Alexander ANDRZEJEWSKI

11 JUL 1907 - 30 OCT 1982

• OCCUPATION: SB Fire Dept, Chief
  
• BIRTH: 11 JUL 1907, South Bend, IN
• EVENT: Marriage Wittness: 14 FEB 1931, Anthony Andrzejewski & Josepha Walzak
• BURIAL: St Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana
• DEATH: 30 OCT 1982, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 14 FEB 1931, St Adelbert, South Bend

1.  Barbara ANDRZEJEWSKI
2. +Jack ANDRZEJEWSKI
3.  Melanie ANDRZEJEWSKI

• MARRIAGE: 26 JUN 1948, St Joseph County, Indiana

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[N1780] ALEX M ANDRZEJEWSKI
d] 30 Oct 1982. Former So BEnd Fire Chief Alex Andrzejewski, 75, of Wilbur St, died at 5:30 p.m. Sat. in the emergency room at Pawating Hospital in Niles MI after becoming ill while at his summer home at Barron Lake. [PICTURE IN PAPER]
He was employed with the SBd Fire Dept. for 30 years, serving as fire chief for 12 years under Mayors Edward F Voorde and George A Schock. He was also the IN Toll Road Safety Director & was named bailiff in Feb of 1969 to the St JOs Co Circuit Court.
Retiring his fire chief position in Jan of 1964, he was honored for "his insistence on training... [and] techniques and modernization of stations and equipment; he made this one of the finest fire departments in the country."
A lifetime South Bend resident, he was born 11 Jul 1907, and in 1928 married VIOLET ASPICH. She died in Apr 1944. Then on Jun 26 1948 he married ELANOR DeVREESE, who survives along with a daughter, Mrs. Timothy [Melanie] Brasselll of SBd, a son Jack of SBd, 7 grandchildren, a great grandson, and two sisters: Mrs Agnes Miller of South Bend and Mrs Genevieve Rutkowski of Mishawaka.
He was a member of Third Degree Santa Maria Council 533 Knights of Columbus, the Father Neiuwland Fourth Assembly Degree K of C, the Choraliers, PNA 83, So Bend Press Club, M R Falcons, Z B Falcons, founder and past president of the Achievement Forum, member and past president of St. Joseph Young men's sociiety.
He was also an honary life president of Centrella, a former Boy cout Master, served as treasurer of the Retired SBd Firefighters Association, a lifetime member of IN Fire CHiefs Association, life time member of International Fire Chiefs Association, member of the St Mary's Catholic Church Choir in Niles MI and the Forever Learning Institute Choir.
He was the organizer for the Inner City Catholic League Sports Program and he coached football and basketball for 17 years at Holy Cross Catholic Elementary School. He had also served as special agent to Santa CLaus in delivering toys to children for the Salvation Army. -- Kaniewski Funeral Home.

Nov. 13, 1920 - Sept. 13, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Elinor Andrzejewski, 89, passed away Monday in Providence House. Surviving are her daughter, Melanie (Tim) Brassell; grandchildren, Jay (Heather) Brassell, Kathleen (Edmund) Niziolek, Patrick (Lisa) Andrzejewski and John Andrzejewski; and great-grandchildren, Troy, Dianna, Jayson, Timothy, Emily, Kassidy and Andrew. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today in Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Mishawaka, where friends may call one hour prior to the Mass. Arrangements by the Kaniewski Funeral Home. Kaniewski.com
Published in South Bend Tribune on September 16, 2010