Submitted by: Dan Rich

Haviland May Dreibelbis

Dec. 9, 1907 - Aug. 6, 2000

South Bend Tribune 8/9/2000

Haviland Dreibelbis, 92, of West Packard Avenue, South Bend, Ind., died at 4:56 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6, in Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center, South Bend. She was born on Dec. 9, 1907, in Racine, Wis., to the late William and Cora (Carpenter) Goff.

On Jan. 31, 1924, as Haviland Goff, she married Perle Flory. Then, in 1945, she married George Dewey Dreibelbis, who died in 1972. She was also preceded in death by a grandchild, Haviland Tsilis; and by a great-grandchild. She had lived here since 1923, coming from Watervliet, Mich. Mrs. Dreibelbis retired in 1966 from Trigon Machine. She is survived by a daughter, Lorraine E. Gleva of South Bend; a son, James (Phyllis) Flory of Panama City, Fla.; 11 grandchildren, Karen Moore of Crete, Ill., Jim Flory of Momence, Ill., John Flory of Sauk Village, Ill., Kim Hale of Crete, Ill., Bill Gleva, John Gleva, Robert Gleva and Sandra Edwards, all of South Bend, Kim Dreibelbis, Denny Dreibelbis and Penny Lukenbill, all of Plymouth, Ind.; 33 great-grandchildren and 22 great-great-grandchildren; and by two sisters, Violet Parmely of Apache Junction, Ariz., and Evelyn Felton of Gary, Ind.

Family and friends called from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, in the ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road. Services will be at 11 a.m. today, Aug. 9, in the funeral home, with burial to follow at Westlawn Cemetery, North Liberty, Ind.