Submitted by: Dan Rich

Marcella Banas

Oct. 4, 1931 - May 26, 1997

South Bend Tribune 5/28/1997

MISHAWAKA - Marcella (Kopp) Banas, 65, of Tanglewood Lane, died Monday in St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend.

Survivors include four daughters, Linda Budny of South Bend, Christine Budzinski of Cerritos, Calif., Laura Abing of Milwaukee, and Lisa Balkema of Grand Rapids,; and three sons, Paul J. of Slidell, La., Philip C. of Granger, and Lawrence A. of Troy, Ohio.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Anthony De Padua Catholic Church. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Hickey Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson Blvd., where a prayer service will be at 5:30 p.m.