Submitted by: Dan Rich
Jan. 23, 1909 - Sept. 29, 1995
South Bend Tribune 9/29/1995
SOUTH BEND - John Szczechowski, 86,
of Shamrock Gardens, formerly of Western Avenue, died at 3:05
a.m. today in St. Joseph's Medical Center. Mr. Szczechowski
retired as the owner of Beauty Tile, was a former employee of
Singer Manufacturing Co. and was the former owner of Western
Avenue Lumber Co. He was born Jan. 23, 1909, in South Bend.
On July 21, 1928, in South Bend, he married
Irene Witucki. She died April 3, 1992. He is survived by
two sons, John of Brooksville, Fla., and Eugene of South Bend;
seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two
great-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Esther Mumaw,
Evelyn Deka, Alice Cukrowicz, and Virginia Tomaszewski,
all of Mishawaka; and five brothers, Jerome Sechowski,
Richard Sechowski, Benedict Szczechowski, Daniel Szczechowski,
and Clarence Szczechowski, all of South Bend.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St.
Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Cedar Grove
Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in
Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, where a wake will
be at 7:30 p.m.