Submitted by: Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Rzepnicki, Erma A.

Names in Obituary:  Alby, Pusztai, Rapoport, Rzepnicki

South Bend Tribune, Obituary; April 30, 2005

Erma A. Rzepnicki (August 27, 1921 - April 28, 2005)

Erma A. Rzepnicki, 83, of South Bend, IN, passed away at 2:45 a.m., Thursday, April 28, 2005, in Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center. Erma was born on August 27, 1921, in South Bend, to Anthony and Agatha (Pusztai) Albey.

She was employed by the former Studebaker Corporation, where she worked at the Aviation Plant. She was also a dance instructor at the Marie Buczkowski School of Dance. On April 27, 1943, in the former St. Stephen's Church, as Erma A. Albey, she married Edmund A. Rzepnicki, who survives. Also surviving are her daughter, Tina L. Rzepnicki, and her husband, Barry Rapoport, of Miller Beach, IN and Chicago, IL, where Tina is a professor at the University of Chicago; her two grandchildren, Erin and Andrew Rapoport; and her granddog, Toulei.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 2, 2005, in Holy Cross Church. Friends may call from 4 until 8 p.m. Sunday in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, where a parish vigil will be held at 4:30 p.m. Erma was a member of Holy Cross Parish.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Holy Cross Renaissance Campaign, 920 Wilber Street, South Bend, IN, 46628.

South Bend Tribune, Death Notice; April 29, 2005

Erma A. Rzepnicki (Aug. 27, 1921 -- April 28, 2005)

SOUTH BEND -- Erma A. Rzepnicki, 83, of Inglewood Place, died Thursday in Holy Cross Care and Rehabilitation Center. Survivors include her husband, Edmund A.; and a daughter, Tina L. Rzepnicki of Miller Beach, Ind. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Holy Cross Church. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, where a vigil will be held at 4:30 p.m.