Submitted by: Dan Rich

Theofiel DeMeyer

July 9, 1899-April 1, 1994

South Bend Tribune 4/3/1994

MISHAWAKA - Services for Theofiel DeMeyer, 94, of Douglas Road, who died at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Countryside Place Nursing Home, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Monica's Church. Burial will be in Fairview Mausoleum. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Hahn Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County.

Mr. DeMeyer was a retired farmer and owner of Mishawaka Sanitary Co. He was born July 9, 1899, in Nesslador, Belgium, coming to the United States in 1918.

On Oct. 11, 1923, in South Bend, he married Jennie Dhuivetter. She died Dec. 2, 1993. Surviving are four daughters, Dorothy Ellis and Agnes Coddens, both of South Bend, Betty Whittaker and Norma Ryll, both of Edwardsburg; a son, Kenneth of South Hampton, N.Y.; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; a sister, Erma Forcier of Mishawkaa; and a brother, Octaaf of Mishawaka. He was a member of the church, BK Club, Bolksring Club and Moose Lodge.

South Bend Tribune 4/4/1994

MISHAWAKA - Services for Theofiel DeMeyer, 94, of Douglas Road, who died at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Countryside Place, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Monica's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Hahn Funeral Home, where a wake will be at 7:45 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.