Welsheimer Funeral Home — 521 North William, across three directories

Attested 1949 – today, in South Bend

The second of the roster's pair: Welsheimer is the other funeral house the owners roster attested and the business record lacked. The roster itself carries it from the 1949 Polk alphabetical — the Wm Welsheimer Funeral Home, with A. C. In 1956 the classified reads "Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N William." In 1963 the house is the "WELSHEIMER MEMORIAL CHAPEL," under Mrs Ruth M. Welsheimer, with Max W. as director and a George as embalmer in the staff lines. In 1971 it is "Welsheimer Funeral Home Inc, 521 N William St," Ruth M. president and living over the shop at the same address, Geo H. as manager — the funeral home as the city's directories so often show it, a family living above its work.

Still on William Street: The firm's own account claims seventy-five years of service, which the late-1940s attestation bears out, and it stands today in two South Bend houses: the original at 521 North William Street — the address the 1956 classified prints — and Welsheimer North, at 17033 Cleveland Road. Of the two houses the roster named and the record lacked, both prove real, continuous, and still in the trade.

Sources:

1. Polk's South Bend and Mishawaka City Directory, 1949, alphabetical, as carried in the owners roster of this build — Wm Welsheimer Funeral Home; A. C. Welsheimer.
2. Polk's South Bend and Mishawaka City Directory, 1956, classified — "Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N William."
3. Polk's South Bend City Directory, 1963 — "WELSHEIMER MEMORIAL CHAPEL (Mrs Ruth M and…"; the staff lines (Max W., director; Geo, embalmer).
4. Polk's South Bend City Directory, 1971, classified and alphabetical — "Welsheimer Funeral Home Inc, 521 N William St"; Ruth M., president, residing at 521 N William; Geo H., manager.
5. The firm's published account — seventy-five years of service; the two present houses, 521 N. William St and 17033 Cleveland Rd.