Submitted by:  Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Gocza, Karl F.

Names in Obituary:  Gocza, Zempleni

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; September 5, 1984

Karl F. Gocza

Karl F. Gocza, 61, of 1201 Van Buren St., died at 6:57 a.m. today in Memorial Hospital. He was a self-employed painter. Born on May 5, 1923, in Zekany, Hungary, he lived here for 24 years. On May 14, 1926, in Hungary, he married Ilona Zempleni, who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Melinda Stopczynski, Helen Gocza and Michelle Gocza, all of South Bend; two sons, Karl Jr., of South Bend, and Joseph of Denver; and two grandchildren.

Services will be at noon on Friday at Our Lady of Hungary Catholic Church and burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Zahoran Funeral Home where the Legion of Mary will lead a rosary at 7:15 p.m. Thursday.