Elsie HORVATH

24 NOV 1915 - 11 FEB 2001

• BIRTH: 24 NOV 1915, South Bend, IN
• BURIAL: Sacred Heart Hungarian Cemetery, South Bend, IN
• DEATH: 11 FEB 2001, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 16 JUL 1938, St Joseph County, IN

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[N6815] Birth: Nov. 24, 1915
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA
Death: Feb. 11, 2001
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

Printed in the South Bend Tribune, Wednesday, February 14,2001 (page D5)

Elsie M. Chikar, 85 of Westwood Drive, passed away at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 11, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Chikar retired in 1981 from South Bend Toy where she had been employed for 30 years. She ws a member of Bowlers Country Club, St.Patrick's Church, and the Forever Learning Center. Elsie was born on Nov.24,1915, in South Bend,IN to Joseph and Irma Horvath. On July 16, 1938, in South Bend, As Elsie Horvath, she married John J. Chikar, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Kathryn (Joseph)Jimenez of Norwalk Conn.;and a sister Violet Wirth of South Bend. She was preceded in death by her parents;four sisters, Emma Gosztola, Ann Landesman, Elizabeth Murphy and Margaret Horvath;and by three brothers, Zoles Horvath, Ernest Horvath, and Joseph Horvath. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in Dt. Hedwig Catholic Chirch. Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetary. Family and friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. today in the Zahoran Funeral Home, 1826 S. Kemble avenue. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Patrick's Church Building Fund.

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Spouse:
John J. Chikar (1914 - 2008)

Burial:
Hungarian Sacred Heart Cemetery
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA