Submitted by: Dan Rich

Pat L. Katona

Aug. 20, 1940 - Dec. 25, 2001

South Bend Tribune 12/28/2001

Pat L. Katona, 61, of East Sandy Hill Lane, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 25, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. Ms. Katona was born on Aug. 20, 1940, in Hamburg, Mich., to Carl and Rosalie (Emery) Sullivan. She was preceded in death by her father, Carl Sullivan. Ms. Katona lived in the South Bend, Ind., area from 1978 to 1986 and then from August 2000 to the present time, coming from Panama City, Fla. In 1998 she received her BSW from Florida State University, graduating magna cum laude, and received her MSW at Florida State University in May 2000. She then moved back to South Bend to enjoy spending time with her grandchildren and building her new home. Ms. Katona worked as a substitute teacher for the Penn Harris Madison School Corporation for the past year.

She is survived by two daughters, Joy (Dave) Lankford of South Bend and Teresa (Jeff) Wickstrom of Yucaipa, Calif.; two grandchildren, Christian and Holly; her mother, Rosalie Sullivan of Brighton, Mich.; two sisters, Diana (Richard) Mundinger of Hudson, Mass., and Christine (Michael) McKusick of Hartland, Mich.; and by a brother, Jerry Sullivan of Milwaukee, Wis.

Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today, Dec. 28, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, in Clay United Methodist Church.