Leo J WINKEL

23 OCT 1906 - 24 MAR 1985

• RESIDENCE: 1910, 1408 Chapin St, South Bend, IN
• OCCUPATION: 1910, Truckman - Studebakers
• BIRTH: 23 OCT 1906, Chònice, German: Konitz), Poland
• DEATH: 24 MAR 1985, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 1 MAY 1929, St Joseph County, IN

1.  Donald Pap WINKEL
2.  Richard P WINKEL
3. +Alvina WINKEL
4.  Mary Ann WINKEL

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[N15843] 1910 Census
Adopted Grand Nephew

Leo J. Winkel
Birth 23 Oct 1906
Poland...Chojnice (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Chònice, German: Konitz) is a town in northern Poland with approximately 40 447[1] inhabitants (2011), near the famous Tuchola Forest and many other natural reservoirs. It is the capital of the Chojnice County. Chojnice has been a part of Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, as it was during the period 1945-1975; during the time span 1975-1998 the town belonged to Bydgoszcz Voivodeship.

Death 24 Mar 1985 (aged 78)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Saint Joseph Cemetery
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
Plot Section D
Memorial ID 135763764

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South Bend Tribune
Monday, March 25, 1985
Page 21
Leo J. Winkel, 78, of Dunn Road, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the St. Joseph's Medical Center. Mr. Winkel was retired from the O'Brien Paint Co. Born Oct. 23, 1906, in Koenitz, Germany, and lived in the South Bend area most of his life. On May 1, 1929, in South Bend, he married Felice Stefanski. She survives along with a daughter, Alvina Helak of South Bend; two sons, Donald W. of York, Pa., and Richard of South Bend; 10 grandchildren; and two half brothers, Ben Sobieski of Michigan and John Sobieski of South Bend. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Little Flower Catholic Church and burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the St. Joseph Funeral home, where a parish rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday.