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Louis SMANDA

[N3831]

13 AUG 1893 - 20 NOV 1978

  • BIRTH: 13 AUG 1893, South Bend, IN
  • BURIAL: Highland Cemetery, South Bend, IN
  • DEATH: 20 NOV 1978, South Bend, IN
Family 1 : Theresa GRONTKOWSKI
  • MARRIAGE: ABT 21 JUN 1921, St Joseph County, IN
  1.  Carl SMANDA
  2.  Louis SMANDA

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[N3831] Birth: Aug. 13, 1893
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA
Death: Nov. 20, 1978
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

Louis Smanda Sr.
Aug. 13, 1893 Nov. 20, 1978
South Bend Tribune 11/20/1978

Louis Smanda, 85, of 821 N. Johnson, died at 2:05 a.m. today at St. Joseph Hospital after a one-week illness. He retired in 1958 from the Studebaker, Corp. where he was a superintendent for 38 years. He was born on Aug. 13, 1893, in South Bend, and lived here all his life. On June 21, 1921, he married Theresa Grontkowski, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Louis Jr., of South Bend and Carl J. of Mishawaka; five grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, with Rev. Albin L. Hosinski CSC, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Kaniewski & Sons Funeral Home. Smanda was a member of the Holy Name Society of the church, the Foundrymen's Association and was a veteran of World War I.

Spouse:
Theresa Grontkowski Smanda (1898 - 1987)*

Children:
Louis Smanda (1922 - 1996)*
Carl J Smanda (1934 - 2013)*

Burial:
Highland Cemetery
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

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