Submitted by: Dan Rich

Harriet V. Kosinski

June 26, 1899 - April 19, 2001

South Bend Tribune 4/22/2001

Harriet V. Kosinski, 101, of the Healthwin Specialized Care Facility, South Bend, Ind., passed away on Thursday, April 19, in the care facility. Mrs. Kosinski was born in Morris Run, Pa., on June 26, 1899, to the late Jacob and Josephine (Polcyn) Pawlak. She moved to the South Bend area as a child, and had been a resident ever since. On May 28, 1928, in St. Casimir Catholic Church, South Bend, as Harriet V. Pawlak, she married Stanley Kosinski, who preceded her in death on Dec. 27, 1983. She was also preceded in death by six sisters and one brother. Mrs. Kosinski is survived by a daughter, Dolores (Eugene) Kowalik of South Bend; four grandchildren, James (Susanna) Kowalik of Mishawaka, Ind., Ann Marie (Robert) Weller of Mishawaka, Cynthia (Joel) DeBruyne of South Bend and Michelle (David) Wasoski of South Bend; 13 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; and by a sister, Lillian Makowski of Parker, Colo. Mrs. Kosinski was a parishioner at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church of South Bend, and was a member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary at the church.

Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today, April 22, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, where a 4 p.m. parish Rosary will be recited. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 23, in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, with burial to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery.