Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 3/21/1978

James S. Konopinski

October 3, 1925 - March 20, 1978

James Samuel Konopinski, 52, of 55029 Currant Road, was dead on arrival at 1:15pm Monday in St Joseph Hospital where he was taken after becoming ill at his UniRoyal Inc., job.

Konopinski was born on October 3, 1925, in South Bend, and had lived in this area all his life.  On June 30, 1944, in South Bend, he married France Irene Petree, who survives with a daughter, Mrs. Tom (Betty) Vautier, Mishawaka; a son, James S. Konopinski, Jr., with the US Air Force stationed in Texas; three grandchildren; five brothers, Edward R of Bertrand, Louis F. of Dowagiac, Leo of South Bend, Bert of Lakeville and Donald R. of Mishawaka, and three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Muszynski and Mrs. Valcour Olivier, South Bend and Mrs. Russell Kesner of Mishawaka.

Friends may call in the Bubb Funeral Chapel from 7 to 9pm today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm Wednesday.  Konopinski was employed by UniRoyal for the last 30 years.

SBT 3/22/1978

Funeral Notes

Services will be at 11am Thursday in the Bubb Funeral Chapel for James S. Konopinski, 52, of 55029Currant, who was dead on arrival at 1:15pm Monday in St Joseph Hospital, after a sudden illness.  Rev Theodore W. Snider, pastor of the Albright United Methodist Church, is to officiate and burial is to be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.  Friends may call from 7 to 9pm today in the funeral home.