Submitted by: Dan Rich
NORTH LIBERTY - Henry Kotal, 79, of 30300 Osborne Road, died at 7 a.m. Saturday in his home after an illness. Mr. Kotal retired from Allis Chalmers, LaPorte, after 30 years. He was also a farmer. He was born Nov. 2, 1915, in South Bend and was a lifetime area resident.
On May 20, 1950, in LaPorte, he married Mary E. ''Betty'' Reed. She died April 7, 1988. Surviving are three daughters, Barbara Klodzinski and Patricia Gemmer, both of North Liberty, and Karen Wiltfong of Walkerton; nine grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; four sisters, Margaret VanDeKeere and Helen Trippel, both of Mishawaka, Genevieve Semak of South Bend and Hildegarde Firestone of North Liberty; a brother, Jospeh of North Liberty; a half sister, Mary Dooms of South Bend; and a half brother, Frank Kotal of North Liberty.
He was a member of St. Patrick's Knights of Columbus, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1954, American Legion Post 365, and St Patrick's Catholic Church, Walkerton, and was a World War II Army veteran.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, South Bend.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and after 7 p.m. Monday at A.M. Manuel Funeral Home, where the rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m.