Submitted by: Dan Rich

Louise Fay Singleton

May 28, 1926 - Dec. 12, 2007

South Bend Tribune 12/15/2007
SOUTH BEND-Mrs. Louise Fay Singleton, 81, passed away Thursday in her residence at 11:15am. Louise was born on May 28, 1926 in South Bend to the late Edward Louis and Viola Georgia (Young) Hoyt. They moved to Plymouth for awhile as a child but return to South Bend where she lived most of her life.

She married Orville John Singleton who survives of South Bend. Other survivors are three daughters: Linda Singleton of South Bend; Laura (Curt) Steinbarger of Warsaw, IN; Lisa Singleton of South Bend, three sons: Leon (Carol) Singleton of Hubert, NC; Larry (Patsy) Singleton of Mishawaka; Lewis (Deborah) Singleton of South Bend, a sister Frances Kelly of South Bend, two brothers: Bud (Lorraine) Hoyt of Garfield, AR and Arthur (Jackie) Hoyt of Niles, MI. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren.

Visitation times are on Sunday from 4- 6 pm and on Monday from 10-11 am with the funeral service at 11:00 am with Rev. Cornelius Ryan, CSC, Pastor, all at the McGann Hay University Chapel, 2313 E. Edison Rd. at Ironwood. Cremation will follow. Louise graduated from the former Washington-Clay High School and was a longtime member of Little Flower Catholic Church. She loved gardening and making quilts as well as being an avid sports fan following Notre Dame Football, the Chicago White Sox, Bears and Bulls and Larry Bird's career. When she was younger she played the accordion and the organ. Because of the cremation the family wishes in lieu of flowers that memorial donations be made to the either the Alzheimer's Association or the American Diabetes Association.