Submitted by: Dan Rich
Oct. 20, 1903 - Aug. 23, 1995
South Bend Tribune 8/24/1995
MISHAWAKA - Octaaf ''Butch'' DeMeyer,
91, of Seventh Street, died at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday in Valley View
Healthcare Center, Elkhart. Mr. DeMeyer retired from Cabeline
Packing Co., was a former employee of Major's Packing, and was
the former owner of DeMeyer & Klein Packing, Wakarusa. He was
born Oct. 20, 1903, in Aalter, Belgium, and lived in Mishawaka
since 1923.
In 1927, he married Lucy Roedts. She
died in 1931. On Feb. 16, 1933, he married Jennie Hoffmaster.
She survives with a daughter, Alice Klein of Mishawaka;
five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Erma Forcier
of Mishawaka. He was a member of BK Club and St. Bavo's Catholic
Church.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the
church. Burial will be in Prairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart.
Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. today in Hahn Funeral Home,
where a parish rosary will be said at 6:30 p.m.