ELSA L. (FARRINGTON) HONER

Jan. 17, 1936 - Sept. 23, 2007
SOUTH BEND - Elsa L. Honer, 71, of South Bend, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at 7:10 p.m. Sunday, September 23, 2007, in her home surrounded by family. Elsa was born on January 17, 1936, to the late William and Madeline (Pauwels) Farrington.

On September 2, 1978, she married Gordon Honer. Elsa is survived by her loving husband, Gordon of South Bend; along with six children, Christine (Paul) Sherry of Osceola, Gary (Lori) Honer of Indianapolis, Diana (Kenneth) Koenig of Knox, IN, Laura Clayton of Granger, William (Renee) Lewinski of Mishawaka and Lyn (Dennis Randall) Tavernier of Elkhart; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother, Wayne (Alice) Farrington of South Bend; and a sister, Ilah (Larry) Alsop of North Vernon, IN.

Elsa had been an area lifetime resident, graduating from South Bend Central High School in 1953.

She went on to achieve her bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University and taught elementary school in Fremont, MI, and Swanson Elementary School in South Bend. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, who was also an artist, painting her own Christmas cards every year. She loved Easter and enjoyed watching the annual Easter egg hunt.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 27, 2007, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 10776 McKinley Highway, Osceola. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 28, 2007, in the funeral home, with burial to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.chapelhillmemorial.com.

Published by South Bend Tribune on Sep. 25, 2007.

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