Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

John Szczechowski

Jan. 23, 1909 - Sept. 29, 1995

 

South Bend Tribune 9/29/1995

SOUTH BEND - John Szczechowski, 86, of Shamrock Gardens, formerly of Western Avenue, died at 3:05 a.m. today in St. Joseph's Medical Center. Mr. Szczechowski retired as the owner of Beauty Tile, was a former employee of Singer Manufacturing Co. and was the former owner of Western Avenue Lumber Co. He was born Jan. 23, 1909, in South Bend.

 

On July 21, 1928, in South Bend, he married Irene Witucki. She died April 3, 1992. He is survived by two sons, John of Brooksville, Fla., and Eugene of South Bend; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Esther Mumaw, Evelyn Deka, Alice Cukrowicz, and Virginia Tomaszewski, all of Mishawaka; and five brothers, Jerome Sechowski, Richard Sechowski, Benedict Szczechowski, Daniel Szczechowski, and Clarence Szczechowski, all of South Bend.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, where a wake will be at 7:30 p.m.