Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sept. 18, 1922 - Sept. 25, 1998
South Bend Tribune 9/27/1998
SOUTH BEND - Bert Frank Dzikowski,
76, of South Kaley Street in South Bend, Ind., passed away on
Friday, Sept. 25, in Memorial Hospital. Mr. Dzikowski was the
co-owner of The Corner-Interiors by Don, with Mr. Donald William.
He was born on Sept. 18, 1922, in South Bend, to Walter and Helen
(Levandowski) Dzikowski.
On Jan. 16, 1949, in South Bend, he married
the former Virginia L. Levandowski, who preceded him in
death on Sept. 25, 1951. He was also preceded in death by his
parents, and by a sister, Mary Helen Winkowski, who died
in June 1977. He is survived by his daughter, Carol (Randy) Shamory
of South Bend; a granddaughter, Katie Joy Shamory; and by two
brothers, Casimer Dzikowski and Stanley Machowiak, Sr.,
both of South Bend. Mr. Dzikowski was a member of St. Mary's
Polish National Catholic Church where he was the assistant
organist for many years, and was very instrumental in Southhold
Restoration, Inc.
A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on
Tuesday, Sept. 29, in St. Mary's Polish National Catholic Church,
with Rev. Charles Zawistowski officiating. Burial will follow in
St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today,
Sept. 27, and from 2 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, in the
Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive. A parish Rosary
will be recited at 7 p.m. today in the Kaniewski Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the St. Mary's Parish organ fund, 159 N.
Summit Drive, South Bend, IN 46619.