Submitted by: Dan Rich

Harry Joseph Goralski

Sept. 17, 1911 - Sept. 25, 1996

South Bend Tribune 9/27/1996

SOUTH BEND - Harry Joseph Goralski, 85, of West Dunham Street, South Bend, Ind., died at 11:40 a.m., Wednesday, at The Hospice House, Rose-land, Ind. Mr. Goralski was born on Sept. 17, 1911, in South Bend, and was a lifelong area resident. He was an employee of the former Studebaker Corporation for 37 years and retired from the A.M. General Corporation, after ten years of service.

On Sept. 5, 1936, in South Bend, he married Tillie Micinski, who survives along with three sons, Melvin Harry Goralski of South Bend, Paul Joseph Goralski of Danville, Calif. and David John Goralski of Houston, Texas; five grandchildren, Brian Kent Goralski, Michael Goralski, Pamela Goralski, Katherine Goralski and Malinda Goralski, three great-grandchildren, Haley Renee Goralski, Ryan Michael Goralski and Colin Patrick Goralski; and three brothers, Stephen Goralski, Ted Goralski and Joseph Goralski, all of South Bend.

Mr. Goralski was a member of St. Casimir Catholic Church, Senior Citizens Group and Holy Name Society, also of the church. He was also a former choir member, and a lifetime member of Polish National Alliance Lodge 83.

Services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, in St. Casimir Catholic Church, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., today, in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Rd., South Bend. A rosary will be recited at 2:30 p.m., today, by the Holy Name Society, Senior Citizens Group and the parish. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County.