Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Georgia M. Will

Sep. 15, 1921 - Nov. 19, 2007

 

South Bend Tribune 11/21/2007
MISHAWAKA - Georgia M. Will, 86, of Mishawaka, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. She was born in Benton Harbor, MI, on September 15, 1921, to P. Delbert and Ida (Scherer) Hanauer.

 

Georgia married John E. Will in Osceola on March 7, 1948. John died March 25, 1988. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and by a sister, Louise Westfeldt. Mrs. Will is survived by her daughter, Shirley Ann Will of Mishawaka; a nephew, Victor Westfeldt of Seattle, Washington; two great-nieces and a great-nephew.

 

Georgia was co-owner of Will's Jewelry Store and Will's Card and Party Center with her husband. She retired in 1994 from the Jewelry Store and in 1995 from the Card and Party Center. In her early working career she had been a secretary at Voice of Music in Benton Harbor. She was a fifty-year member of Eastern Star, and a member of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in Granger. During her working career she received the George Award from Mishawaka Enterprise, Woman of The Year Award from the Mishawaka Business Association in 1984, the Outstanding Working Woman Award in 1987 from the Indiana Federation of Business & Professional Women's Club, Inc., and the Time Honored Award from the Mishawaka Business Association in 1996.

 

Friends may spend time with the family today, Nov. 21st, in the Bubb Funeral Chapel from 2 to 5 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home on Friday at 10 a.m., with Rev. Michael Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church of Granger, to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, or to a charity of the donor's choice.