In Memory
Henrietta (Smith) Hess
Feb 29, 1920 - May 31, 1986
Henrietta Hess, 66, 2601 Oakland Ave., Elkhart, died at 8:10 pm Saturday, May 31, at St Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis, where she had been a patient 1 1/2 weeks. She was born Feb 29, 1920, in Galien, Mich, the daughter of Lester and Mildred (Babcock) Smith.
She married Jack Hess Sr, Nov 4, 1939, and he died in 1981.
She is survived by her father along with two daughters, Cheryl A Beck of Wakarusa and Constance S VanAman of Auburn; three sons, Jack Hess, Jr, of Nappanee, Gene L Hess of Kalamazoo, Mich, and Dr Gary A Hess of Ann Arbor, Mich; one sister, Mrs William (Joan) Straw of Niles, Mich; two brothers, Merrille Smith of Mishawaka and Melborne Smith of Ruskin, Fla; 11 grandchildren, and one great- grandson.
She was formerly employed by Dwyer Controls of Wakarusa.
Funeral services will be held at 10 am today, Wednesday, at Lienhart Funeral Home with the Rev Dave Dyck of the Wakarusa Missionary Church officiating. Burial will be made in Olive West Cemetery.
Wakarusa Tribune
Sources: Ancestry.com and FindAGrave.com
10/15/2025 EJS
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