Submitted by: Dan Rich

LuVeda W. Tollar

Dec. 23, 1924 - Oct. 24, 2001

South Bend Tribune 10/28/2001

LuVeda W. Tollar, 76, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Licking C ounty Hospital in Newark, Ohio. LuVeda was born Dec. 23, 1924, in South Bend, Ind., to Ralph LeRoy Payton and Vera Wright. She was a graduate of John Adams High School. Spending most of her life in South Bend, she married the late Raymond Peter Tollar on Jan. 28, 1944. She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Raymond; and by her parents. Mrs. Tollar worked for the cafeteria for the South Bend Schools for 18 years, retiring in 1965.

She is survived by two sons, Jerry (Anna) Tollar of Belleville, Wash., their children, Jeff and Jenny; a son, Eric (Katherine) Tollar of Perrineville, N.J., their children, Beth and Eric; a daughter, Christine (Kevin) Whitwer of Newark, Ohio, their children, Kimberly and Kira; and by a daughter-in-law, Lynn Tollar of Colorado, and her children, Andrea, Brent and Carrie. LuVeda enjoyed collecting angels. She spent as much time as she could with her grandchildren, who were all very special to her. She also loved to watch tennis.

Visitation for Mrs. Tollar will be from 1 to 4 p.m. today in the Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3718 South Michigan Street. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday in the funeral home, with burial to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind. Memorials in Mrs. Tollar's name may be made to the Arthritis Foundation.