Submitted by: Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Varga, Rose M.

Names in Obituary: Bojtor, Fabian, Hojnacki, Horvath

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; August 18, 2002.

Rose M. Varga (June 9, 1913 - Aug. 16, 2002).

Rose M. Varga, 89, formerly of South William Street, passed away at 9:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, in the Fountainview Place Nursing Home.

Mrs. Varga was born on June 9, 1913, in South Bend, Ind., to Michael and Frances Bojtor. Rose was a former member of the Hungarian Democratic Club and the St. Anne Society of Our Lady of Hungary Church. On Aug. 8, 1931, in South Bend, as Rose Bojtor, she married John S. Varga, who died on Aug 31, 1974. Rose was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, John Varga; a sister, Matilda Fabian; a brother, George Bojtor; and by a brother-in-law, Alex Horvath.

She is survived by a son, Frank Varga of Osceola, Ind., and his former wife, Rosemary; a daughter-in-law, Kay; six grandchildren, Susan, Sandra, Sheila, Sheryl, Christian and Andrew; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elizabeth (Thomas) Hojnacki of South Bend and Mary Horvath of Edwardsburg, Mich.; a brother, Frank (Jean) Bojtor of South Bend; and by a brother-in-law, Zigmund Fabian of South Bend, and a sister-in-law, Garnett Bojtor.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, in Our Lady of Hungary Church. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park.

Family and friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Zahoran Funeral Home, 1826 S. Kemble Avenue, where a Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of Hungary Church.