Submitted by: Todd Nowicki

Kolczynski, McMeel, Reed
Lawrence Kolczynski: (South Bend Tribune 4/1/1978)
The body of Lawrence Kolczynski, 50, of 312 E. 11th in Mishawaka, was found in his home at 1 p.m. Friday, after a neighbor called police. The St. Joseph County Coroner, Dr. James McMeel, ruled the death a suicide by hanging. The time of death was set at noon Friday. Kolczynski was born on Sept. 7, 1927, in South Bend. He lived most of his life in the South Bend-Mishawaka area. Surviving are two brothers, Casimer of Hamilton, Ind., and Daniel of South Bend. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Charles A. Reed, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Kolczynski was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 19 of Elkhart. He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II.