Submitted by: Dan Rich
Paul S. Jonas
June 22, 1915 - Feb. 19, 2008
South Bend Tribune 2/22/2008
SOUTH BEND - Paul S. Jonas, 92, of Cypress Drive, died
Tuesday morning in Morningside Nursing Home, South Bend. Paul
worked for Studebaker Corp for 20 years and Torrington for 15
years. He was born June 22, 1915 in South Bend to Paul S. and
Barbara (Bujtas) Jonas. Both preceded him in death along
with sisters, Margaret Popielski and Mary Lisk-Bokon.
On June 7, 1946 in Chicago, he married
Geraldine R. Tollar who survives, along with a daughter,
Frances (Richard) Neher of South Bend; a granddaughter,
Jackie Neher and Chad Wood. Paul was former president of
the Saint Joseph County "Rose" Society where he was
instrumental in the landscaping of Healthwin Hospital and Leeper
Park gardens.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today,
Feb. 22 in the HICKEY Funeral Homes, 17131 Cleveland Road.
Private interment services will be held at Highland Cemetery. The
family would like to thank the staff of Morningside Nursing and
Memory Care Center for their loving care of Paul. We can never
thank you enough!