Submitter:  John Soice

[From the South Bend Tribune, 18 Jun 1940, sec 2, pg 5]

"FORMER DODGE OFFICIAL DIES

Charles Endlich, 80, Passes Away in Hospital.

     Charles Endlich, aged 80, of the Hotel Mishawaka, former secretary and treasurer of Dodge Manufacturing company and prominent Mason, died at 2:20 a.m. today in St. Joseph hospital.  He had been ill for the last six months and was admitted to the hospital for treatment on May 12.  Mr. Endlich was born Jan. 5, 1860, in Reading, Pa., and came to Mishawaka in 1882 from Colorado.  He was married Nov. 30, 1896, to Miss Lena Vollmer.  She died Dec. 6, 1925.  Surviving are two cousins in Denver, Colo.

     Mr. Endlich became a stockholder and director in the Dodge Manufacturing company in 1882 and was made superintendent of the plant at that time.  Later he was elected secretary and treasurer which position he held until his retirement in 1923.  He was an honorary member and past worshipful master of Mishawaka Lodge No. 130, Free and Accepted Masons.  He also held membership in Mishawaka Commandery No. 51, Knights Templar, Mishawaka chapter No. 53, Royal Arch Masons, and Mishawaka council No. 19, Royal and Select Masters.

     Since his retirement Mr. Endlich had spent the winters in California and the summers at Camp Idlewild, Marcell, Minn.  While in this city he maintained his home at Hotel Mishawaka.  Friends will be received in the M. W. Sprague chapel until the hour of the services which will be there at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. J. A. Burnett, D.D., of South Bend, will officiate.  Members of the Masonic lodge will be in charge of services.  The body will be taken to Chicago for cremation, after which it will be taken to a private mausoleum in West Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa."

[His birthplace is given as Illinois in all Census records.  His birth year was generally given as 1859 -- JRS]

John Soice

Charleston, WV