(Obit book at Decatur Library, Decatur, Indiana)

Bernard Tonnellier Is Taken By Death

Bernard I. Tonnellier, 65, of 347 South Third street, died at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Adams county memorial hospital following an illness of 60 days of complications

He was born in Adams county Aug. 9, 1897, a son of John and Mary Meyer-Tonnellier, and was a lifelong resident of this community.

Mr. Tonnellier was employed as a mechanic for the Security Cartage Co. in Fort Wayne. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and the Holy Name society.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Casimer (Mary) Lewandowski of Fort Wayne; one son, Robert Tonnellier of Monroe; six grandchildren; a brother, Edward Tonnellier of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. Mathias Coffee, also of Decatur. Two sisters and one brother are deceased.

Funeral services will be conducted at 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simeon Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. The body was removed to the Gillig & Doan funeral home, where friends may call from 7 p.m. today until time of the services. The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday. (Oct. 12, 1962)