Submitted by: Dan Rich

Richard J. Ciesielski

Sept. 9, 1937 - Feb. 4, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/6/1994

SOUTH BEND - Services for Richard J. ``Choo-Choo'' Ciecielski, 56, of Irvington Avenue, who died at 1:45 a.m. Friday in Memorial Hospital, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Matthew Cathedral. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Kaniewski Funeral Home, where a parish rosary will be said at 4 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association.

Mr. Ciesielski employed as a courthouse security officer for the St. Joseph County Police Department. He was born Sept. 9, 1937, in South Bend and was a lifelong area resident.

On Aug. 20, 1966, in South Bend, he married Rita J. Sideritz. She survives with two sons, Richard Jr. and Kevin, both at home; his parents, Adeline and Stephen J. Ciesielski of South Bend; and three brothers, Leo J. of South Bend, Stephen J. Jr. of Schererville, Ind., and Martin of Mattawan, Mich. He was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, and a member of Monogram Club and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 155.