Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

George J. Billey

Feb. 27, 1915 - May 17, 1997

 

South Bend Tribune 5/19/1997

George J. Billey, 82, of Longwood Drive, South Bend, died Saturday, May 17, after a short illness.

He was born on Feb. 27, 1915 in Van Meter, Pa. He lived in the South Bend area most of his life.

 

On Sept. 30, 1938, in South Bend, he married Dorothy R. Beghtel. She survives along with a son, Paul and his wife, Carolyn of South Bend and a daughter, Beth Ann Cox and her husband, Leslie of Cleveland, Tenn. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. There are five surviving sisters, Ann Rife, Margaret Testo, Mary Tinberg, all of Elkhart, Elizabeth Robinson of Union, Mich. and Verna Henke of Goshen; three brothers, Charles and Mike Billey both of Elkhart and Steve Billey of Goshen. A brother, John Billey preceded him in death. Mr. Billey retired from Bendix Corporation, where he was a foreman in the Aircraft Division. He was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church.

 

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, in Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, in Calvary Baptist Church, 3001 W. Cleveland Road, South Bend. Interment will take place in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, 10776 McKinley Highway, Osceola. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or to Children Need the Lord, 4600 S. Michigan St., South Bend, Ind. 46614.