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Louie Massie

LOUIE M. MASSIE

Aug. 7, 1942 - Dec. 23, 2011
SOUTH BEND - Louie M. Massie, 69, died Friday, December 23, 2011 in Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana, following a courageous twenty-six year battle with cancer. Born in Kankakee, Illinois, August 7, 1942, the son of James Shannon and Virda Massie, he was a lifelong resident of South Bend.

After graduating from Washington High School in 1960 he joined the United States Marine Corps. Louie traveled to San Diego, California, to Hawaii and then finally to Japan while serving with the Marines. He returned to South Bend in 1966, after being Honorably Discharged from the Marines, and worked for Benjamin Moore Paints and the United States Postal Service before he began his thirty-seven year career as a supervising engineer at Tyler Refrigeration in Niles, Michigan.

Louie had a passion for fishing. He and his life-long friend, Kenneth Miller Sr. traveled all over the place from Minnesota to Canada to see what they could catch. These two friends, more like brothers, shared stories, pictures and listened to all kinds of music together and with all of their children.

Louie is survived by two daughters, Tamara Smith and Viressa (Henry) Davis; two grandchildren, Brock Perry and Henry Davis, III ("Little Man"); two great-grandchildren, Bray'Liona Perry ("Fat Legs") and Brooke Perry; his niece Marsha Samuels; his best friend for life Kenneth (Frankie) Miller Sr.; a special cousin, Marge Ann Bell; devoted friend Patricia A. Massie; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.

Services will be held on Thursday, December 29, 2011 in Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. and then services at 12:00 noon. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Visit www.clarkoneal.com to sign his guest book. Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home Inc. has been entrusted with arrangements.

Published by South Bend Tribune on Dec. 28, 2011.

04/29/2023 EJS

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