Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Lorraine F. Sowala

Sept. 29, 1920 - June 14, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 6/15/1994

SOUTH BEND - Lorraine F. Sowala, 73, of Peachstone Drive, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in her home after an illness. Mrs. Sowala retired in 1977 from Bendix Corp. after 37 years of service. She was born Sept. 29, 1920, in South Bend, and was a lifelong resident.

 

On Jan. 18, 1947, in South Bend, as Lorraine F. Flowers, she married Richard L. Sowala Sr. He survives with a son, Richard L. Jr. of Woodbridge, Va.; and four grandchildren. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, United Auto Workers Retirees, and M.R. Falconettes Nest No. 200.

 

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in Kaniewski Funeral Home, where a parish rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.