Submitted by: Todd Nowicki

Nowicki, Woltman, Brzezninski, Deranek, Reiter, Kosinski, Piechocki, Jakubielski

John Leo Nowicki: (South Bend Tribune 10/20/1969)

John Leo Nowicki, 73, of 506 Cleveland Ave., died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday in St. Joseph’s Hospital after a brief illness. He was retired from the Studebaker Corp. after 45 years of service. He was born July 7, 1896, in South Bend. He married Lottie Woltman, who died in 1951. In January, 1962, he married Agnes Brzezinski, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Edward of Dayton, Ohio and Robert J. of South Bend; a daughter, Mrs. Loretta Deranek, White Bear, Minn.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Loretta Reiter, Mishawaka, and Miss Rita Brzezinski, South Bend; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Hilary and Modest, both of South Bend; and three sisters, Mrs. Corrine Kosinski, Mrs. Genevieve Piechocki and Miss Leona Nowicki, all of South Bend. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Kaniewski and Sons Funeral Home, 3402 Lincoln Way W. Services will be at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday in St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, Rev. John J. Jakubielski, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. The parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.