Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

 

Helen V. Kalamajski

March 7, 1912 - Dec. 15, 2002

 

South Bend Tribune 12/17/2002

Helen V. Kalamajski, 90, a Mishawaka, Ind., resident, passed away at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, in the Saint Joseph Re-gional Medical Center, South Bend, Ind., where she was admitted on Saturday.

She was born March 7, 1912, in Holton, Ind., as the daughter of the late John and Alice (Donovan) Stewart, and had lived in the South Bend-Mishawaka area most of her life.

 

In 1943, in South Bend, she married Stanley L. Kalamajski, who also preceded her in death on April 9, 1971. Helen is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Patrick Metcalfe of Mishawaka; her son, Ronald Stewart Kalman of Mishawaka; her two grandsons, Steven Patrick (Jill) Metcalfe of Mishawaka and Jason Patrick (Annie) Metcalfe of South Bend; and by a great-grandson, Trevor William Metcalfe. Mrs. Kalamajski retired in 1987 as a receptionist at St. Mary's College following 18 years of service. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Mishawaka.

 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mishawaka. Rev. Robert A. Yast, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery, South Bend. The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park Chapel, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, where a parish Rosary will be said at 4:30 p.m. today in the funeral home.