Submitted by: Dan Rich

Helen Horvath

Dec. 16, 1896 - Feb. 6, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/7/1994

SOUTH BEND - Helen Horvath, 97, of Montgolfier Place, died about 7 a.m. Sunday in her home after an illness. Mrs. Horvath was born Dec. 16, 1896, in Budapest, Hungary, and lived in South Bend since 1983, coming from California.

In 1920, as Helen Fodor, she married Frank Mihocza. He died in 1933. In 1935, she married Michael Horvath. He died May 22, 1980. She is survived by three daughters, Gizella Nagy, Ann Coddington and Margaret DeMein, all of South Bend; a son, Frank Mihocza of South Bend; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a stepgreat-grandchild; and a stepgreat-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Rosalie Mihocza, who died in 1946, and Helen Visel, who died in 1992; a son, Charles Somogyi, who died in 1969; and one grandchild.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Zahoran Funeral Home. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, where a rosary will be said at 3 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.