Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Leonard S. Nowinski

April 26, 1916 - June 9, 1996

 

South Bend Tribune 6/10/1996

SOUTH BEND - Leonard S. Nowinski, 80, of Council Oak Drive, died after an illness at 7:05 p.m. Sunday in his home. Mr. Nowinski retired in 1979 from Interstate Glass Co. after 37 years of service as a sales engineer. He was born April 26, 1916, in South Bend.

 

On Jan. 1, 1940, in South Bend, he married Madelyn P. Dominick. She survives with two daughters, Susan Y. Remmo of South Bend and Sandra A. Rousseve of Granger; a son, L. Scott of Knoxville, Tenn.; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.

 

He was founder of Inter-City Catholic League, former athletic coach at Holy Cross Elementary and St. Joseph's High School, construction and facility consultant for Corpus Christi parish; he was past chairman of the board, served on the board of directors and was past president, all of Sobieski Federal Savings & Loan, and a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church. He attended Marquette University.

 

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the church. There will be no processional to the church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, where a parish rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.