Remi Joseph "Ray" Meuleman

Apr 29, 1915 - Jan 19, 1972

Ray Meuleman, 56, of 501 Lake St., was dead on arrival at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday Memorial Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack at the Bendix Corp., where he was employed in brakes division. He was April 29, 1915, in South Bend, and had lived here all of life.

On Jan, 28, 1938, in South Bend, he married Clara Sobczak, who survives, along four sons, Dennis and Thomas, both of South Bend, Kenneth of Fort Wayne, and Roger, stationed in Vietnam; a daughter, Miss Melanie Meuleman, at home; three grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph and Albert, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Nowicki, all of South Bend.

Friends may call from 7 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 6 p.m. Friday in the St. Joseph Funeral Home. Services be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Rev. Joseph G. Lesniak, pastor, officiating. Burial will in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Meuleman was a member of Post 357, American Legion, Local 9, Bendix U.A.W., and the Chain-O-Lakes Conservation Club.

A rosary will recited at 8 p.m. today by the Altar Society of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, and 8 Friday by Holy Family parish.

The South Bend Tribune South Bend, IN, 20 Jan 1972

Service Number: 35 973 215

Service Branch: US Army

Enlistment Date: 11 Apr 1945

Discharge Date: 10 Jul 1945

Death Date: 19 Jan 1972

 

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

08/31/2026 EJS

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