Submitted by:  Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Van Wanzeele, Alice

Names in Obituary:  Van Wanzeele, Harrington, Cain, Batz, Di Paola, Scheessele, Hendrix, Wadelton

South Bend Tribune, Obituary; June 12, 2006

Alice Van Wanzeele (Aug. 4, 1918 -- June 10, 2006)

Alice Van Wanzeele, 87, of 7110 S. 900E, Otterbein, Ind., died at 1:05 a.m. Saturday, June 10 in University Place, West Lafayette, Ind.

She was born on Aug. 4, 1918, in Otterbein to the late William Harrington and Nellie Cain. On March 22, 1945, in Lafayette, she married Albert Van Wanzeele who preceded her in death on Jan. 8, 2006. Also preceding her in death were a brother, Bill Harrington; and two sisters, Kathleen Batz and Louise Di Paola.

She had resided in the Otterbein area most of her life. She was a 1935 graduate of St. Francis High School in Lafayette, Ind., and a 1939 graduate of Purdue University. She had taught in South Bend, Walkerton, Syracuse and Benton Community Schools. She was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church and also sang with their choir. She was also a member of the Third Order and Home EC Club. She was a volunteer with St. Elizabeth Hospital Auxiliary and enjoyed square dancing.

Survivors include four sons, Steven Van Wanzeele of Plainfield, Ind., David Van Wanzeele of Monticello, Ind., Dennis (Sherri) Van Wanzeele and Alan Van Wanzeele, both of Otterbein; a daughter, Susan (David) Scheessele of Yorktown, Va.; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Timothy Harrington of Peoria, Ill., Jeremy Harrington OFM of Cincinnati, Ohio; and two sisters, Betty Hendrix of Seymour, Ind., and Ann Wadelton of Indianapolis, Ind.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday June 14, in St. Charles Catholic Church, with Father Jeremy Harrington, officiating. Burial will be in Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, IN.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Shoemaker Funeral Home, Otterbein.