Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 12/23/1981

Benedict S. (Ben) Bajdek

June 16, 1919 – December 22, 1981

 Benedict S. Bajdek, 62, of 1838 N. Huey, died at 4:25pm Tuesday at home after a three month illness.  He was retired in 1967 from the South Bend Fire Department and had worked for Mike Bajdek’s Mobil station.

Born on June 16, 1919, in South Bend, he had lived here all his life.  On August 9, 1943, in California, he married Esther Krzyzaniak.  She survives along with five sons, Patrick of Tulsa OK, Thomas and John, both of South Bend, James of Mishawaka and Michael of Wyoming MI; eight grandchildren; two sister, Mrs. Irene Miller and Mrs Virginia Herek, both of South Bend; and a brother, Michael of South Bend.

Services will be at 10am Saturday at St Stanislaus Catholic Church.  Rev. Leo Wojciechowski, CSC, will officiate.  Burial will be in St Joseph Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 6pm Thursday and from 5 to 9pm Friday at the Kaniewski & Sons Funeral Home, where a parish rosary will be recited at 7:30pm Friday. 

He was WW II veteran, and past vice-commander of VFW 8748 and past president of the Indian Fire Fighters Association.