Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Alphonse J. Mrofka

Nov. 24, 1917-Aug. 8, 1995

 

South Bend Tribune 8/9/1995

SOUTH BEND - Alphonse J. Mrofka, 77, of 515 E. Monroe St., died at 2:39 a.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph Hospital, Mishawaka. Mr. Mrofka was a former employee of Studebaker Corp. and retired from the South Bend Community School Corp. He was born Nov. 24, 1917, in Shamokin, Pa., and lived in South Bend most of his life. He is survived by a daughter, Kathy Lavelle of South Bend; a son, Robert of Carson, Calif.; six grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary Lou Keibler of York, Pa., and Jean Frawley of Chula Vista, Calif. He was an Army veteran of World War II and member of American Legion Post 303.

 

Services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday in Holy Family Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. today in Hollis-Orvis-Palmer Funeral Home, where a parish rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.