Submitted by: Dan Rich

Violet Staszewski

March 29, 1909 - March 20, 1998

South Bend Tribune 3/22/1998

SOUTH BEND - Violet Staszewski, 88, of South Brookfield Street, South Bend, Ind., died at 6:42 p.m. on Friday, March 20, in St. Joseph's Medical Center. She was born on March 29, 1909, in South Bend and she was a lifelong area resident. She retired from the St. Mary Convent.

She was married on July 31, 1937, in South Bend, as Violet Stachowski to John L. Staszewski. He died on May 3, 1988. She was also preceded in death by a son, Eugene Staszewski, on Jan. 8, 1996.

She is survived by a daughter, Patricia (Ralph) Szalewski of South Bend; six grandchildren, Shelly Michalski, Lori Hoffman, John Szalewski, Rob Staszewski and Steve Staszewski, all of South Bend, and Jim Staszewski of Naperville, Ill.; and by four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Staszewski was a member of the Rosary Society of St. Adalbert Church and the Polish women's Democratic and Civic Club.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. on Monday in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Road. A Rosary will be said at 4 p.m. on Monday. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday in St. Adalbert Catholic Church with burial to follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Adalbert Church building fund, 2420 W. Huron Street, South Bend, IN 46619.