Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Kenneth L. Anderson

May 8, 1906 - Jan. 18, 1996

 

South Bend Tribune 1/19/1996

SOUTH BEND - Kenneth L. Anderson, 89, of South 32nd Street, died at 8:20 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary Community Hospital. Mr. Anderson retired from Studebaker Corp. in 1968, after more than 40 years of service. He was born May 8, 1906, in Whitley County and lived in South Bend most of his life.

 

On Aug. 14, 1926, in South Bend, he married Fay Hupp. She died in 1987. On June 25, 1988, in South Bend, he married Mary Gaby, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Marjorie Overpeck of Mishawaka; two sons, Jack L. of Birmingham, Ala., and Jay W. of Mishawaka; two stepdaughters, Pat Dean and Carol Dudeck, both of South Bend; two stepsons, Robert Gaby of South Bend and Chuck Gaby of Granger; six grandchildren; 14 stepgrandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; 20 step-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. A step-great-granddaughter preceded him in death. He was a member of United Auto Workers Local 5 and Milburn Boulevard Church of Christ.

 

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawak. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc. or Compassionate Friends.