Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Herbert A. Cass

April 3, 1908 - Feb. 1, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 2/2/1994

MISHAWAKA - Herbert A. Cass, 85, of White Oak Drive, died at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, after an illness. Mr. Cass retired from Eckrich Meat Co., after 38 years of service. He was born April 3, 1908, in Ligonier, and was a lifelong area resident.

 

On Oct. 30, 1932, in Ligonier, he married Donnabelle T. Taylor. She died Dec. 30, 1993. He is survived by a son, Robert of South Bend; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Maurice of Wolcottville, Leeland of Indianapolis, and Donald of Angola, Ind. He was a member of Knights of Columbus Santa Maria Council 553 and Sacred Heart Basilica.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Basilica. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Oak Park Cemetery, Ligonier. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Hickey Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road, where a combined rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. by the parish and Knights of Columbus.