Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Michael J. Wilfing

May 25, 1929 - July 17, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 7/20/1994

SOUTH BEND - Michael J. Wilfing, 65, of Waynesville, N.C., formerly of South Bend, died at 4:24 p.m. Sunday in Haywood County Hospital, Waynesville, after an illness. Mr. Wilfing retired in 1963 from Indiana State Police after 30 years of service and from Dade County (Fla.) Sheriff's Department in 1981. He was born May 25, 1929, in South Bend and lived in South Bend until 1966.

 

On June 30, 1950, in South Bend, he married Elaine Berlincourt. She survives with two sons, Michael C. of West Linn, Ore., and David C. of Prattville, Ala.; four grandchildren; a stepsister, Joyce VandeCoffe of Palm Desert, Calif.; and a stepbrother, Richard S. Grindle of Jonesboro, Ga. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps.

 

Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St., Mishawaka. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Haywood County, Hospital Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.