John L. Vardaman

May 3, 1962 - Aug 23, 1989

SOUTH BEND - Services for John L. Vardaman, 37, of 1050 S. Edison Ave, who died about 2 a.m. Wednesday in his home of an apparent heart attack, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood Drive. Burial will be at Sumption Prairie Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

Mr. Vardaman was employed by the University of Notre Dame as a security guard. He was born May 3, 1962, in Denver and lived in South Bend most of his life.

On May 11, 1974, in Mishawaka, he married Marie Louise Johnson, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Amie Marie Vardaman of South Bend; a son, Michael P. of South Bend; his mother and stepfather, Betty Jane and Charles Tyler of South Bend; his father, John Vardaman Jr. of Ponca City, Okla.; and a paternal grandfather, John Vardaman Sr. of LaPorte.

He was a member of Clay Twp. Rescue Civil Defense.

Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com

05/15/2025 EJS

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