Ralph E. Treanor

Ralph Edward Treanor BIRTH 24 Oct 1896 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, DEATH 11 Oct 1957 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana BURIAL Riverview Cemetery South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana,son of Charles M. Treanor and Mabel May Good

R.E. Treanor. Ex-County Official Dies
Ralph Edward Treanor, 60, a former chief deputy treasurer of St. Joseph County, died at 10:30 a.m. today in his home, 1405 N. Wilber St. He had been ill several months.

Treanor served in the treasurer's office for 14 years, he was the chief deputy. In 1942, he unsuccessfully sought the Democrat nomination for treasurer. During World War II, he helped acquire land for the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, LaPorte, and later held positions in the plant.

Treanor was born Oct. 24, 1896, in South Bend. His father was Charles M. Treanor, one of South Bend's first florists. His mother was the daughter of Samuel L. Good who was born in a log cabin at the northwest corner of Main and Division Sts. Division St. now is Western Ave.

In South Bend, Aug. 5, 1919, he married Marguerite Muessel. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Flanders Field Post 299, American Legion.

Graduate of Kewatin

A graduate of Kewatin Academy, Prairie Du Chien, Wis., Treanor also attended Howe Military School, Stetson University, DeLand, Fla., and the University of Notre Dame.

Survivors include the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Eloise Skora, South Bend, and Mrs. Elinor M. Osborn, Culver; two grandchildren; a brother, William, and a half-brother, Harry A. Wood, both of Los Angeles.

He was a member of the West Side Democratic & Civic Club and the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks.

The body was taken to the McGann Funeral Home - South Bend Tribune October 11, 1957


REANOR - Funeral services for Ralph E. Treanor, of 1405 N. Wiber St., former St. Joseph County treasurer, who died Friday, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in Holy Cross Cathloic Church. Rev. George Welch, C.S.C., pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday in the McGann Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be Mayor Edward F. Voorde, Robert Muessel, Vern Rutherford, Harold Baker, George Sands and Lawrence Eck.

married 5 August 1919 Chicago, Cook county, Illinois Marguerite Muessel BIRTH 9 Oct 1900 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana DEATH 9 Oct 1984 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana BURIAL Riverview Cemetery South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana daughter of Adolph J Muessel and Sarah Elizabeth Blyler

Marguerite Muessel Treanor, 84, of 1728 Jackson Road, died at 5:17 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hospital.

She was born Oct. 9, 1900, in South Bend and lived here all her life.

She was the great-granddaughter of Christopher Muessel, who founded Muessel Brewery in 1852.

On Aug. 5, 1919, in South Bend, she married Ralph Edward Treanor, who died in 1957.

Mrs. Treanor is survived by two daughter, Eloise D. Sikora, with whom she lived, and Alienor T. T. Osborn of Tucson, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel and entombment will be in the Treanor Mausoleum in Riverview Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.

Mrs. Treanor studied art at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, was active in the American Red Cross Motor Corps during World War II, and in local politics.

Mrs. Treanor served as a precinct committeeman and was past president of American Legion Post 299 Auxiliary.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church of to the St. Joseph County chapter of the American Red Cross. - South Bend Tribune October 10, 1984

They had

Eloise Treanor married --- Skora,

Alienor May Treanor BIRTH 2 Sep 1925 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana DEATH 12 Jun 2004 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona BURIAL Riverview Cemetery South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana married Glen Osborn BIRTH 13 Dec 1914 Union Township, Marshall County, Indiana DEATH 14 Jun 1997 Tucson, Pima County, Arizona BURIAL Riverview Cemetery South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana son of Everett Osborn and Faye Smith

TREANOR, RALPH E., 1957, 211, 2 - Wills of Saint Joseph County, Indiana