Beloved IUSB sculpture professor, artist Dora Natella dies in I-80 crash near Mishawaka

Indiana University South Bend sculpture professor Dora Natella was "an amazing woman," said Marvin Curtis, the former dean of IUSB's Raclin School ...

April 12, 2023
9:50 PM

Indiana University South Bend sculpture professor Dora Natella was "an amazing woman," said Marvin Curtis, the former dean of IUSB's Raclin School of the Arts. "She was an amazing artist and an amazing human being," Curtis said. "She will be sorely missed." Tragically, Natella, 66, died the morning of Tuesday, April 11, following a crash on the Indiana Toll Road in St. Joseph County near Mishawaka. Indiana State Police troopers were called just after 11:10 a.m. to the serious crash involving a UPS semi-truck with double trailers and a silver 2019 Toyota SUV in the westbound lanes of the toll road near the 79.

Claire Reid