Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 4/29/1999

Frank J. Chrobot

March 16, 1930 - April 27, 1999

Frank J. Chrobot, age 69, of N. Elmer Street, South Bend, died at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in his residence.

He was born March 16, 1930 in South Bend, and was the son of Frank and Dorothy (Starczewski) Chrobot, who preceded him in death. Mr. Chrobot retired from the Kroger Stores in 1987 and from the South Bend Tribune in 1995.

On August 8, 1953 in South Bend, he married Evelyn Wenderski who survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Anne (Michael) Simon of South Bend, two sons, Kenneth Chrobot of South Bend and James Chrobot of Albuquerque, New Mexico, three grandchildren, Jennifer, Jonathon and Amy Simon all of South Bend, and one brother, Eugene Chrobot of South Bend.

Family and friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today in the St. Joseph Funeral Home, 824 S. Mayflower Road, where a Rosary will be said at 4 p.m. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, with burial to follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery.

Mr. Chrobot was a Korean War veteran, a member of American Legion Pulaski Post #357, and Kroger Retail Clerks Union.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637 or St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 415 N. Brookfield St., South Bend, IN 46628.

Mr. Chrobot lived two days past the 50th anniversary of his father's death.