Submitted by: Dan Rich

Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Edward A. Ganser

Oct. 13, 1891 – Sept. 21, 1972

 

South Bend Tribune 9/21/1972

MISHAWAKA – Edward A. Ganser, 80, of 815 E. 4thtreet, died about 9:30 a.m. today in St. Josep Hospital where he had been a patent for four weeks. He was born on Oct. 13, 1891 in Mishawaka and had been a lifetime resident.

 

He married the former Rose Steif in St. Monica’s Catholic Church on Jan. 12, 1916. Surviving in addition to his wife are three daughters, Mrs. Margaret DeBroka of Mishawaka, Mrs. Floyd Catterlin of Michigan City, and Mrs. Richard Hahn of Mishawaka; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two brothers, John and Simon, both of Mishawaka.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Msgr. Curt A> Suelzer, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Ganser was a member of St. Joseph Church. He retired from the Dodge Manufacturing in 1959 and was a member of the Dodge Athletic Assoc., a charter member of the Mishawaka-Penn Twp. Democratic Club and the Catholic Order of Foresters. Friends may call until the time of services at Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home where the rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Friday.