Florence M. Harvey

Florence M. Harvey, 95, died at 6:55 a.m. Monday, June 2, 2003 at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth, where she has been a resident since June of 2001. She had been a former resident of South Bend from 1925 to 1948, moving to Tucson, Arizona, where she lived until 1979, prior to her return to Plymouth. Born in Plymouth on November 9, 1907, Florence was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Charlotte Born Zehner. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1925.

Florence first married William P. Heierman in South Bend on November 10, 1929. William died on December 21, 1943. She then married Earl R. McNeil on January 8, 1945 in South Bend. Earl died on Oct. 29, 1946. On August 8, 1948 in South Bend, Florence married Thaddeus Franklin Harvey. Thaddeus died on July 29, 1965.

An employee in the accounting department of Indiana and Michigan Electric for seventeen years, Florence retired in 1948.

Florence was very active in the Plymouth Wesleyan Church, where she was a member, and was very involved in the Prayer Line of the church. She was also a member of the Gold Star Wives, and a past member of the Eastern Star No. 2 of South Bend.

A brother, Wayne D. Zehner, Sr. of Plymouth, and a sister, Goldie Ralston of Niles, Michigan, survive, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Florence was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, four brothers: Harold, Merle, Donald, and Reo Zehner, and a sister, Ethel Berkey.

A celebration of her life and visitation with her family will be on Wednesday, June 4, 2003 from 12 to 2 p.m. at Johnson – Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.

A funeral service for Florence, officiated by Rev. Les Kephart, pastor of the Plymouth Wesleyan Church, will follow visitation at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.

Memorial gifts in Florence’s memory may be given to the Plymouth Wesleyan Church.