Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Earl D. Nifong

Jan. 14, 1913 - March 31, 1995

 

South Bend Tribune 4/2/1995

MISHAWAKA - Earl D. Nifong, 82, of North Mason Street, died at 11:27 p.m. Friday in his home of natural causes. Mr. Nifong retired in 1978 from Wheelabrator-Frye Corp. after 23 years of service. He was born Jan. 14, 1913, in Mishawaka.

 

On Dec. 25, 1931, in Mishawaka, he married Bessie Mae Palmer. She died June 25, 1982. On Sept. 3, 1983, in South Bend, he married Helen Sharp. She survives with four daughters, Lois Sailor of Bristol, Delores J. Cheh of South Bend, Sue Daugherty of Stockton, Calif., and Gloria Jean Sabo of Rising Sun, Ind.; two stepsons, David J. Sharp of Bitely, Mich., and Joseph U. Sharp of Mishawaka; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Joy Blough of Bristol; and four brothers, Russell and Floyd, both of Elkhart, Ralph of Atlanta and Walter of Garland, Texas. He was a member of Apostolic Temple, South Bend.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the temple. Entombment will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St., and one hour before services Monday in the temple. Memorial contributions may be made to the temple, Hospice of St. Joseph County or American Cancer Society.