Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mrs. Joseph M. Bickel

Feb. 8, 1877

May 27, 1948

South Bend Tribune 5/28/1948

Mrs. Joseph M. Bickel

A resident of Mishawaka 55 years, Mrs. Joseph M. Bickel, aged 71, of 316 West Third street, died at 10 p.m. Thursday after a short illness.  Mrs. Bickel was born in Big Rapids, Mich., Feb. 8, 1877, and moved here from that city.  She married Mr. Bickel in St. Joseph’s Catholic church Oct. 4, 1898.

Mrs. Bickel was a charter member of the Rosary society of St. Joseph’s Catholic church and also a charter member of the Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters.  Surviving are her husband; three sons, William Jay, and Louis A. Bickel, of Mishawaka and Bernard J. Bickel, of South Bend; four daughters, Miss Louise Bickel, Mrs. Bert Dygulski and Mrs. Harold Roberts, of Mishawaka; and Mrs. John L. Van Der Bosch, of South Bend; six grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Throp, of Big Rapids, and Mrs. Lena Sullivan, of Mishawaka.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.  Friends may call at the residence Saturday until the time of the funeral services.

South Bend Tribune 5/29/1948

Mrs. Joseph M Bickel

Funeral services for Mrs. Joseph M. Bickel, aged 71, who died Thursday night in her home at 316 West Third street, will be held at 10:15 a.m. Monday in St. Joseph’s Catholic church.  Rev. Curt A. Suelzer, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic cemetery.  The Woman’s Catholic Order of Foresters will meet at the residence at 7:30 p.m. to recite the rosary, and the Rosary society of the church will meet in the home at 7 p.m. Sunday, to also recite the rosary.  Pallbearers will be Robert Sullivan, Herbert Vanderbosch, Lloyd Ek, Clem Dygulski, Frank Parr and Edward Kowalski.

Editor: Her maiden name was Mary Emeretta Jakeway