Violet NOE

19 OCT 1923 - 15 DEC 2008

• BIRTH: 19 OCT 1923, York, Noble, Indiana
• BURIAL: Sweet Cemetery, Albion, Noble, IN
• DEATH: 15 DEC 2008, Mishawaka, IN

• MARRIAGE: 26 JUN 1944, Albion, Noble, IN

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[N7695] Birth: Oct. 19, 1923
Kimmell
Noble County
Indiana, USA
Death: Dec. 15, 2008
Mishawaka
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

VIOLET M. MAHNESMITH
Oct. 19, 1923 - Dec. 15, 2008
SOUTH BEND - Violet Marian Mahnesmith, 85, of South Bend passed away at 12:40
p.m. Monday, December 15, 2008 in Rivercrest Specialty Hospital, Mishawaka. She
was born October 19, 1923 in Kimmel, Indiana to the late Claude and Luella
(Thatcher) Noe. On June 26, 1944 in Albion, IN, she married Carmen D. Mahnesmith,
who survives. Mrs. Mahnesmith is also survived by two daughters, Marilyn (Dr.
Thomas) Mahnesmith-Johnson of Auburn, IN and Dr. Carolyn (Dan) Balog of South
Bend; son, Dr. Randolph C. (Kathy) Mahnesmith of Waynesboro, VA; five
grandchildren, Gregory (Dr. April) Johnson, JD of Avon, IN, Randolph (Lia) Johnson of
Columbus, OH, Dr. Staci-Marie (David) Norman of South Bend, Dr. Natali Marian (Mark
Wenkus) Balog of South Bend and Ethan Randolph Mahnesmith of Washington, DC;
four great grandchildren, Samantha Violet Johnson, Riley David Norman, Calla-Marie
Norman and Amelia Marian Wenkus; four sisters, Alice Deetz of Helmer, IN, Margaret
Leslie of Ligonier, Dorothy Wisniewski of Dowagiac and Sharon (John "Ray")
Chenoweth of Mishawaka, and brother, Robert Noe of Ligonier. Her grandson, Matthew
Martin Mahnesmith, sister, Claudine Bolin and three brothers, Norman, Ray and Roger
Noe, preceded her in death. During World War II, Violet worked for the Department of
the Navy in Norfolk, VA. In the following years, she worked when needed for her
children's college. Her final position was assisting her daughter, Carolyn, in
establishing her optometric practice in Bremen. Here she used her secretarial and
bookkeeping abilities in addition to learning optometric skills. She loved her family and
enjoyed cooking and baking for them. She also had a lifelong love of reading,
crocheting, gardening, bird watching and playing piano. Mrs. Mahnesmith loved
listening to her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren practice their musical
instruments and singing. She enjoyed fishing and swimming and taking the best care
of the love of her life, her husband of sixty-four years, Carmen. She was also a
member of the First Presbyterian Church, South Bend. Funeral services will be held at
10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 20, 2008 in the Palmer Funeral Home-Guisinger
Chapel, 3718 S. Michigan St. South Bend. Burial will follow at Sweet Cemetery,
Albion, IN. Friends may visit with the family from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral
home. Contributions may be offered to the First Presbyterian Church, 333 W. Colfax
Avenue, South Bend, IN 46601. Online condolences may be made at
www.palmerfuneralhomes.com
Published in the South Bend Tribune on 12/18/2008

Parents:
Claude R Noe (1884 - 1966)
Luella E Thatcher Noe (1894 - 1970)

Spouse:
Carmen D. Mahnesmith (1924 - 2009)*

Burial:
Sweet Cemetery
Albion (Noble County)
Noble County
Indiana, USA