Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

BANNER

Anglin              Shell

Cory      Suddarath

Friedline           Towne

Heierman        Whitesel

MacIntosh            Wilke

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE – December 4, 2001

Bernice M. Banner

April 23, 1913 - Dec. 1, 2001

Bernice Mary Banner, 88, of South Bend, went to her heavenly home on December 1, 2001, in Dublin, Ohio. She was born on April 23, 1913, in Michigan City, as the daughter of Carl Andrew & Eva Whitesel Wilke Suddarath. She traveled by wagon to South Bend at a young age where she resided most of her life.

On June 1, 1929, in the Log Cabin at the University of Notre Dame, she married Frank Theodore Banner. They enjoyed 56 years of marriage until his death on August 16, 1985. Bernice was a homemaker, and took great pride in her cooking and sewing skills. Both Bernice and Frank were charter members of Christian Center Cathedral of Praise under the leadership of Rev. Lester Sumrall, where together they were very active in church ministries. She was a volunteer at the Northeast Neighborhood Association in South Bend. During the past two years, Bernice found great peace in her heart and worked to make others around her laugh and feel at ease. As one of the staff of Friendship Village said, "Bernice was like a grandmother to all of us. We will miss her!"

She was preceded in death by her parents, Eva Suddarath, Carl Wilke; stepfather, Ernest Suddarath; sister, Katherine Freidline; brother, Theodore Suddarath; and a granddaughter, Denise Banner.

She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Donald Anglin of South Bend; a son and daughter-in-law, Frank E. and Marilyn Banner of Shelby Township, Michigan; granddaughters, Kathy (Jeff) Towne of South Bend, Shelly MacIntosh of Royal Oaks, MI, Carol (Harold) Heierman of North Webster, IN, Shanon Banner (Jason Shell) of Sterling Heights, MI; grandsons, Donald (Bev) Anglin of Mishawaka, Larry Anglin of South Bend, Marc Anglin of Columbus, Ohio, Devin (Hope) Banner of Lancaster, PA, and Darin (Deanna) Banner of Troy, MI. Also surviving are thirteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; a sister, Marie Cory of South B end; and two brothers, Ernest (Virginia) Suddarath of Romance, AR, and John Suddarath of South Bend.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 5, in South Side Church of God, 7351 U.S. 31, South Bend. Rev. Bonita Laudeman will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka A venue, South Bend, and one hour prior to services Wednesday in the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations in memory of Bernice may be offered to Friendship Village of Dublin, 6000 Riverside Drive, Dublin, OH 43017. The family wishes to thank the wonderful staff and friends at Friendship Village for their excellent care in Bernice's final days.