Submitted by: Dan Rich

Kenneth N. Obrecht

July 12, 1924 - Aug. 12, 2001

South Bend Tribune 9/6/2001

Kenneth N. Obrecht, born July 12, 1924, died August 12, 2001. He formerly resided in South Bend before moving to Texas. Preceded in death by first wife, Vera. He is survived by wife, Veronika; seven children, Christine Savarese and Robert Luckiewicz, Norman, Gregory and wife, Elizabeth, Mary and husband, Darnell O'Neal, Kenneth Michael, Constance and husband Robert Varian, John and wife, Monisha; also by 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; also by Veronika M. and husband, Gene Davis and their two children, Christine Mancuso and Louis Mancuso and wife, Michelle and their two children; also by sister, Jean and husband, Tom Bushey and family, brother, Tom and wife, Mattie and family; and brother, Richard and family.

He was a veteran of W W II serving in Europe. He received his BS and Law degrees from the University of Notre Dame. As a corporate attorney he worked 43 years for Associates Financial Services. He was a member of Christ The King Catholic Church, the German American Club and the Dallas Goethe Center.

Memorials may be made to North Dallas Shared Ministries, 2530 Glenda Lane, Dallas, TX 75239.

Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 16, 2001 at Restland Memorial Park offered by Msgn. Donald Zimmerman. A memorial mass was offered at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, August 16, 2001, at Christ The King Catholic church, 8017 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75225.