Loretta Mitchell Portage, IN Loretta Mitchell, of Portage, formerly of Hobart, passed away on Sunday, October 30, 2005. She was a graduate of St. Xavier Academy in Chicago and was a former member of St. Bridget and St. Ann. Loretta was an avid bridge player and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Loretta was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Mitchell. She is survived by six children: Karen Conner of Michigan City, Noreen Mitchell of Ogden Dunes, Libby (Scott) Lambert of Portage, Bruce (Shelly) Mitchell of Hobart, Michael (Joan) Mitchell of Richmond, VA and Tobin Mitchell (Bruce Elliott) of Chicago; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were private with cremation at the Burns Funeral Home Crematory. There was no visitation. Interment of cremains at Mosier Cemetery in Valparaiso. Burns Funeral Home, 701 E. 7th Street, Hobart, in charge of arrangements.