Submitted by: Dan Rich

Raymond L. Kowalski

March 7, 1931 - Jan. 25, 1994

South Bend Tribune 1/26/1994

SOUTH BEND - Raymond L. Kowalski, 62, of Bridgeview Drive, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph's Medical Center after an illness. Mr. Kowalski retired from the South Bend Fire Department after more than 31 years of service and Wygant's Floral after 24 years of service. He was born March 7, 1931, in South Bend, and was a lifelong area resident.

On April 25, 1953, in South Bend, he married Barbara Plotnicki. She survives, with two daughters, Deb Krueger of Granger and Mary Claire Kowalski of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two sons, Greg of New Carlisle and Mike of South Bend; three granddaughters; three sisters, Loretta Martellaro of DeKalb, Ill., Pat Hartman of LaPorte, and Geri Kajzer of Fairfield, Ohio; and a brother, Roman of Bremen. He was a member of Moose Lodge 58 and Sacred Heart Basilica.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the basilica. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Welsheimer Funeral Home North, 17033 Cleveland Road, where a parish rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grotto at the University of Notre Dame.