green Bay, Wisconsin; 11 grandchildren; five great-grand-children; four sisters. Mrs. Garnet Eckert. Macy, Indiana, Mrs. Marjorie Lambert and Mrs. Verda Lollman, both of LaPorte, and Mrs. Winifred Sova, Cheboygan, Michigan. SCHOOL MENU Walkerton Elementary School OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 4 MONDAY Turkey sandwich Buttered mixed vegetables Cranberry sauce Peaches Milk TUESDAY Pizza burger Buttered green beans Pears Milk WEDNESDAY No school THURSDAY Hot dog sandwich Buttered com Pumpkin pie Milk FRIDAY Macaroni and cheese Harvard beets Peanut butter sandwich Jello Milk Urey Middle School OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 4 MONDAY Hot dog Buttered peas or sauerkraut French fries Chocolate brownie Milk TUESDAY Ham sandwiches on bun Sweet potatoes Pickle slices Chopped apple cake Milk WEDNESDAY Beef gravy on mashed potatoes Carrot sticks Hot roll Blueberrv cobler Milk THURSDAY No school FRIDAY Macaroni and cheese Spinach Peanut butter and jelly sandwich Strawberry short cake Milk John Glenn High School OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 4 MONDAY Hot dog on bun Tri tater Buttered com Donuts Milk

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BOWEN, BRADEMAS, CROMWELL SET FOR UNITED FUND WRAP-UP This year's United Way campaign will wrap-up with a bang Seated at the head table at the Friday, October 28 Appreciation Dinner will be Indiana’s Republican Governor Otis R. Bowen and 3rd District Demoncratic Congressman John Brademas. Seated between the two and acting as master of ceremonies will be Jack Colwell, political reporter for the South Bend Tribune. The dinner will mark the close of the 1977 United Way 2.5 million dollar campaign. George Haley, general campaign chairman, said invitations to the dinner have been sent to campaign workers. The dinner will be held at St. Mary’s College on Friday night. October 28. A no-host cock tail party will be held at 6:00 p.m downstairs in the college's main dining hall with dinner upstairs at 7:00 p.m. A final report by Unit and Division chairmen will be given and the 1977 campaign total announced. Walkerton. Indiana - Phom 58^3237 Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 28, 29 A 30 ELVIS PRESLEY In Spinout And Double Trouble Doors Open 6:45 p.m.