Submitted by: John C. Monk

 

Stella M. Pyclik

 

Sep. 30, 1922 - Dec. 30, 2009
SOUTH BEND - Stella M. Pyclik, 87, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2009, in Memorial Hospital. Stella was born on September 30, 1922, in South Bend to the late Fred and Hattie (Trudzinski) Polonka Sr. She was preceded in death by her brother, Fred Polonka; and by her two sisters, Bernice Smudzinski and Anna Lewandowski; and by her son, Rudolph Pyclik Jr. On June 15, 1940, she married Rudolph Pyclik, he survives along with her sister, Irene Szynski of South Bend; her brother, John (Mary Ann) Polonka; sister-in-law, Rosemary Polonka; and by several nieces and nephews. She was a parishioner of St. Adalbert Catholic Church. She enjoyed cooking and loved to take care of her husband. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 3, 2010, in ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road, where a Rosary will be prayed at 4:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2010, in St. Adalbert Catholic Church. Entombment will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Adalbert Catholic Church, 2505 W. Grace St., South Bend, IN 46619 or to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Ct., South Bend, IN 46637. For those who are unable to attend the funeral mass, condolences for the family may be made at www.sjfh.net.

Published in South Bend Tribune from January 1 to January 2, 2010