Melvin Max Tomber

Sep 22, 1914 - Apr 16, 1959

Funeral services were to be held today in Temple Beth-El for Melvin Tomber, 44, of. 342 N.. CoDr., who died of a heart attack at 9 a.m. Thursday in Memorial Hospital, a few moments after entering the hospital complaining of chest pains. 

He was born in South Bend Sept. 22, 1914, and was graduate of Central High School.

In 1944 in New Orleans, La., he married Jeannette Rubin of Elkhart. She survives along with his father, Samuel Tomber of Miami Beach, Fla.; two children, Elaine and Barbara, both at home; three brothers, Cecil of New York, Stuart of St. Louis, Mo., and Marvin of East Lansing, Mich.

The body was taken from the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home to Temple Beth-El at noon. Services were to be conducted by Rabbi Albert M. Shulman of the Temple with burial in the Hebrew Orthodox Cemetery, Mishawaka.

Mr. Tomber was member of Temple Beth-El, B'nai B'rith, Phi Sigma Upsilon fraternity and was a veteran of World War II. He was employed in the office at Weisberger Bros. Co., 1831 S. Main St.

The South Bend Tribune South Bend, IN, 17 Apr 1959

Service Number: 35 171 609

Service Branch: US Army

Unit: Anti Tank Co. 11th Inf. Regt.

Enlistment Date: 14 Nov 1941

Discharge Date: 13 Oct 1945

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

10/14/2026 EJS

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