John E. Probst

Feb. 19, 1904 - Sept. 6, 1999

John E. Probst, 95, former of South Bend, Ind., died a.m. on Monday morning, Sept. 6, in Leesburg, Fla. He had spent the evening with his son, Chris, and had seemed in health then.

Mr. Probst was born in Probst House, then at 334 North Street, to Henry and Cynthia Probst on Feb. 19, 1904. He educated at St. Joseph Grade School, South Bend Central High School, and the University of Notre Dame.

He graduated in mechanical engneering in 1926 and joined Indiana and Michigan Electric Company's Engineering Department. In the late forties he moved to Wyandotte, Mich., and the Wyandotte Chemical Company.

After retirement he lived for years at Pleasant Lake, Three Rivers, Mich. He and Mrs. Probst (nee Elvera Lytle, deceased 1995), moved to Leesburg when Michigan winters no longer seemed tolerable. Mr. Probst was an avid chess and bridge player. He was a lifelong fisherman.

Mr. Probst is survived by three sons, Richard of Panama City, Fla., John (Lynn McBride) Southfield, Mich., and Chris (Karlyn Leasenby) of Virginia Beach, Va.; and six grandchildren. His sister, Angela (John) McNamara of South Bend, is the sole survivor of a family of nine which produced approximately two hundred attendees at a 1998 Henry and Cynthia Probst family reunion.

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

07/18/2026 EJS

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