Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Ernest J. Barany

March 19, 1925 - Feb. 3, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 2/6/2008
SOUTH BEND - Ernest J. Barany, 82, passed away at 4:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. He owned and operated two businesses most of his life: E. J. Barany Guttering for 54 years, and was the former owner of the Wooden Keg Restaurant, South Bend. He was born March 19, 1925, in South Bend, to Andrew and Anna (Abraham) Barany, and was a lifelong resident.

 

On November 6, 1948, in South Bend, he married Joan E. (Bates) Barany, who passed away on December 16, 1997. Mr. Barany is survived by his two daughters, Diane Perry of Baltimore, MD, and Donna (Gary Riggs) Barany of South Bend; his son, Ernest J. (Kim) Barany Jr. of Las Cruces, NM; five grandchildren, Edward and Chris Perry, Megan Willeman, Alyssa Riggs and Seth Barany; two sisters, Anne Monserez of South Bend, and Mary Birder of DePere, WI; and a brother, Emery Barany of South Bend. An infant sister, Anna Barany, and two brothers, Andrew and John Barany, preceded him in death. Mr. Barany was a member of Little Flower Catholic Church. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Barany devoted his life to business and family.

 

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 7, 2008, in Little Flower Catholic Church, 54191 N. Ironwood, South Bend. Rev. Donald F. Guertin, C.S.C., will officiate. The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend. Contributions in memory of Ernest J. Barany may be made to River Bend Cancer Services, 919 E. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 401, South Bend, IN 46617.