Bernice LECHTANSKI

26 JUL 1921 - 31 MAY 1996

• BIRTH: 26 JUL 1921, South Bend, IN
• BURIAL: St Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, In
• DEATH: 31 MAY 1996, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 13 SEP 1941, St Joseph County, IN

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[N7558] Birth: Jul. 26, 1921
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA
Death: May 31, 1996
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

Bernice A. Rutkowski
July 26, 1921 - May 31, 1996
South Bend Tribune 5/31/1996

SOUTH BEND - Bernice A. Rutkowski, 74, of South 30th Street, died at 6:30 a.m. today in her home. Mrs. Rutkowski retired from Associates Corp. She was born
July 26, 1921, in South Bend.

On Sept. 13, 1941, in South Bend, as Bernice Lechtanski, she married Stephen Rutkowski. He survives with three daughters, Patricia Bowles of Lexington, Ky., Janet Heishman of Plymouth and Debra Jean Hemingway of Seattle; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Tillie Pilarski and Harriet Konopinski, both of South Bend; and a brother, Alex Lechtanski of South Bend. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church. Entombment will be in Resurrection Gardens Mausoleum of St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday in St. Joseph Funeral Home, where a vigil service will be at 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.

Parents:
Joseph Lechtanski (1879 - 1939)
Frances Litka Lechtanski (1879 - 1928)

Spouse:
Stephen A Rutkowski (1919 - 2003)*

Siblings:
Stella Lechtanski Stajkowski (1902 - 1996)*
Martha Lechtanski Czerwinski (1904 - 1975)*
Joseph Lechtanski (1907 - 1978)*
Mary Lechtanski (1908 - 1972)*
Tillie Lechtanski Pilarski (1909 - 2001)*
Frances Lechtanski Andrews (1911 - 1970)*
Gladys V. Lechtanski Rybak (1913 - 1986)*
Harriet Lechtanski Konopinski (1915 - 2008)*
Stanley Lechtanski (1918 - 1976)*
Rosalia Lechtanski (1921 - 1924)*
Bernice A. Lechtanski Rutkowski (1921 - 1996)
Alex Lechtanski (1924 - 2000)*

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