Submitted by: Dan Rich

Irvin Gloyeski

Oct. 5, 1919 - Aug. 7, 1998

South Bend Tribune 8/9/1998

Irvin Gloyeski, 78, of U.S. 20, South Bend, Ind., died at 11:32 a.m. on Friday, August 7, in Memorial Hospital. He was born on Oct. 5, 1919, in South Bend, and lived in this area most of his life. He was a former employee of Interstate Brands and retired from the South Bend Police Department after 20 years of service.

He was married on June 28, 1945, in Denver, Colo., to Gertrude Staszewski, who survives. He is also survived by two daughters, Mary (Paul) Barnett of Boca Raton, Fla., and Carol (Patrick) Fagan of Newburgh, Ind.; three sons, David (Carol) Gloyeski of Bon Aqua, Tenn., Michael (Anita) Gloyeski of North Manchester, Ind. and Dale Gloyeski of Foothills, Calif.; four grandchildren, Patrick, Sean and Erin Fagan of Newburgh and Karen McRae of North Carolina; and by one sister, Loretta (Gerald) Elrod of Spring Hill, Fla. Mr. Gloyeski was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond, who died in 1995.

Mr. Gloyeski was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police 155, and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. He was also a pilot in World War II.

Family and friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Road, where a Rosary will be said at 4 p.m. Services will be at 10 a.m. on Monday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.