Submitted by: Dan Rich

John Popovits

July 14, 1938 - Oct. 7, 1994 –

South Bend Tribune 10/8/1994

South Bend -  John Popovits, 56, of 1034 W. Bryan St., died at 8:40 a.m. Friday at the home of his sister, Phyllis Schoot, after an illness. Mr. Popovits was formerly employed by the mobile home industry in wood-working. He was born July 14, 1938, in Kalamazoo, and was a lifelong area resident.

On May 26, 1979, in South Bend, he married Roberta C. Thomson. She survives, with four daughters, Rhonda Golumbski of South Bend, Dawn M. Doran of Mishawaka, and Yvonnie Oakley and Lori Popovits, both of Slidell, La.; a son, John II of Slidell; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his mother and stepfather, Nervetta and Walter Moore of Jones; and three sisters, Phyllis Schott of Jones, Nervetta "Penny" Watson of Union, and Margaret Hayes of Bloomingdale, Mich. He was an Army veteran.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday (Michigan time) in Paul E. Mayhew Funeral Home. Burial will be in Five Points Cemetery, Edwardsburg. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday (Michigan time) in the funeral home.