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Albertina Wassenhove, owner of Midway Tavern and 'true lover' of the blues, dies at 93


The blues became bluer Thursday.
Albertina Wassenhove, whose Midway Tavern gave blues musicians and fans a place to call home for more than three decades, died Thursday night from a heart ailment. She was 93.
“She was a kind of a quiet whirlwind of energy,” local musician Eugene “Jumpin’ Gene” Halton said. “Sometimes she would seem like a quiet person, but she was always at this place of positivity and joy.”
Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hahn Funeral Home in Mishawaka and noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, followed by a service, at Hahn.
Harvey Stauffer, the host of “Blues Revue” on WVPE-FM (88.1), said Wassenhove “worked so hard to keep the blues alive” and that musicians from around the world had been sending him condolences. ....

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