Kenneth J. Alward

Feb 2, 1900 - Nov 26, 1963

Kenneth J. Alward, 63, of 1015 Sherman Ave., a clerk at the Post Office for the last 27 years, died at 7:40 a.m. today in Memorial Hospital. He had been ill three weeks.

Mr. Alward was member of Weftminster Presbyterian Church, South Bend Lodge 294, F&AM, and the Scottish Rite Valley of South Bend. A graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, he was captain of the 1923-24 basketball team there. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the Navy.

Born in South Bend on Feb. 2, 1900, he was a lifetime resident here.

He married Opal Myers of South Bend on Oct. 18, 1933. She survives with a son, Kenneth F.; a brother, Wilmer C., and a sister, Mrs. Helen Peterson, all of South Bend.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday by Rev. Walter D. Oberholtzer, pastor of Holy Trinity Church. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery.

Donations to the memory of Mr. Alward may be made to Camp Eberhart. Kenneth J. Alward.

Article from 26 Nov 1963 The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN)

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