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Vivian M Vrabel (Schell) - Class Of 1937 VIEW PROFILE

Vivian M Vrabel (Schell)

Vivian M. (Vrabel) Schell 
July 17, 1919 - Dec. 3, 2001 

Vivian M. Schell, 82, of Landers Road, Rogers, AR, Passed away at 9:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, at Regency Place of South Bend, IN. She was a registered nurse who worked for the Saint Joseph County Health Department for 15-plus years, and was a self- employed business woman in Rogers. Mrs. Schell was born July 17, 1919, in South Bend, to the late John Peter and Ruby Eleanor (Hull) Vrabel, and had resided in South Bend since September, coming from Rogers where she had lived for the previous 24 years.

On April 4, 1941, she married Robert I. Martin, who preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1956. Then, on Aug. 25, 1965, she married Sydney L. Schell, who preceded her in death on Aug. 25, 1987. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Francis "Pete" Vrabel and Robert James Vrabel; and by a sister, Virginia Metcalf. 

Mrs. Schell is, survived by three, stepdaughters, Beverly (William) Walter, Sue Ellen Schell, both of Mishawaka, and Janet L. (Kevin) Belton of Napa, Calif.; two sons, Richard A. (Jane Lewis) Martin and John A. (Julie) Martin, both of Bloomington, Ind.; and by 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Schell was a graduate of the Michael Reese School of Nursing in Chicago, Ill., was a member of the Bentonville Business Women's Association, Order of Eastern Star Chapter #263, Dowagiac, Mich., Daughter of the Nile MAN-TA-NAH Temple #136, Alexander, Ark., and was a member of Roger's Christian Church, Rogers. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Palmer Funeral Homes, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, IN

Sources: Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com

01/04/2024 EJS



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