Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mary E. Grwinski

Feb. 9, 1929 - Sept. 2, 2008

South Bend Tribune 9/4/2008
SOUTH BEND - Mary E. Grwinski, 79, residing in South Bend, passed away at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 2008, in Silverbrook Manor, Niles, MI, following a stroke she had suffered a week earlier. She was born February 9, 1929, in Auburn, IN, to Walter and Estelle (Williams) Kessler. She received her BA in business from Indiana University. While at Indiana University she met Louis H. Grwinski and they were united in marriage on August 22, 1953, in New Haven, IN. They returned to South Bend where Dr. Grwinski practiced medicine throughout his career. They enjoyed 41 years of marriage until his passing in August 1994. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert Kessler. Mrs. Grwinski is survived by her two sons, Bruce (Anna) Grwinski of Auburn, IN, and Bradd (Ellen) Grwinski of Niles, MI. Also surviving are five grandsons, Luke, Levi, Landin, Lincoln and Logan Grwinski; her sister, Carol Sanders of Mill Valley, CA; two nieces, Judy and Irene, and a nephew, Tim. Mary enjoyed her family, sewing, reading, and trying to make things last long past their prime. She was always the first one on the block to have a clean driveway after a snow fall. She always enjoyed a good joke, and helping others. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses-Miami Trails.

Services will be at noon Friday, Sept. 5, in Palmer Funeral Home-Guisinger Chapel, 3718 South Michigan Street, South Bend. Rev. Dave Flowers will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time on Friday in the funeral home. Cremation will take place at Southlawn Cremation Services and she will be laid to rest with her husband Louis in Auburn, IN. Contributions in memory of Mary E. Grwinski may be made to the Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc., 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.