California Obituaries, Los Angeles County Submitted by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. The Downey Eagle October 24, 1997 Volume 5 Number 35 Services held for Mary Bernice Schell DOWNEY-Services were held Oct. 23 at the First Baptist Church of Downey for Mary Bernice Schell, a Downey resident for 58 years and a homemaker. She was 85, born in Nebraska, and died Oct. 20 in Downey Community Hospital. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Downey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Schell, a brother Archie Miller, a sister Marjorie Miller, a niece Lorie Miller, and grandson Kevin Bleul. Survivors include her son, Robert (Carol) Schell; a daughter, Barbara (George) Bleul; five grandchildren, Mark and Michael Schell, Christine (Schell) Fallon, Heide King, and Peter Bleul; and seven great-grandchildren. Pastor James Eggert officiated. Burial followed at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. Arrangements were by the Miller-Mies Mortuary of Downey.