- Date Of Birth: July 18, 1916
- Date Of Death: October 1, 2005
- State: Indiana
Carol J. Troeger, 89, of Harbour Town Court in Granger, IN, where she lived with her daughter and her family, passed away at 10:46am Saturday, October 1, 2005 in Hospice House. Formerly, she lived on Beverly Place in South Bend.
She was born on July 18, 1916 to the late George W. and Esther (Grundmann) Brown in Detroit, MI, and has lived in the South Bend area most of her life. Along with her parents; she was preceded in death by one sister, Muriel Kemp; and one brother, Wilmott Brown.
Mrs. Troeger retired as a Registered Nurse in 1981 from Allied Products, after six years of employment. Previous to that, she worked as a Registered Nurse at Studebaker Corporation for 19 years; Pawating Hospital; Osteopathic Hospital; and at Miles Laboratory in Elkhart for three years.
On July 20, 1940, as Carol J. Brown, she married Andrew J. Troeger in South Bend, IN. He died in August 1970.
She is survived by her daughter, Sue (husband Philip) Panzica of Granger, IN; her son, Andrew J. Troeger, Jr. of Mishawaka, IN; six grandchildren, Chris Troeger and his wife Carrie of Mishawaka, IN; David Troeger of Chicago, IL; Julie Troeger Slunaker and her husband Bobbie of Lafayette, IN; Todd Panzica of Granger, IN; Nicholas Panzica of Granger, IN; Julie Panzica of Granger, IN; and one great granddaughter, Cara Troeger.
Mrs. Troeger was a former member of Sunnyside Presbyterian Church; and a Graduate of Grace Hospital in Detroit, MI, where she earned her Registered Nursing Degree. She enjoyed living and fishing at Clear Lake in Three Rivers, MI. She dearly loved her grandchildren and helped care for and raise them.
