Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Beulah E. LaCosse

Oct. 25, 1912 - June21, 1996

 

South Bend Tribune 6/25/1996

Beulah E. LaCosse, 83, a long-time South Bend resident, died Friday evening, June 21, at Clinton House Convalescent Hospital in Frankfort, Ind., following a short illness. She was born near Talma, Ind., on Oct. 25, 1912, to Fred Busenburg and Marie Severns Busenburg. Beulah graduated from Talma High School and South Bend College of Commerce. She married Kenneth LaCosse in 1933 and was widowed in 1964.

 

Beulah retired from F.W. Means Company in South Bend after 50 years of service. She was a 50 year member of Sunnyside Presbyterian Church, active in the Lydia Circle, and a 30 year member of the Business and Professional Women's Club. An accomplished pianist and organist, she was also active in the South Bend Organ Guild.

 

She is survived by: a son, Fred LaCosse, of San Francisco, Calif.; two grandsons; three great granddaughters; her mother Marie Busenburg Barkman of Lebanon; her sister, Judy Link Rodenbarger of Frankfort; and many loving nieces, nephews and cousins. Another sister, Rosella Doran Perkins, preceded her in death.

 

A memorial service will be held at Sunnyside Presbyterian Church, 115 S. Frances St., South Bend, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 26. A reception will follow. The family has asked that memorial contributions be made in Beulah's name to the Sunnyside Presbyterian Church. Welsheimer Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.