Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Jeannette Ruth Bryant

Nov. 23, 1911 - Sept. 4, 2001

 

South Bend Tribune 9/6/2001

Jeannette Ruth Bryant, 89, residing at Regency Place Nursing Home, formerly of Linda Lane, Granger, died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 4, 2001, in Regency Place. Mrs. Bryant was born November 23, 1911, in South Bend as the daughter of John B. and Amalia C. (Mielke) Kuespert and lived in Virginia for many years returning to South Bend in 1980. She retired as Realty Specialist for National Park Service in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Georgia.

 

On April 12, 1941, in Herndon, Virginia, as Jeannette Ruth Kuespert, she married Walter Hugh Bryant. He passed away in 1967. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Walter A. Kuespert in December 1977, and John G. Kuespert in November 1990, and a nephew, John M. Kuespert in June 1990. Among survivors is a stepsister, Sylvia Humphrey of Pennsylvania; two nieces, Elizabeth Bubelenyi of South Bend and Mary A. Young of Angola, IN; and five nephews, Thomas L. Kuespert of Lafayette, Ind., Ralph G. Kuespert of Hurst, TX; Robert H. Kuespert of South Bend, Charles D. Kuespert of Arlington, TX, and Edward F. Kuespert of Ellicott City, MD. Mr. Bryant was a member of Zion United Church of Christ, South Bend, Ladies Auxiliary of V.F.W. Post #360, Mishawaka, the 1916 Society of National Park Service, National Association of Retired Federal Employee's.

 

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, in Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, with calling one half-hour prior to services. Graveside services and burial will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, September 10, in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia. Memorial contributions may be offered to Zion United church of Christ, South Bend; Literacy Council of South Bend; Salvation Army or United Health Services Diabetes Association.