Submitted by: Nadine Hardin

 

Name: Goepfrich, Albert T.

Names in Obituary:  Geopfrich, Flatoff, Strantz, Schneider

 

South Bend Tribune, Obituary; November 7, 1978

Albert T. Geopfrich, 59, of 702 N. Johnson, died about 3 p.m. Tuesday in his residence, apparently after suffering a heart attack. He was employed by Curtis Products and had been employed 32 years by the former Drewry's Ltd.. He was born on Feb. 15, 1919, in South Bend and lived here all of his life. On June 23, 1943, in South Bend, he married Elizabeth L. Flatoff, who survives, along with two sisters, Mrs. Marie Strantz of South Bend and Mrs. Rose Schneider of Elkhart.

Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday in Holy Cross Catholic Church with Rev. William J. Neidhart, C.S.C., pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to p.m. Thursday in Kaniewski & Sons Funeral Home, where the parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Goepfrich was a World War II veteran and a member of Eagles Lodge; the German Club DFV; the St. Stephen Society of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church; and Pulaski Post 357, American Legion. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Fund or Holy Cross Church.