Descendants of Stephen Hornyak

Generation No. 1

1.  STEPHEN1 HORNYAK was born June 15, 1886 in Borsod, Hungary, and died January 03, 1950 in South Bend, IN.  He married BERTHA BRAJICH November 09, 1910 in St Joseph County, Indiana, daughter of JOSZEF BRAJICH and FRANCISKA KARLOVIAN.  She was born May 27, 1893 in Egy, Hazos, Hungary, and died January 06, 1976 in South Bend, IN.

More About STEPHEN HORNYAK:
Emigration: 1904
Fact: Steve would be "Istvan" in Hungary
	
Children of STEPHEN HORNYAK and BERTHA BRAJICH are:
	i.	ALMA2 HORNYAK, b. 1912, South Bend, IN; d. March 16, 1988, South Bend, IN; m. EMERY KATONA, May 10, 1930, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1912, South Bend, IN; d. January 09, 1995, Rochester, IN.
	ii.	STEVEN HORNYAK, b. March 16, 1913, South Bend, IN; d. April 24, 1993, South Bend, IN; m. ANNA KURLOWICZ, December 01, 1934, Our Lady of Hungary, South Bend, IN; b. September 01, 1915, South Bend, IN; d. January 04, 2009, South Bend, IN.

Notes for ANNA KURLOWICZ:
 Anna Hornyak, nee Kurlowicz	
Sept. 1, 1915 - Jan. 4, 2009
SOUTH BEND - Anna Hornyak, 93, passed away at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, January 4, 2009, in Miller's Merry Manor, Walkerton. Anna was born on September 1, 1915, in South Bend, to Dominick and Amelia (Sienkiewicz) Kurlowicz. She was employed by Wilson Brothers for 25 years and was a member of Our Lady of Hungary Church. On December 1, 1934, as Anna Kurlowicz, she married Steven Hornyak, who died on April 24, 1993. Anna was also preceded in death by four sisters, Bernice Cygirt, Estelle Voynovich, Phyllis Ryback and Lottie Kippes; and by a brother, Frank Kurlowicz. Surviving are two sisters, Jennie Glunt of South Bend and Evelyn Hunt of Colorado; and a brother, Edward (Gloria) Korlowicz of South Bend. Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, January 8, 2009, in the Zahoran Funeral Home. Family and friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Northern Indiana.  

More About ANNA KURLOWICZ:
Occupation: Wilson Brothers Shirts
Religion: 2009, Our Lady of Hungary Church

2.	iii.	ESTHER HORNYAK, b. August 10, 1914, South Bend, IN; d. May 16, 1998, South Bend, IN.
	iv.	FRANCIS HORNYAK, b. 1916, South Bend, IN; m. EUGENE HOJNACKI, August 29, 1934, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. November 24, 1912, South Bend, In; d. August 12, 1968, South Bend, IN.
	v.	MARGARET HORNYAK, b. 1918, South Bend, IN; m. STEVE KATI, August 07, 1934, St Joseph County, Indiana.
	vi.	ANTON HORNYAK, b. January 17, 1919, South Bend In; d. May 04, 1982, South Bend In; m. LORRAINE LUCZKOWSKI, December 26, 1942, St Joseph County Ind; b. Aft. 1919, South Bend In; d. Aft. 1982, South Bend In.

Notes for ANTON HORNYAK:
ANTON F HORNYAK
Born 17 Jan 1919 in So Bend and was a lifetime resident. Died 4 May 1982 age 63 of 2123 S Scott at 12:50 a.m. in St Joseph's Medical Center after an illness of one year. Employed by South Bend Community School Corp.  Services at Our Lady of Hungary Catholic Church. Burial at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. He was a veteran of WW II in US Army.  On 26 Dec 1942 he wed Lorraine Luczkowski who survives with 2 daughters: Mrs Linda Schack of San Diego CA, Ms Sandra Hornyak of US Navy Air Station, Bermuda; 2 grandchildren; 7 sisters: Mrs Alma Katona, Mrs Francis Hojnack, Mrs Esther Katona, mrs Margaret Comption, Mrs Julie Hamlett, Mrs Freda Laiber and Mrs Ann Shue; 5 brtohers: Steven,
Julius and Frank Hornyak, Louis & John Paksi.	

More About ANTON HORNYAK:
Burial: Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens

More About LORRAINE LUCZKOWSKI:
Burial: Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens

	vii.	FREIDA HORNYAK, b. 1922, South Bend, IN; m. STEVE LAIBER; b. Abt. 1920, South Bend, IN; d. May 02, 1998, South Bend, IN.
	viii.	JULIUS HORNYAK, b. 1923, South Bend, IN; m. ANNA KOVACS, June 22, 1946, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1925, South Bend, IN.
	ix.	ANNA HORNYAK, b. 1926, South Bend, IN; m. MICHAEL PYCLIK, August 17, 1946, St Joseph County, Indiana; b. Abt. 1925, South Bend, IN.

Generation No. 2

2.  ESTHER2 HORNYAK (STEPHEN1) was born August 10, 1914 in South Bend, IN, and died May 16, 1998 in South Bend, IN.  She married JOSEPH KATONA April 07, 1932 in St Joseph County, Indiana.  He was born Abt. 1915 in South Bend, IN, and died December 15, 1998 in South Bend, IN.

Notes for ESTHER HORNYAK:
SBT 5/16-17/1998
Surnames:  Agostino – Compton - Green – Guy – Hojnacki - Hornyak – Katona – Laiber – Paksi – Pruitt
Cemetery:  Highland Cemetery

 Esther Katona
August 10, 1914 – May 15, 1998

Esther Katona, 83, of Maple Lane, South Bend, passed away at 1:10am on Friday, May 15, in the Fountainview Place Nursing Home.
Mrs. Katona was employed for many years at the Burger Dairy Store, and retired from Bike Web where she had worked for 13 years.
She was born on August 10, 1914, in South Bend, to Steve and Bertha Hornyak, who both preceded her in death.  She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Marie Katona, who died in 1949; and by two sons, Joseph Katona, Jr. who died in 1995, and Gerald Katona, who died in 1992.

On April 7, 1932, in South Bend, as Esther Hornyak, she married Joseph Katona, who survives. he is also survived by a son, Jack (Sue) Katona of Granger; a daughter-in-law, Joyce Katona of Mishawaka; five grandchildren, Karyle Green-Pruitt, Joseph Katona III, Kori Guy, Kelli Katona and Kathie Agostino; eight great grandchildren; four sisters, Margaret Compton of Mishawaka, Frances Hojnacki, Freda Laiber and Julie Paksi, all of South Bend; and by three brothers, Louis Paksi, John Paksi and Julius Hornyak, all of South Bend.

Services will be conducted at 5pm on Sunday, May 17, in the Zahoran Funeral Home, 1826 S. Kemble.
Friends may call from 2 to 5pm on Sunday in the funeral home.  Cremation will follow, with burial in the Highland Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

More About ESTHER HORNYAK:
Burial: Highland Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana
	
Children of ESTHER HORNYAK and JOSEPH KATONA are:
	i.	JACK3 KATONA, b. Aft. 1932, South Bend, IN.
	ii.	MARIE KATONA, b. Aft. 1932, South Bend, IN; d. 1949, South Bend, IN.
	iii.	JOSEPH KATONA, b. Aft. 1932, South Bend, IN; d. 1995, South Bend, IN.
	iv.	GERALD KATONA, b. Aft. 1932, South Bend, IN; d. 1992, South Bend, IN.