George King Detzler

Dec 12, 1912 - Dec 10, 1974

DETZLER - Word has been received here of the death of George King Detzler, 62, of Aurora, Ill., formerly of South Bend, at 8 a.m. Tuesday in his home after a brief illness. A former News Times employe, Detzler. was an expeditor for the Sun Chemical Co., Chicago, for 22 years.

He was born Dec. 3, 1912, in South Bend and was a graduate of Central High School. He also attended the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Rolla, Mo.

His widow, the former Maureen Wray, survives. Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. J.J. Detzler of South Bend; a son, James King Detzler of Oswego, Ill; a daughter, Mrs. Jerry Secor of Aurora; four grandsons; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Knoblock of South Bend, and two brothers, Dr. Jack J. Detzler. of South Bend and Dickson F. Detzler of Indianapolis.

Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the McKeown Funeral Home, Oswego. Rev. John Omerod, pastor of the Oswego Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Park, Aurora. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

The South Bend Tribune·South Bend, IN, Wednesday, 11 Dec 1974

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