Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Eileen P. Dominic

Feb. 10, 1918 - Nov. 3, 2001

 

South Bend Tribune 11/5/2001

Eileen P. (Hiss) Dominic, 83, of Rosemary Lane, formerly of Longfellow Avenue, South Bend, died Saturday afternoon in Memorial Hospital. Eileen was Parish Secretary in St. Joseph Catholic Church, South Bend, for several years. She was born February 10, 1918, in South Bend to John and Beatrice (Ryan) Hiss who preceded her in death, along with a daughter, Katherine Ann and a sister, Joan Tehan.

 

On August 28, 1951 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, she married William W. Dominic, who survives, along with a daughter, Mary T. (Joel) Benkie of Coto De Zaza, California; a son, Mark W. of South Bend; two grandsons, Kyle and Trevor Benkie; and a sister, Rosemary Blume of Mishawaka.

 

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the Notre Dame Campus. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove C Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the HICKEY Funeral Home, 3516 E. Jefferson, 289-1000, where a rosary will be said at 7 p.m. in the funeral home. Eileen was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and a graduate of South Bend Central High School. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 2410 N. Grape Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545.