Wayne Ellis Burger

April 13, 1911-Sept. 25, 1993

GOSHEN - Services for Wayne E. Burger, 82, of 66268 Indiana 15 S., who died at 4:15 p.m. Saturday in Goshen General Hospital after an illness, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Yoder-Culp Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Church of God or Gideons International.

Mr. Burger retired as the treasurer of Goshen Rubber, where he worked for 23 years. He was born April 13, 1911, in South Bend and had lived in Goshen for 33 years, coming from South Bend.

On May 11, 1933, in South Bend, he married Ella "Jean" Hartke. She survives with a daughter, Gail Leffler of Dunlap; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was a member of the church, its choir from 1972 to 1982 and Gideons Elkhart South, and was a member, director and treasurer of the International Accountant Society.

Article from 27 Sep 1993 The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN)

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