Submitted by: Dan Rich

Elizabeth Jane Palmer

May 18, 1929 - Jan. 14, 2002

South Bend Tribune 1/17/2002

Elizabeth Jane (Ray) Palmer, 72, of South Bend, Ind., died Monday, Jan. 14, in Saint Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka, Ind. She was born on May 18, 1929, in Terre Haute, Ind., to David Allen Ray Jr. and Ruth A. Irwin Ray.

She is survived by a son, Robert Lee (JoAnn) Palmer Jr. of Pensacola, Fla.; a daughter, Phyliss A. (Carl) Mahoney of South Bend; a sister, Nancy (Richard) Williams of Terre Haute; a granddaughter, Laurie A. (Pat) Bickel of South Bend; three grandsons, Samuel (Roxanne) Palmer and Micah Palmer, both of Pensacola, and Jason Mahoney of South Bend; four great-granddaughters, Aubrey, Caitlyn and Tayler Bickel, and Mariah Mahoney, all of South Bend; a niece, Patricia Pine of Sarasota, Fla.; a nephew, David Williams of Terre Haute; and by an aunt and four cousins. She retired from the Indiana Bell Telephone Company after 27 years of service. She was a member of the Indiana Pioneers, and was a graduate of Wiley High School.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Visitation is from 11 a.m. Friday until service time. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Diabetic Association or to the Heart Fund.