Submitted by: John C. Monk

John J. Cybulski

Jan. 11, 1933 - March 8, 2010
SOUTH BEND - John Joseph Cybulski, 77, of Bangor, MI, died peacefully Monday evening, March 8, 2010, at White Oaks in Lawton following a six-month battle with cancer. The family met friends 6-8 PM Wednesday, March 10th, at the Bangor Chapel, D.L. Miller Funeral Home, with a Rosary service at 7:30 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM today in Sacred Heart Church, Bangor, with Fr. Gordon Greene, celebrant. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery, South Bend, IN. The family suggests memorials be made to his favorite TV station, WGVU, Public Television Station, or to the St. Vincent De Paul Food Bank. John was born January 11, 1933, in South Bend, IN, the son of John and Clementine Cybulski. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War where he was in charge of the maintenance and upkeep of the super generators that ran all the bases in S. Korea. After his discharge. he returned to his job at the Bendix Corporation until his retirement 30 years later. While at Bendix he was one of only three people in the USA to work on fuel controls for F-16s and other military aircraft. During a layoff from Bendix he worked as a cement-concrete employee, laying blocks and internal-step porches as well as street work for the City of South Bend. He also helped install the very first landing strobe lights at the South Bend Regional Airport. Moving to Bangor in 1966 to fulfill his dream of owning a farm, he continued to work at Bendix until his retirement. After retirement he acquired a degree in air-conditioning and refrigeration, acted as trustee on the Arlington Township Board, and spent time as treasurer for the Bangor Fire Department. John was a member of the American Legion Post in Bangor and was a lifelong member of VFW Post #9820 in South Bend. His most enjoyable time spent in retirement was visiting, hunting and fishing with his friends from the Cal-Fields Gun Club. Surviving are his wife, Louise "Patterson," who he married April 26, 1952; five children, Bill Cybulski of Bangor, Diane (Mike) Berry of Bangor, Mary (Richard Jackson) McDonald of Marshall, AR, John Steven (Deb) Cybulski of Goshen, IN, and Laura (Jim) Cosby of Portage; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Danny (Lorraine) of South Bend and Ralph (Regina) of South Bend. He was preceded in death by his parents and by two sisters, Val Nye and Leona Wiencek.

Published in South Bend Tribune on March 11, 2010