Noble George Heidrich

Dec 2, 1919 - Apr 7, 1972

NEW BUFFALO - The body of Noble George Heidrich, 52, of 1202 Fairfax Ave., South Bend, who drowned Friday afternoon after he apparently slipped from a powerboat he was repairing in Snug Harbor, has been found in about 10 feet of water 12 feet from shore. Lt. William Beilman, of the Berrien County Sheriff's Department said the body was found at 11:30 a.m. Sunday 30 feet from his boat near a pier. Lt. Beilman said the pier did not belong to Heidrich, and he said perhaps Heidrich had walked over to another pier and fell in the harbor. Beilman said the dragging operations were concentrated on Heidrich's pier but another officer had struck the body with a boat pole in an area where a 55-gallon drum had been pulled up earlier. An autopsy was to be performed to determine the cause of death. Heidrich had a heart ailment. He was the owner of a South Bend vending machine firm.

He was born on Dec. 2, 1919, in South Bend and had lived in South Bend all of his life. On March 1, 1945, in South Bend, he married Helen Wood, who survives, along with two daughters, Mrs. Jane Laskowski of South Bend, and Mrs. Judy Potter of Longwood Fla.; three grandsons, and a brother, Donald of Westlake Village, Calif.

Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday in BilancioGuisinger Colonial Chapel, South Bend, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday by Rev. Forest W. Howell, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, South Bend. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, South Bend.

Mr. Heidrich was a member of Lodge 45, F&AM, South Bend, whose members will conduct a memorial service at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.

He also was a member of the Scottish Rite Valley of South Bend, Orak Shrine Temple, Hammond, the Gary Boat Club, and the South Bend-Mishawaka Area Chamber of Commerce

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

08/13/2025 EJS

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