In Memory
Stephen L. Sheets
Sep. 22, 1942 - Sep. 2001
Captain Stephen L. Sheets, 58, a South Bend Firefighter, residing on Catherwood Drive, South Bend, passed away at 11:29 a.m. monday, Sept. 10, 2001, in the emergency room of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend, following an apparent heart attack. Mr. Sheets was born Sept. 22, 1942, in Goshen, In., as the son of Glenn W. and Emma (Lehman) Sheets, and has been a lifelong area resident. He graduated in 1960 from John Adams High School, South Bend, and joined the United States Air Force the same year. He was honorably discharged in 1962.
On November 3, 1962, in Mottsville, Michigan, he married Diane E. Braden. He is survived by his wife, Diane of 38 years, along with two sons and their wives, Thomas S. (Carri) Sheets of South Bend, also a South Bend Firefighter, and Gerald W. (Stephanie) Sheets of Fayettesville, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Ariel and Ryan Sheets, and a sister, Ardene Bontrager of Goshen. He was preceded in death by his parents and two grandchildren, Kayla and Codie Sheets.
Mr. Sheets was appointed a Firefighter on July 16, 1966, with the South Bend Fire Dept. where he has served faithfully for 35 years. He was currently serving as a Safety Officer with the Dept. He was a member of the International Association of Firefighters, and the Indiana Association of Firefighters, and B.A.S.S.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, in St, Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, 3402 Locust Road. Rev. Paul McCarthy will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Thursday in Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, and after 8:30-9:30 Friday in the funeral home.
South Bend Tribune 9/12/2001
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