Submitted by: Dan Rich

Wilfred L. Millage

Dec. 13, 1921 - May 29, 1996

South Bend Tribune 5/30/1996

MISHAWAKA - Wilfred L. Millage, 74, of Bosse Avenue, died at 2:41 p.m. Wednesday in St. Joseph Community Hospital. Mr. Millage retired in 1977 from Uniroyal Plastics Co. after 35 years of service and was employed by Meyer's Security for eight years. He was born Dec. 13, 1921, in South Bend.

On May 16, 1953, in Peru, Ind., he married Wilma E. Bowden. She survives with a daughter, Ruthann C. Millage of Mishawaka; a son, Dennis of Mishawaka; his mother, E. Geneva Millage of Mishawaka; and three sisters, Judy Huffer and Majorie Doons, both of Mishawaka, and Althea Kilgore of Summitville, Ind. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 360.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph County Special Olympics.