Submitted by: Dan Rich

Maryann Mikula

Jan. 29, 1870 – May 26, 1949

South Bend Tribune 5/27/1949

Mrs. Maryann Mikula, aged 79, of 1117 West Thomas street, a gold star mother of World was I, died at 5:05 p.m. Thursday in her home after an illness of nine days.

Born in Poznan, Poland, Jan. 29, 1871, she came to South Bend 46 years ago from Manistee, Mich. Her husband Jacob died in 1918.

Surviving are three sons, Anthony of South Bend; Floyd with the Untied States army in Virgin Islands, and Irvin of LaPorte, Ind.; six daughters, Mrs. Josephine Nowak, Mrs. Theresa Danilowicz, Mrs Teckla Bickel, and Mrs. Irene Hauteman, all of South Bend; Mrs. Theresa Graves of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Helen Burnside of Denver, Colo.; three brothers, Frank Zatarga of South Bend, and John and Stanley Zatarga, of Manistee; a sister, Mrs. Rose Tyran, of Manistee; 33 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call in the home after 1 p.m. Saturday. The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Hedwige’s Catholic Church with Rev. Boleslaus J. Sztuczko CSC, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Mrs. Mikula was a member of the Women’s Apostleship of Prayer of St. Hedwidge’s church; woman’s auxiliary of Schuyler Colfax post No. 257, American Legion. Six of her grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.

South Bend Tribune 5/58/1949

Past Presidents’ parley of the auxiliary of the Pulaski post No. 357, American Legion, will have charge of graveside services for Mrs. Maryann Mikula, of 1117 West Thomas street, the first gold star mother of the Pulaski unit, who died Thursday afternoon.

The services will take place in the St. Joseph Polish Cemetery after the funeral mass at 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Hedwige’s Catholic Church. The rosary will be recited at the bier by members of the auxiliary at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Editor: Her maiden name was Maryann Zatarga.