Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

James Kambol

Apr. 13, 1898 – Mar. 30, 1991

 

South Bend Tribune 4/1/1991

SOUTH BEND – James “Jimmy” Kambol, 92, of 1121 E. LaSalle Avenue, died at 3 p.m. Saturday in Meridan Nursing Center-Cardinal. He retired as owner of Kambol’s Fruit and Vegetable Store on North Hill Street after 37 years, which is now Kambol’s Floral and Garden Center. He was born April 13, 1898, in Siderno Marina, Reggio Calabria, Italy as Cosimo Sgambellari, and lived in South Bend since 1930, coming  from Bronson, Mich.

 

On June 14, 1931, in South Bend, he married Julia M. Rodino. She died Nov. 18, 1974. A daughter, Marie K. Kambol, died Dec. 3, 1946. Survivors include a daughter, Mary S. Kambol of South Bend; a son Joseph of South Bend; and three grandsons. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Hickey Funeral Home.