Marilyn J. DeGrandchamp

MARILYN J. DeGRANDCHAMP, 67, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, at home in Fort Wayne. Born in Fort Wayne, she was a Secretary with St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church for 14 years, prior to which she was a bus driver with Fort Wayne Community Schools. Mrs. DeGrand-champ was a 1953 graduate of Central Catholic and a member of Queen of Angels Catholic Church. "Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Sister and Friend." Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Ernest A. DeGrandchamp of Fort Wayne; eight daughters, Vivian Musser, Evelyn Schaefer, Anita Harmeyer, Rita DeGrandchamp, Eileen Fenker, Renee Jansen, Jeanne Robinson, and Carolyn Carpenter, all of Fort Wayne; one son, Jack DeGrandchamp of Fort Wayne; sister, Marjorie Harvey of Fort Wayne; three brothers, Norman Gunkel of Snow Lake, Marvin Gunkel of Fort Wayne and Ronald Gunkel of Frisco, Texas; 28 grandchildren and one great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, and one granddaughter, Stacy DeGrandchamp. Service is 10:30 a.m. Monday, with calling one hour prior, at Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 1500 West State Ave. Calling is from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with a 4:30 p.m. Vigil Service at D.O. McComb and Sons Pine Valley Park Funeral Home, 1320 E. Dupont Road. Entombment in Catholic Cemetery. Memorials to the family or for Masses at Queen of Angels Catholic Church.