Submitted by: Dan Rich

Reba W. Ray

Nov. 30, 1898 - Dec. 8, 2001

South Bend Tribune 12/11/2001

Reba W. Ray, 103, of Regency Place of South Bend, formerly of Portage Avenue, South Bend, Ind., died at 7:02 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in Regency Place. Mrs. Ray was born Nov. 30, 1898, in Niles, Mich., to Benjamin F. and Angeline E. (Ribble) Willard, and had lived in South Bend since 1908, coming from Niles.

On May 22, 1922, in South Bend, as Reba Willard, she married Charles J. Ray, who died May 8, 1945. She is survived by a son, Charles W. Ray of South Bend; two granddaughters, Kathryn (Joseph) LaMarche of Valparaiso, Ind., and Susan (Dale) Ritchie of Marcellus, Mich.; four great-grandchildren, Ryan, Noelle and Erin Maure of South Bend, and Heather (Josh) Mansfield of Mt. Vernon, Ind.; and by two great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Ray was employed by the former Whitcomb & Keller Real Estate Company as a bookkeeper for 38 years. She was a former member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William Street, with Rev. Mary Hubbard of Central United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today, Dec. 11, in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637; or to the charity of donor's choice.