Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

John G. Dettmer

July 29, 1960 - June 24, 1997

 

South Bend Tribune 6/25/1997

John G. Dettmer, 36, of Victoria Street, South Bend, died Tuesday morning in his residence of an illness. He was born July 29, 1960 in South Bend, and was a lifetime resident.

 

On May 12, 1990 in South Bend, he married Elizabeth Ann Rupchock, who survives. Also surviving are his parents, Catherine R. and Edmund F. Dettmer, Sr. of South Bend; and five brothers: Edmund F. Dettmer, Jr., of Iowa City, Iowa, Richard J. Dettmer of Huntertown, Ind., Dennis G. Dettmer of Oconomowoc, Wis., Charles P. Dettmer of South Bend and James W. Dettmer of Sonoita, Ariz.

 

He graduated from Marian High School of Mishawaka in 1978 and from Indiana University in 1982. In October of 1982, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was discharged in 1988 with the rank of Yeoman. He graduated with an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University in 1991. He completed a five-year Apprentice Program with Michiana Electrical Workers and was awarded ''Apprentice of the Year'' on June 11, 1997. He was presently a Journeyman and a member of the Indiana Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local #153 and was working for Koontz-Wagner Electric Company in South Bend. John was a member of St. Matthew Cathedral, where he served as an usher.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Matthew Cathedral, 1701 Miami St., South Bend. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3718 South Michigan St., where a rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today.