- Date Of Birth: April 4, 1930
- Date Of Death: January 3, 2006
- State: Indiana
NORMAN EUGENE JANNASCH, 75, OF JEFFERSON ROAD, MISHAWAKA, INDIANA PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD 2006, AT SOUTHFIELD VILLAGE, SOUTH BEND FROM COMPLICATIONS OF PARKINSON AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.
NORM WAS BORN ON APRIL 4, 1930, IN SOUTH BEND TO THE LATE LESTER AND RUBY (MCCULLOUGH) JANNASCH. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1951, HE MARRIED JOYCE SUMMERSGILL IN SOUTH BEND. SHE SURVIVES ALONG WITH A SON DIRK (MARY) JANNASCH OF DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA, THREE DAUGHTERS, DARLA WOZNIAK OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN, DIANE PHILLIPS OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA AND DONALYN (DAVE) SCHALK OF NILES, MICHIGAN. ALSO SURVIVING ARE SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, RYAN AND JASON WOZNIAK, KELILYN PHILLIPS, ASHTON AND SHANNON SCHALK, TAYLER AND MCKENNA JANNASCH AND A SISTER, PAULETTE (RONALD) FISHER OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
HE ATTENDED PURDUE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF DELTA CHI FRATERNITY. HE RETIRED FROM BENDIX/HONEYWELL AFTER 40 YEARS AS AN ENGINEERING SPECIALIST WHERE HE RECEIVED THE INVENTORS AWARD IN 1989. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BENDIX RETIREE CLUB AND VFW POST 360, AND WAS A VERTERAN OF THE KOREAN CONFLICT.
CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO HARBOR LIGHT HOSPICE, 300 NORTH MICHIGAN, SUITE 450, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 OR ALZHEIMER’S SERVICE OF NORTHERN INDIANA, 922 EAST COLFAX AVENUE, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46617.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR THANKS FOR THE LOVE, CARE AND SUPPORT GIVEN BY THE STAFF AT SOUTHFIELD VILLAGE. THEY MADE OUR LIVES ALITTLE MORE BEARABLE AND GAVE US STRENGTH TO CARRY ON.
