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11/13/1944 – South Bend Tribune - Artiest M PLETCHER, 723 East Mishawaka
Ave., Mishawaka, age 56, a resident of Mishawaka for 40 years, died at 5 A.M.
today in his home of heart disease.  Born Jan 13, 1888 in Wakarusa.  Married
Minnie WARD 42 years ago.  Died Nov 13, 1944.  Survivors:  widow, nine sons:
Russell, Melvin, Walter, Virgil, Wayne, Marvin, Willard in army, Herbert in
army, Louis in army; three daughters:  Mrs. Eva DeWIRDT, Mrs. Clarie HEIN and
Mrs. Treva FUNNELL of Osceola; three brothers Harvey, William of Lansing, MI,
Warren of Elkhart; six sisters: Bertha NEWCOMBER, Nora CRIPE, Rose HARDWICK,
Agnes BEAVO, Edith WISE of Detroit, MI.  Burial Wednesday at Fairview Cemetery.