Submitted by: Dan Rich

Josephine Dudeck

Nov. 11, 1908 - July 27, 1997

South Bend Tribune 7/31/1997

Josephine ''Josie'' Dudeck, 88, of 57100 S. Shore Avenue, Osceola, Ind., died following an extended illness at 11:30 p.m. (Indiana time) on Sunday, July 27, at the Grants Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Dudeck was born on Nov. 11, 1908, in New Bury Port, Mass., and had been a lifelong area resident.

On Aug. 4, 1930, as Josephine Bogenski, she married George J. Dudeck in Mishawaka, Ind. He preceded her in death in 1967. She was also preceded in death by a son, Lawrence L. Dudeck in 1989.  She is survived by three daughters, Virginia Zhiss of South Bend, Ind., Evelyn Pellum of Columbus, Ohio, and Ruth Ebright of Mishawaka; two sons, George E.W. Dudeck and John D.P. Dudeck, both of Osceola; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and by two sisters, Mary Peterson of LaPorte, Ind., and Rose Clark of Port Charlotte, Fla. Mrs. Dudeck was employed by School City of Mishawaka as a custodian.

Friends may call at the Warner Funeral Home, 1109 Lincolnway West, Osceola, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today, where services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday. Her grandson, Rev. William Pellum, will officiate. Burial will take place at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.