Submitted by: Nadine Hardin

Name:  Goepfrich, Rudolph A.

Names in Obituary:  Goepfrich, Mansfield, Stevens, Zmudzinski, Collins, Reznick, Stelzer

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; July 5, 1974.

Rudolph A. Goepfrich, 73, of 1109 N. Cleveland Ave., died at 6 A.M.Thursday in his home of an apparent heart attack. He was the chief engineer of the brake division of the Bendix Corp., retiring in 1966 after working there 39 years. Born April 2, 1901 in South Bend, he had lived here all his life. On Jan. 5, 1927, he maried Nellie Mansfield who survives. Also surviviving are a son, Charles J. of Granger; three daughters, Mrs. Joan Stevens and Mrs. Margaret Zmudzinski, both of South Bend, Mrs. Helen Collins of Mishawaka; 21 grandchildren ; a great-granddaughter, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Reznick of South Bend and Mrs. Madeline Stelzer of Milford, Mich.

Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Hickey Funeral Home, 2702 Lincoln Way W. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Holy Cross Catholic Church. Entombment will be in Riverview Mausoleum. Mr. Goepfrich was a member of council 553, Knights of Columbus; the Society of Automotive Engineers; the Engineers Club of South Bend; and the South Bend Turners. A rosary will

be recited at 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home.