Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 2/26/2000

Evelyn M. Marlin

Nov. 9, 1919 - Feb. 24, 2000

Evelyn M. Marlin, 80, of W. Roosevelt Road, South Bend, Ind., passed away in the home of her sister, Patricia Birky, on Thursday, Feb. 24.

Mrs. Marlin was born on Nov. 9, 1919, in South Bend to the late Joseph Zakrzewski and Lottie Walkowski. She was the owner of the former Pickwick Lounge in Syracuse, Ind., and had been employed with Key Bank, formerly State Bank of Syracuse and the Studebaker Corporation when she resided in South Bend.

On Feb. 10, 1958, she married Francis Marlin who preceded her in death on May 13, 1997.

She is survived by a sister, Patricia Birky; a brother, Joseph Zakrzewski; a niece, Diane Amm; a great-niece, Hope Amm; and by a stepdaughter, Phyliss Choquette of Elkhart, Ind.

Mrs. Marlin was a member of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Syracuse.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 28, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, with burial to follow in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 535 W. Edison Road, Unit #6, Mishawaka, IN 46545.