John C. O'Donnell

Oct 26, 1911 - Jul 31, 1986

Word has been received here of the July 31 death of John C. O'Donnell, 74, of St. Anne, Ill., formerly of Mishawaka. He died in St. Mary's Memorial Hospital in Kankakee, Ill., after an illness. Services were conducted in Kankakee and burial was in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

He was a retired research chemist with Uniroyal Inc. in Mishawaka and with the Mortel Corp. in Illinois. While employed at Uniroyal, he was involved in developing synthetic rubber compounds used to replace scarce natural rubber during World War II. He was born Oct. 26, 1911, in Illinois and lived here in the 1940s and early 1950s. He was a graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington.

On Dec. 26, 1940, in Mishawaka, he married Elizabeth Richard, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Margaret Ann Ahler of Rensselaer, Ind.; two sons, John O'Donnell of Washington, D.C., and Patrick O'Donnell of Plymouth, Mich.; two sisters, Mary McNeil of New Orleans and Jeanne Boland of Benton Harbor; and two brothers, Edwin of Granger and Dean of Schererville, Ill.

The South Bend Tribune·South Bend, IN, 12 Aug 1986

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09/17/2026 EJS

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