OBITUARY FROM GARY POST-TRIBUNE, NOVEMBER 12, 1961:
SCHIESS: Mary Katherine, age 40, of 2595 Oakwood Ave., Portage, passed away in Methodist Hospital, Saturday, November 11. She was a former resident of Hobart and Valparaiso.
Survived by three brothers, Richard of Gary, George of Park Forest, IL and James of Portage; two sisters Mrs. Ruth Owens of East Gary and Mrs. Eileen Walters of Portage.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception of Mary Church at Independence Hill, Reverend Leo Armbruster officiating, burial in Calvary Cemetery in Portage. Rosary will be said Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. at Pflghoeft Funeral Home in Hobart.