Submitted by: Dan Rich
June 21, 1925 - Aug. 24, 2008
South Bend Tribune 8/26/2008
SOUTH BEND - Margaret Schuttrow Mitchell, 83, residing in
South Bend, passed away at 8:13 a.m. Sunday, August 24, 2008, in
Southfield Village, South Bend. She was born June 21, 1925, in
South Bend, the daughter of Gustave C. and Anna M. (DeGrove)
Schuttrow, and had been a lifelong resident. On October
11, 1947, in South Bend, as Margaret Schuttrow, she was united in
marriage to Robert L. Mitchell. They enjoyed 52 years of marriage
until his passing on February 14, 2000. She was also preceded in
death by a granddaughter, Brenda Wray on March 27, 2008;
and by a brother, Harold Schuttrow. She is survived by three
daughters, Mary Ann (Malcolm) Cain, Suzanne (Michael) Ward
and Jeanne (Jeffrey) DuBois, all of South Bend; three
sons, James (Annette) Mitchell of Osceola, William (Jan) Mitchell
of South Bend and Charles (Gina) Mitchell of Osceola; and a
brother, Charles (Delores) Schuttrow of Rensselaer, IN. Also
surviving are 17 grandchildren, Robert Zimmer, Brian
(Jennifer) Zimmer, Megan Mitchell, Michael (Holly) Mitchell, John
Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell, Anna Marie (Eric) Amos, Christy
(Ryan) Anderson, Jake (Nicole) Mitchell, Steven Mitchell,
Dan Mitchell, Matthew DuBois, Mark (Melissa) DuBois, Jamie
Mitchell, Nicholas Mitchell, Brian Mitchell and Christopher
Mitchell; and 10 great-grandchildren, Julia, Greta, Charles,
Dylan, Joseph, Dion, Brianna, Christy, Quinn and Alex. Mrs.
Mitchell graduated from St. Joseph Academy in South Bend. She was
a member of St. Matthew Cathedral and its Altar and Rosary
Society.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, in St. Matthew
Cathedral. Rev. Michael Heintz will officiate. Graveside services
and burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today
in the Palmer Funeral Home-Guisinger Chapel, 3718 South Michigan
Street, South Bend, where a parish Rosary will be recited at 4
p.m. Contributions in memory of Margaret Mitchell may be made to
St. Matthew Cathedral, 1701 Miami Street, South Bend, IN 46613.