Gene H. Oppenheim

Feb. 5, 1928 - Jan. 7, 1999

Gene H. Oppenheim, 70, of Carriage Hills Drive, South Bend, Ind., died at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, in Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center. He was born on Feb. 5, 1928, in South Bend.

On March 22, 1958, in South Bend, he married Marylyn Fromm, who survives. He is also survived by three sons, William J. "Jamie" of Indianapolis, Ind., Randy L. of Granger, Ind., and Robert H. of Mishawaka, Ind.; two grandsons, Bradley and Adam; and two brothers, Larry D. of South Bend and Bert N. of Cupertino, Calif.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Ethel Cahn in 1982.

Gene was a member of Temple Beth-El, was past president and former board member of the Morris Park Country Club, the Purdue Alumni Association, the St. Joseph Valley Purdue Alumni Association, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He retired from A.M. General in 1993 where he was a quality control engineer.

Services will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, in Temple BethEL, with Rabbi Morley Feinstein officiating. Interment will follow in Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Ind. Memorial contributions may be made to Temple Beth the Rose Fromm Memorial Levy Beautification Fund, to the American Heart Association, or to the Humane Society of St. Joseph County.

The Forest G. Hay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com

11/01/2024 EJS