Submitted by: Dan Rich

Constance Terrill McInerny

Sept. 25, 1931 - May 18, 2002

South Bend Tribune 5/20/2002

Constance McInerny, 70, of 51236 Golfview Court, Granger, died Saturday, May 18, in her home with her husband and children at her bedside. She was born September 25, 1931 in Graceville, Minnesota to Mary (Sisson) and Harry Ferdinand Kunert and raised in Minneapolis, where she attended St. Thomas the Apostle Parish School, South West High School and the University of Minnesota.

On January 3, 1953, she married Ralph McInerny. They lived in Quebec City and Omaha before coming to South Bend in 1955. She was preceded in death by a son, Michael and is survived by her husband Ralph, four daughters and their families, Cathleen (Michael) Brownell of Barrington, IL, Mary (Tom) Hosford, Baltimore, MD, Anne (Chris) Policinski of Shorewood, MN, and Beth (Paul) Hark, Inver Grove Heights, MN and two sons and their families, David (Nancy) of Aurora, IL and Daniel (Amy), Houston, TX. There are sixteen grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Paul (Pat) Kunert, Minneapolis and Raoul (Sandy) Kunert, Fort Worth, TX. Connie was a member of the Ladies of Notre Dame and of the Service Guild, which she served as president and a volunteer at the Logan Center. She was a homemaker, gardener, voracious reader and inveterate traveler in this country and abroad.

Visitation will be at Hickey Funeral Home, Cleveland Road Chapel on Monday from 4 to 8 p.m., where a Rosary will be said at 5 p.m. A funeral Mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Basilica at Notre Dame, on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. with Rev. Marvin O'Connell as main celebrant. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Women's Care Center.