Submitted by: Dan Rich

Melvin Kenneth Hartz

Aug. 6, 1919 – Feb. 5, 1981

South Bend Tribune 2/6/1982

SOUTH BEND - Melvin Kenneth Hartz, 62, of 19120 Sundale, died at 4:40 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph Medical Center, following a two-month illness. He was a retired service manager for Feferman Motor Sales. He was born Aug. 6, 1919 in South Bend, where he was a lifetime resident.

On Sept. 1, 1951 in South Bend he married Margaret M. DeVreese, who died in 1979. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Melissa Jancha of South Bend; a son, Daniel F. Messinger of Louisville, Ky.; three grandchildren; and two brothers, Walter and William Hartz, both of Mesa, Ariz.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Evangel Heights United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Rev. Michael J. Coyner, pastor will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home. The Portage Masonic Lodge 676 F&AM, of which he was a member, will conduct Masonic memorial services at 7 p.m. in the funeral home.

He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of South Bend. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.