Submitted by Dan Rich

Sylvia M. Trace

June 25, 1910 - May 20, 2008

South Bend Tribune 5/22/2008
SOUTH BEND - Sylvia M. Trace, 97, a longtime resident of Hartzer Street in South Bend, passed away at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in St. Paul's Retirement Community. Sylvia was born on June 25, 1910, in South Bend, to Anthony and Mary (Ziolkowski) Zakrzewski. She had formerly been employed with Wilson Brothers.

On November 7, 1934, in South Bend, as Sylvia M. Zakrzewski, she married Lawrence H. Trace, who preceded her in death on June 24, 1967. Also preceding her in death were five sisters, Esther, Evelyn and Rita Zakrzewski, Loretta (Robert) Bilinski and Helen (Casimer) Rafalski. Survivors include her daughter, Kathleen A. Brownell of Jupiter, FL; her son, Thomas L. (Sally A.) Trace of Alpharetta, GA; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Gertrude Fodroczi of Mishawaka, IN.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2008, in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, where a parish Rosary will be prayed at 5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to St. Paul's Retirement Community or to the Holy Cross Association.