Submitted by: Dan Rich

Rose C. Szalay

Jan. 8, 1910 - Nov. 25, 2001

South Bend Tribune 11/27/2001

Rose C. Szalay, 91, of the Holy Cross Care & Rehabilitation Center, formerly of 727 W. Calvert Street, passed away at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, in the rehab center. Miss Szalay was a secretary for South Bend Engraving. Rose was a member of Our Lady of Hungary Church and its Sacred Heart and Rosary Society. She was born on Jan. 8, 1910, in South Bend, Ind., to Geza and Anna Szalay. She was preceded in death by a sister, Sister Melanie, F.D.C.

She is survived by a sister, Theresa Barson of Madison, Wis.; a brother, Julius Szalay of Fort Myers, Fla.; two nieces, Dolores Szalay Voss and Loretta Szalay Schafer; and by three nephews, Richard Barson, Jerry Barson and James Szalay.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, in Our Lady of Hungary Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. today in the Zahoran Funeral Home, 1826, S. Kemble Avenue, where a Rosary will be recited at 4:30 p.m. by the Sacred Heart and Rosary Society. Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Hungary Church or to Hospice of St. Joseph County.