From:  Susan Gates Davis

 

South Bend Tribune, January 10, 1975:
Mrs. Wilbur M. Stroup
  Mrs. Glenice L. Stroup, 69, of Edwardsburg, formerly South Bend, died at 3 a.m. today in her home after a six year illness.  Born on Jan. 21, 1905, in Elkhart County, she had lived in South Bend 43 years before moving to Edwardsburg five years ago.  On Feb 14, 1926, in Elkhart County, she married Wilbur M. Stroup, who survives.  Also surviving are two sons, W. Glen of Logansport and Jerry L. of Lexington, Ky.; four daughters, Mrs. Laurene Davis of Edwardsburg, Mrs. Edith J. Becker of Osceola, Mrs. Esther Zapalski of North Liberty and Mrs. Jennie L. Krumrey of Columbus, Ohio; 13 grandchildren; two brothers, Paul Keck of Arcata, Calif., and Alfred Keck of New Paris, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Stouder of New Paris and Mrs. Orpha Hawley of Bristol.
  Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the City Church of the Brethren, of which she was a member.  Rev. E. Myrl Weyant pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.  Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home, 336 N. Main, and from noon to 1 p.m. Monday in the church