Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Otho D. BonDurant

April 13, 1906 - Feb. 8, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 2/9/1994

MISHAWAKA - Otho D. BonDurant, 87, of Bremen Highway, died at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph Hospital of natural causes. Mr. BonDurant retired in 1972 from Indiana Michigan Power Co. He was born April 13, 1906, in Bremen, and was a lifelong area resident.

 

On June 1, 1930, in Mishawaka, he married Mabelle Weiss. She survives with a daughter, Joanne Raihla of Cassopolis; two grandchildren; three sisters, Thelma Schweisberger of Bremen, Aletha Pletcher of Hendersonville, N.C., and Mary Gay of Indianapolis; and a brother, Delbert of Bremen. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, St. Joseph County Farm Bureau, New Tamarack Grange, Gleaners, and was a board member of Ferrisville Cemetery.

 

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hahn Funeral Home. Burial will be in Ferrisville Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association or the church.