Submitted by: Dan Rich

James Robert Rach

July 21, 1948 - Nov. 13, 1998

South Bend Tribune 11/20/1998

Mr. James Robert Rach, 50, of Mishawaka, Ind., passed away on Friday, Nov. 13, at St. Joseph Community Hospital, Mishawaka. Mr. Rach was born on July 21, 1948, in South Bend, Ind., and was a lifelong resident of the Mishawaka-South Bend area. Mr. Rach was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a maintenance technician for the National Standard Company in Mishawaka. He is survived by his loving companion, Jane Gressel; two daughters, Heather Lee Rach and Holly Lynn Rach, both of Mishawaka; his mother, Anna Irene Rach of Granger, Ind.; two sisters, Susan Camille Webber of Elkhart, Ind., and Deborah Kay Tripple of Granger; and by five brothers, Marvin Edward Rach, Jr. of Wheeling, Ill., Michael Dean Rach of Granger, Gary Allen Rach of Granger, Dennis Dale Rach of South Bend and Jeffrey Ray Rach of Osceola, Ind.