In Memory
John Ernest Litweiler
Apr. 24, 1904 – May 6, 1990
SOUTH BEND – John Ernest “Ernie” Litweiler, 85, of 1722 Hoover Ave., died at 11:34 p.m. Sunday in St. Joseph’s Medical Center.
Mr. Litweiler retired as a biology teacher, having taught at Adams High School. He was born April 24, 1904 in Tremont, Ill., and came to South Bend in 1936 from New Paris. On June 19, 1937, in Elkhart, he married Lucile Yoder, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, John of Chicago and Charles of Madison, Wis.; two grandchildren; and two sisters, Helen Plank and Lillian Yoder, both of Goshen.
He was a member of First Christian Church, the church’s Fellowship Class, Phi Delta Kappa, Izaak Walton League and Potawatomi Zoological Society. In 1961 he was awarded Indiana Outstanding Biology Teacher and in a five-state contest, Regional Outstanding Biology Teacher.
Services will be a 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the church. Burial will be in Violett Cemetery, Goshen. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood Drive. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.
07/04/2021 DEC
Gary Miller (1958)
Ernest Litweiler was my favorite teacher and mentor. He was a family friend (Ernie and my father graduated from Manchester College as biology students around the same time). Ernie's son, John is one of my good friends, both of us 1958 Adams graduates. As a two year biology high school student, I delighted in skinning a polar bear (my thanks to Pott Zoo), Jr. Waltons adventures, and developing a life long love of biology. I also graduated from Manchester College in 1962 after returning to Adams to do my student teaching in biology under Ernie. As a biology student teacher, I found him to be supportive, insanely knowledgable, and no easy taskmaster, for which I am extremely grateful. For whatever success I've had in my biology career, I thank you, Ernest Litweiler! May you rest in peace.