Submitted by: Dan Rich

Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Stephen DeBlase Jr.

May 8, 1911 – Dec. 11, 1992

 

South Bend Tribune 12/12/1992

SOUTH BEND - Steve DeBlase, 81, of 4618 S. Main Street, died at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Memorial Hospital. He was the former owner of Steve’s Barber Shop on Sample Street. He was born Mayt 8, 1911 in Lake Geneva, Wis. He lived in this area most of his life.

 

On April 26, 1941, in South Bend, he married Ida Macri. She survives with two daughters, Mary Margaret Hurst and Stephanie Lynn DeBlase, both of South Bend; a son, Anthony Frank of Los Gatos, Calif.; two grandchildren; a sister Santina DeBlase of South Bend, and a brother, Joseph of South Bend. He was a member of St. Matthew’s Church.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday in Forest G. Hay Funeral Home.

 

Editor: He is the son of Stephen DeBlase and Magala Matacia.