Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Stephanie Grygiel

May 6, 1914 - Jan. 10, 1997

 

South Bend Tribune 1/12/1997

SOUTH BEND - Stephanie Grygiel, 82, of Irvington Ave., South Bend, Ind., died at 1:05 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend. Mrs. Grygiel was born May 6, 1914, in South Bend, and was a lifelong area resident. As a graduate registered nurse, she worked a number of years at Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago, Ill. She sweetened and nourished the lives of many by helping her husband produce and pack honey and sell it at the Farmer's Market in South Bend. She was one of the original founders of the Holy Family Ladies Rosary Sodality, helping to organize and build Holy Family Church.

 

She was married on May 29, 1937, at St. Hedwig Catholic Church in South Bend, as Stephanie Juszczak, to Stanley W. Grygiel. Mr. Grygiel survives with a daughter, Diane H. (William) Mondt of Michigan City, Ind.; one son, George R. Grygiel of South Bend; two grandsons, Gregory A. Grygiel of Indianapolis, Ind., and Ronald J. Wamser of Michigan City; a sister, Florence Winkel of South Bend; and a brother, Ted Jusczak of South Bend. A granddaughter, Georgia Ann Grygiel, preceded her in death in 1984.

 

Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at Holy Family Catholic Church. Burial will take place in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today in the St. Joseph Funeral Home where a parish rosary will be said at 6:30. Mrs. Grygiel was a member of the Rosary Sodality of Holy Family Catholic Church. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637-3437, or to the Youth Group of Holy Family Church, 56405 Mayflower Road, South Bend, IN 46619.