REARDON, JOHN V., JR.

John V. Reardon, age 68, of East Chicago passed away Thursday, April 27, 1989 at the Regency Place in Dyer. Survivors: beloved Rose Marie Scanzoni of East Chicago; one brother, Thomas ‘Jim’ (Diane) Reardon of East Chicago; four sisters, Jane (Robert) Bodley of Houston, Texas, Noreen (Howard) Maithson of Hessville, Virgene (John) Nestor of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mildred (Robert) Forbes of East Chicago; seventeen nieces and nephews; 32 grand-nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Monday, May 1, 9:30 a.m. at the Fife Funeral Home Chapel, 4201 Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago and 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church with Rev. Theodore J. Mens officiating. Burial, Elmwood Cemetery in Hammond. Friends may call at the Fife Funeral Home 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Father Mens will pray the Rosary 8 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. Reardon was a retired real estate salesman for Dupes & Kinney Realty; was a member of St. Mary’s Church and Holy Name Society; attended Wabash College and Indiana University at Bloomington; member of the American Legion; a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II with 3 years of combat duty in the South Pacific as a sergeant in the Fourth Marine Raider Battalion; lifelong resident of the area.