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Casimer Casey LUZNY

[N9901]

17 FEB 1889 - 20 SEP 1949

  • OCCUPATION: South Bend Policeman
  • RELIGION: Our Lady of Hungary
    1949
  • BIRTH: 17 FEB 1889, South Bend
  • BURIAL: 23 SEP 1949, Cedar Grove, Notre Dame, In
  • EVENT: Nickname: The Mayor of Chapin Street
  • EVENT: Cause of Death (Facts Pg): Heart Attack
  • DEATH: 20 SEP 1949, South Bend
Father: Boleslaw LUZNY
Mother: Antonia GINTER

Family 1 : Helen Julek JULKOWSKI
  • MARRIAGE: 8 MAY 1912, St Hedwige, St Joseph County, IN
  1.  Clara LUZNY
  2.  Maude LUZNY
  3.  Marie LUZNY
  4.  Casimer LUZNY
  5.  Joseph B LUZNY
  6.  Martha LUZNY

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[N9901] Casey was the original "Dirty Harry" and that's a compliment.

He retired from the department on Dec 1, 1939 after 23 years of service. He was of an older generation of Police Officers based in the tradition that the "Beat Officer" must be the "Head Man" on his street. Casey took this tradition very seriously in a day when that ment being quite a man.

But with all his willingness to pick up the gauntlet and fight the fight, the three hundred pound plus Casey had a tender and gentle heart to match his size.
In the tradition of officer's "Big Bill Hosinski and Frank Piechorowski ", Casey was a giant of his time in body and soul.

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