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WAJSZCZUK

Barry

Klaudel

Pieczykolan

Szczepaniak

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE – August 6, 1996

Adolph Wajszczuk

May 15, 1910 - Aug. 3, 1996

SOUTH BEND - Adolph Wajszczuk, 86, of South Bend, died at 11 p.m. Saturday in St. Joseph's Medical Center.

Mr. Wajszczuk retired from the University of Notre Dame in 1976, where he worked as a tailor for over 25 years. He was a member of St. Hedwig Catholic Church.

He was born in Zamosc, Poland, on May 15, 1910, and lived in South Bend since 1950 coming from Germany.

On Oct. 4, 1938, in Poland, he married Wladyslawa Klaudel who preceded him in death on June 17, 1990. Surviving are a daughter, Elizabeth Wajszczuk of South Bend; two sons, Peter of Osceola and Eugene of South Bend, six grandchildren, Peter Wajszczuk, Christopher Wajszczuk, Nicholas Wajszczuk, Jonathan Wajszczuk, Jane Szczepaniak and Diane Barry; and two great-granddaughters, Ellen Barry and Emily Barry. Preceding Mr. Wajszczuk in death was a daughter, Christine Pieczykolan, who died in 1981 and a brother, John, who died in 1995.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Hedwig Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., today, in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, where a parish rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m.