Submitted by: Dan Rich
Frank J. Kocsis
Nov. 19, 1929 - Jan. 21, 2003
South Bend Tribune 1/23/2003
Frank J. Kocsis, 73, of Ontario Road
in Niles, Mich., formerly of Mishawaka, Ind., passed away of
natural causes on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in his home. Mr. Kocsis was
born Nov. 19, 1929, to Frank and Elizabeth (Ach) in
Mishawaka.
On Aug. 7, 1999, Frank married the former
Judith J. Briney of Niles. She survives. He is also
survived by his daughters, Cynthia J. Johnson and her
husband, Robert of Mishawaka, and their children Jennifer and
Mark; Angela Rajski and her husband, Denny of Carmel,
Ind., and their daughter, McKenzie; a stepson, Steven Adkins
of South Bend, Ind.; stepdaughters, Molly Jeon and her
husband, Chooyun of Bloomington, Ind., and their children Sophie
and Solon; Nancy Spahr and her husband, Dick of
Indianapolis, Ind., and their children, Christopher, Kelsey and
Kyla; his brother, Eugene Kocsis and his wife, Shirley of
Florida; and two sisters, Olga Szabo and Matilda Williams
and her husband, Duane, both of South Bend; and by a
great-grandchild, Elizabeth. Frank was preceded in death by his
wife June in 1998.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 24, in the Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Osceola, Ind.
Services will be conducted by Reverend Paul Blend of the
Community Congregation Church at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, in
the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, Osceola, with interment to follow
at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola.
Mr. Kocsis was a veteran of the Korean War,
serving his country in the U.S. Army until his honorable
discharge in 1955. Frank was employed as a maintenance engineer
for many years at Memorial Hospital in South Bend until his
retirement in 1992. Frank was an outdoorsman and enjoyed camping
with his children in their youth camping organizations. Mr.
Kocsis loved NASCAR, and was also known to his family as a
"fix-it man" and enjoyed doing those things around his
home. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
Editor: On 5-30-1954 he married June E. Palmer
in St. Joseph County IN. She died 1-23-1998.