Submitted by: John C. Monk

 

Malvina Zablocki-Chodzinski

Nov. 15, 1929 - March 17, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Malvina "Molly" Zablocki-Chodzinski, 80, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. Molly was born on November 15, 1929, in South Bend, to the late Chester and Helen (Borowski) Lisek. She was also preceded in death by her son, Thomas Zablocki, on August 2, 1981, and by her sister, Blondina Lisek. On May 22, 2004, in St. Hedwig Catholic Church, she married Leo R. Chodzinski, who survives along with her daughter, Ruth Jones of Mishawaka; three stepdaughters, Christine (Clent) Edgil of South Bend, Judy (Jay) McClain of Three Rivers, MI, and Linda Smith of South Bend; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and by her brother, Victor J. (Anita) Lisek of Cheyenne, WY. Molly was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Pulaski 357. She was a past member of St. Adalbert Choir and St. Adalbert Young Ladies Solidarity. She was an accordionist with polka bands for 16 years. Molly retired from Memorial Hospital where she started off as a switchboard operator and then was promoted to secretary of engineering. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 19, 2010, in ST. JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 824 S. Mayflower Road, where a funeral liturgy will begin at 6:00 p.m. Burial will take place at St. Joseph Cemetery. For those who are unable to attend the funeral liturgy, condolences for the family may be made at www.sjfh.net.

Published in South Bend Tribune on March 18, 2010