Submitted by: Dan Rich

Helen B. Bogunia

Jan. 25, 1912 - May 24, 1998

South Bend Tribune 5/25/1998

SOUTH BEND - Helen B. Bogunia, 86, formerly of Maple Lane, South Bend, Ind., where she resided with her daughter, Georgianne Wachowiak, died at 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, in Regency Place.

She was born on Jan. 25, 1912, in South Bend, and was a lifelong area resident. She retired in 1977 from Koszegi Industries.

Mrs. Bogunia was married on Feb. 18, 1933, as Helen Karpinski, to Joseph J. Bogunia, who preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 1966. She is survived by three daughters, Georgianne (Raymond) Wachowiak of South Bend, Arline (Gerald) Youts of Niles, Mich., and Mary Ann Freeze of South Bend; and by 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. Mrs. Bogunia was a member of St. Casimir Catholic Church, the Rosary Society and Senior Citizens also of the church.

Family and friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Road, where a combined Rosary will be said at 4 p.m. by the parish and the Senior Citizens of St. Casimir. Services will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in St. Casimir Catholic Church, with burial to follow in St. Joseph Cemetery.