Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Emma V. Bell

May 22, 1911 - April 23, 1997

 

South Bend Tribune 4/24/1997

Emma V. Bell, 85, of North Fourth Street, Mishawaka, Ind., died at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23, in her residence. She was born May 22, 1911, in Rochester, Ind., and had lived in this area all her life.

 

As Emma Newcomb, she married Clarence Bell on April 2, 1932, in Mishawaka. He preceded her in death in January 1963. Emma retired in 1976 from the Bungalow Pie Shop and had formerly worked at Ball Band. She is survived by two daughters, Wanda Skinner and Juanita Wegner, both of Mishawaka; a son, Larry Bell of Mishawaka; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and by a brother, Archie Newcomb of South Bend, Ind.

 

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main Street, Mishawaka, where funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Ervin Mize at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.