Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

South Bend Tribune 2/26/1997

Benny J. Orszulak

Jan. 28, 1922 - Feb. 25, 1997

SOUTH BEND - Benny J. Orszulak, 75, of South Meade Street, died at 8:38 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Orszulak was born Jan. 28, 1922, in South Bend and was a lifelong area resident. He retired from Aquarius Tool & Mold Co. He was also an employee of the former Studebaker Corp.

He was married on July 5, 1946, in South Bend, to Eleanor Toth, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Sandra Batchelor of Flower Mound, Texas, and Bonnie Fodness of Grafton, Va.; a son, James Orszulak of Granger; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mary Dzialakiewicz of South Bend.

Mr. Orszulak was a veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion Pulaski Post 357.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday in St. Joseph Funeral Home, where a rosary will be said at 4 p.m. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Adalbert Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.