Submitted by: Dan Rich

Geraldine J. Van Camp

Aug. 23, 1924 - May 18, 1999

South Bend Tribune 5/20/1999

SOUTH BEND - Beloved mother, wife and grandmother, Geraldine J. ''Jerry'' Van Camp, 74, of Sampson Street in South Bend, Ind., passed away after an illness at 4:16 a.m. on Tuesday, May 18, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. She was born to Joseph and Ruth (Condon) Torok on Aug. 23, 1924, and was a lifelong resident. She was preceded in death by her parents.

On Aug. 14, 1948, as Geraldine J. Torok, she married Robert ''Beans'' Van Camp in St. Stephen Catholic Church, South Bend. He survives. She is also survived by a daughter, Jill A. (Scott) Marsh of South Bend; a son, Dee Kevin (Mary) Van Camp of Newport, R.I.; two grandchildren, Riley Scott and Haley Amelia Marsh; and by a sister, Ruth Ann (Russ) Ryker of South Bend.

Mrs. Van Camp was a member of School Men's Wives of South Bend, the Christ Child Society, St. Matthew Parish and the Rosary Society of the church. She was a 1943 graduate of Riley High School.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 21, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, with Rev. Michael W. Heintz officiating. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today, May 20, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 319 S. Main Street, South Bend, IN 46601