Louis C. Fritch

Mrs. Louis C. Fritch by this obituary was a sister to Mrs. Ponader

Mrs. Romelia A. Shafer, age 76, well known resident of Nappanee, died this morning at 9:30 o'clock in her home of pneumonia. Mrs. Shafer is survived by five children, Mrs. G. Ponder and Mrs. L. C. Fritch, of South Bend; Mrs. L. W. Neff of Mishawaka: Earl Shafer, of Battle Creek, Mich., and Alfred Shafer, of Elkhart, Ind. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the First Evangelical church, Nappanee. The body will lie in state in the church from 12 until 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Burial will be in Bremen, Ind. - South Bend Tribune Mon, Dec 09, 1929

Zula M. Shafer Birth 20 Aug 1893 Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana Death 3 Feb 1974 South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana Burial Highland Cemetery South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Mrs. Zula M. Fritch
Mrs. Zula M. Fritch, 80, of 216 Napoleon Blvd., died at 11:45 a.m. Sunday in St. Joseph's Hospital after a brief illness.

Born Aug. 20, 1893, in Leiters Ford, she had lived here most of her life.

Her husband, Louis C., died May 2, 1968.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. John R. Quetsch of McLean, Va.: seven grandchildren and a sister Mrs. L. W. Neff of Mishawaka.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to'5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Hickey Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson Blvd.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Notre Dame. Rev. Joseph H. Fey, C.S.C., pastor, will officiate.

Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.

Mrs. Fritch was a member of Sacred Heart church and the Circle of Mercy, who will recite a rosary at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. A parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Circle of Mercy. -- South Bend Tribune Feb 04, 1974 ·Page 25

married 1 Sep 1919 St. Joseph County, Indiana Louis C. (Louis Charles) Fritch

Louis Charles Fritch of the adveritising department of the Studebaker corporation to Zula M. Shafer cashier and bookkeeper of South Bend - - South Bend News-Times Aug 29, 1919 ·Page 20

Birth 1 Sep 1919 St. Joseph County, Indiana Death 2 May 1968 South Bend, St Joesph County, Indiana Burial Highland Cemetery South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana son of Emil Herbert Fritch and Violet Greenleaf Soden

Fritch
Louis C. Fritch, age 69, of 216. Napoleon boulevard, South Bend, Ind., died Thursday, May 2, husband of Zula, nee Shafer; loving father of Mrs. John R. Quetsch of McLean, Va.; grandfather of six.

Funeral Monday, 10 a. m., at Sacred Heart church, Notre Dame, Ind.

Resting at Hickey Funeral Home after 7 p. m. Saturday. -- Chicago Tribune May 04, 1968 ·Page 74


Louis C. Fritch
Louis C. Fritch, 69, of 216 Napoleon Blvd., died Thursday night in Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

He was a retired lumber dealer. He was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

Born Sept. 26, 1896, in Vincennes, Ind., he married the former Miss Zula Shaffer on Sept. 1, 1919.

She survives him along with a daughter Mrs. John R. Quetsch of McLean, Va.; and six grandchildren.

Arrangements are being handled by the Hickey War Funeral Home, veteran.

He and was a World War I veteran and a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Notre Dame.

Child:

Mary Alice Fritch married John Ruxton Quetsch