Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Bessie I. Daniels

Aug. 30, 1904 - Dec. 27, 1996

 

South Bend Tribune 12/28/1996

Bessie I. Daniels, 92, residing on Palmer Avenue, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 7:50 a.m. Friday at Regency Place Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in South Bend of natural causes.

Mrs. Daniels was a retired elementary school teacher for the South Bend Community School Corp. She had taught at the Edison Elementary School for 50 years prior to retirement. She was born on Aug. 30, 1904, in Huntington, Ind., to the late William Howard and Vera Iva (Garretson) McCrum. Mrs. Daniels had lived in South Bend since 1941.

 

On June 25, 1941, in Paulding, Ohio, she married George O. Daniels, who preceded her in death on Jan. 22, 1985. Survivors include: one sister, Iva Byerly of Elk Rapids, Mich.; two nieces, Dorothy Lockwood of South Bend and Carolyn Birge of St. Louis, Mo.; and three nephews, Robert O. Starner of Claypool, Ind., Gary W. Cole of Brighton, Mich., and James ''Rick'' Cole of Cape Coral, Fla.

 

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, at Hollis-Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Mrs. Daniels was a member of the Maple Lane United Methodist Church, where memorial contributions may be given in her memory.