Submitted by: Dan Rich
June 1, 1914 - Feb. 27, 1997
South Bend Tribune 3/2/1997
Dr. George Edwin Godersky, 82, of
Columbus, Ohio, died on Thursday, Feb. 27, in his residence. He
was preceded in death by is wife, Dr. Lois Godersky. He is
survived by his children, Christine (Philip) Gubbins of
Columbus, Ohio, Janet (Dr. Anthony) Ingraffea of Ithaca,
N.Y., Dr. John (Barbara) Godersky of Anchorage, Alaska, Andrea
(Thomas) Bose of Minneapolis, Minn., and Peter Godersky of
Columbus, Ohio; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Dr. Godersky attended the University of
Notre Dame, and graduated from Indiana University and the Indiana
Medical School. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology in South
Bend, Ind., from 1950-1994. He served as a captain in the Army
Medical Corps during World War II, with General Patton, in the
European Theater. He was a member of St. Matthew Parish, the
Indiana Alumni Association, the Notre Dame Alumni Association,
the American Medical Association and the St. Joseph County
Medical Association.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 7
p.m. on Sunday, March 2, at Hickey Funeral Home on Cleveland
Road. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on
Monday at St. Matthew Cathedral, with Bishop Crowley as
celebrant. Interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery at Notre
Dame. The family requests that donations in his memory be made to
the Chapin Street Health Center of St. Joseph's Medical Center,
305 Chapin Street, or to St. Matthew School.