Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins

 

 


South Bend Tribune April 30, 1985

Paul F.  Chidister

      Paul F. Chidister, 84, of 906 E. Irvington Ave. died at 4 a.m. Sunday
in  Ridgedale Nursing Center. He retired in 1968 from Bendix Corp. Born Sept 3,
1900, in Ligonier. Mr. Chidister lived in south Bend most of his life. On
June  9, 1928, in south Bend, he married the former Josephine Bernhardt, who
survives.  Also surviving are a daughters, Phylis Forbes of South Bend; a
grandchild; and a  sister, Harriet Cocanower of Mishawaka.
      Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Forest G. Hay Funeral home,
435 S.  Ironwood Drive, and burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens,
Osceola.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home, where
South  Bend Moose 58 will lead a memorial service at 7 p.m. Mr. Chidister was
a member  of Faith United Methodist Church and Loyal Order of Moose 98.
Memorial  contributions may be made to the church or to the American Arthritis 
Foundation.