Submitted by: Dan Rich

Rosalie E. Ragis

May 11, 1914 - June 5, 2002

 

South Bend Tribune 6/9/2002

Rosalie E. DeCook Ragis, 88, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of South Bend, Ind., passed away on Wednesday, June 5, in Arizona. Rosalie was the owner of DeCook's Inn in Mishawaka. She had lived in the area until 1970 when she moved to Arizona. She was born on May 11, 1914, in South Bend, to Frank and Rose Lanko. Rosalie was preceded in death by her two husbands, Frank DeCook and William Ragis; a sister, Mary Chick; and by three brothers, John Lanko, Frank Lanko and Michael Lanko Sr. She is survived by a sister, Helen Claeys of South Bend; a brother, Ernest Lanko of Laguna Niguel, Calif.; and by numerous nieces and nephews.

 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, June 14, in Our Lady of Hungary Church. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Family and friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Zahoran Funeral Home, 1826 S. Kemble Avenue, where a Rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Hungary Church.