Submitted by: Dan Rich

Stella Jankowski

April 30, 1930 - Jan. 15, 2002

South Bend Tribune 1/17/2002

Stella Jankowski, 71, of Woodhill Lane, South Bend, Ind., died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Memorial Hospital. She was born April 30, 1930, in South Bend, and was the daughter of Vincent and Michalene Wawrzyniak. Mrs. Jankowski retired in 2000 from St. Adalbert Catholic Church where she worked as a cook.

On July 7, 1951, in South Bend, she married Robert Jankowski, who survives. She is also survived by a son, James (Judy) Jankowski of South Bend; two grandsons, Corey and Daniel Jankowski, both of South Bend; and five sisters, Eleanor Kubsiak of Florida, Irene Pajakowski, Jane Woltman and Sally Borkowski, all of South Bend, and Sister M. Luiza, C.S.S.F., of Lovina, Mich. Mrs. Jankowski was preceded in death by two brothers, Lucian and Edwin.

Family and friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road, with a Rosary at 4:30 p.m. Services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in St. Adalbert Catholic Church, with entombment to follow in the Resurrection Gardens Mausoleum at St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Adalbert Building Fund.