Submitted by Dan Rich

 

Elmer Weinkauf

Sept. 2, 1917 – Jan. 6, 1963

 

South Bend Tribune 1/10/1963

 

Elmer Weinkauf, 65, of 1120 E. Dayton, died of a heart attack at 6:08 p.m. Sunday in St. Joseph’s Medical Center.  He retired from Uniroyal in 1980. 

 

He was born Sept. 2, 1917, in Mishawaka, and was a lifetime area resident.  On Feb. 15, 1939, in Mishawaka, he married Catherine Heintzberger, who survives.  Also surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Roman (Ruth) Sims, of Mishawaka; two sons, Richard F. of Lulling, La., and Edward E. of Niles; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Lillian Cook, of Oceanside, Calif.; and a brother, Wilfred Weinkauf, of Mishawaka.

 

Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home in Mishawaka.  He was a member of St. Matthew Cathedral, the Holy Name Society, Uniroyal Men’s Club, the Mishawaka Knights of Columbus 1878, and Father Neuland General Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus.  Memorial contributions may be made to St. Matthew Catholic Church.

 

South Bend Tribune 1/11/1983

Elmer Weinkauf

Elmer Weinkauf, 65, of 1120 E. Dayton, died of a heart attack at 6:08 p.m. Sunday in St. Joseph’s Medical Center.

 

Arrangements are being made at the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home in Mishawaka where friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.