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South Bend Tribune

Name in Obituary:  Adrian Joseph Danielowicz

Names mentioned:  Danielowicz, Harsanyi, Ruszkowski, Yanez, Andert, Forsberg, Seach, Prentkowski, Schmeider

Indiana; South Bend Tribune, Sec. 1; Saturday, May 2, 1959.

TRUCK CRASH KILLS 2, COLLISION OCCURS ON IND. 2 CURVE:  "Local and Laporte Residents Die in Accident".

LAPORTE -  Adrian Joseph Danielowicz, 24, of 723 LaPorte Ave., South Bend, and Mrs. Barbara B. 26, of 221 Lawndale St., LaPorte, were killed about 1 a.m. today when their car crashed head on with a truck on Ind "2" our miles east of LaPorte.

  Both were dead on arrival at Holy Family Hospital.  Danielowicz, the driver, had a skull fracture and a broken left ankle.  Mrs. Metzner, who owned the car, had a crushed skull and chest and a broken neck, hip, and right arm.  Dean L. 30, of Galion, O., who was driving the tractor of a semi-trailer unit for Dallas & Mavis Forwarding Co., South Bend, escaped injury.

Employed by City.

  Danielowicz was a former South Bend Street-Department employee who was transferred to the South Bend sewage plant and worked his first day Friday.

  LaPorte County sheriff’s deputies said Danielowicz was driving east and Flanagan west at the time of the crash, which took place on a curve, 600 feet west of County Rd. 30 E.

  Flanagan told the deputies he was driving at 40 miles an hour when the car came around the curve at a high rate of speed, crossed the center line and hit him  head on.  The deputies said the car was three feet over the center line on the wrong side at the point of impact.

Truck Slightly Damaged.

  The impact of the crash spun the car back 13 feet, the deputies said.  The truck continued along the berm past the car wreckage for another 130 feet before stopping.

  The car was a total loss and the tractor received relatively slight damage to its front end, the deputies said.

  Both bodies were taken from the hospital to the Haverstock Funeral Home in LaPorte.

Born in South Bend.

  Mr. Danielowicz was born in South Bend March 22, 1935.  His wife, the former Miss Leona of 1505 W. Indiana Ave., survives.

  Surviving are his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Stephen Danielowicz of South Bend; a daughter, Nancy at home; eight sisters, Mrs. Virginia Harsanyi, Mrs. Harriet Ruszkowski, Mrs. Lucille Yanez, Mrs. Cecelia Andert, Mrs. Phyllis Forsberg and Mrs. Marianne Seach, all of South Bend, Mrs. Clara Prentkowski of Buchanan, and Mrs. Deloros Schmeider of Grayslake, Ill., and a brother, Stephen Jr. of South Bend.

  Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday in the St. Joseph Funeral Home.  Services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Casimir’s Catholic Church.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.

  Mr. Danielowicz was a member of the West Side Civic and Democratic Club and the Young People’s Democratic Club.  He was a former U.S. Marine.

Two Daughters Survive.

  Mrs. Metzner was born Aug. 15, 1932 in Rolling Prairie, Ind., and lived in both communities all her life.  She was employed by Kingsley Furniture Store and was a member of the Rolling Prairie Methodist Church.  Surviving are two daughters, Diane Jean and Sharon Kay, both at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Rolling Prairie; a sister, Mrs. Lester , LaPorte; two brothers, Dale, at home, and M.Sgt. Robert L., of Dover, Del.  The funeral will be in the Haverstock Chapel, LaPorte where friends may call beginning Sunday, noon.  Rev. Herbert G. will officiate.  Burial will be in Foster Cemetery

South Bend Tribune

Name in Obituary:  Adrian Joseph Danielowicz

Names mentioned:  Youts, Yanez, Forsberg, SEAch, Schnieder

Indiana; South Bend Tribune, Local Obituary; Tuesday, May 5, 1959.

DANIELOWICZ - The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the St. Joseph Funeral Home for Adrian Joseph Danielowicz, 24, of 723 LaPorte Ave.  Funeral Services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Casimir’s Catholic Church with Gerald and Charles Youts, Louis Yanez, William Forsberg, Richard Seach and Robert Schnieder serving as pallbearers.  Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.  Mr. Danielowicz and Mrs. Barbara B. Metzner, 26, of LaPorte, were killed Saturday when their car crashed headon with a truck on Ind. four miles east of LaPorte.