Cyril August VERVAET

15 MAY 1923 - 3 OCT 2006

• BIRTH: 15 MAY 1923, Mishawaka, St Joseph, IN
• DEATH: 3 OCT 2006, South Bend,St Joseph, IN

• MARRIAGE: 21 NOV 1941, Osceola, St Joseph, IN

INDEX

[N20910] Cyril August Vervaet

Birth 15 May 1923
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN

Death 3 Oct 2006 (aged 83)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Fairview Cemetery
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Memorial ID 59547921

===========

South Bend Tribune 10/6/2006
Cyril "Cy" August Vervaet, 83, of Huntly Ct., South Bend, passed away at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, in his home surrounded by his family. Cyril was born on May 15, 1923, in Mishawaka, at home, as the only son of Hector and Erma (DeBaets) Vervaet. He was preceded in death by his parents and four sisters, Jennie Vervaet, Irene Kohler, Gloria Kepler and Dorothy Ciula. On November 21, 1941, in Osceola, IN he married the former Betty June Spotts. Surviving Cy are his loving wife, Betty; four children, Richard G. (Sharon) Vervaet of Buckeye, AZ, Gary A. Vervaet of Leesburg, IN., Jill E. (Reece) Price of Cassopolis and Geoffrey D. (Georganne) Vervaet of Walkerton, IN; 18 grandchildren and beloved dog, Cetty. Cy spent four years in the United States Army, where he served his country proudly during WW II with the 632nd Quarter Master company 5th Army. He was a Boy Scout Leader of troop 333, a baseball coach for the South Side Little League for 17 years and past president of BK Club in Mishawaka for three years. He was a tool and die maker at Raco before he retired. Cy was a head usher, to a loving church family at First Brethren Church of South Bend. He loved to work with children and devoted many years to that pleasure through Boy Scouts and baseball, among other ways over the years. Cy was a truly wonderful man who dearly loved his family, his friends and his church family not to mention all of the children he came to know and help through out the years. Family and freinds may visit from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 6, in Hahn Funeral Home, 505 W. 8th Street, Mishawaka. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, with a one hour visitation prior to services at, First Brethren Church of South Bend with Rev. Larry Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka where the VFW Post 360 and American Legion Post 156 will perform Military Rites. Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Ct., South Bend, IN 46637.
Flowers