John W TOMPKINS

23 JUL 1899 - 26 SEP 1945

• BIRTH: 23 JUL 1899, Lithuania
• DEATH: 26 SEP 1945, South Bend, St Joseph, IN

• MARRIAGE: 22 MAY 1923, St Stanislas Kostka, Terra Coupe, IN

1.  John R TOMPKINS
2.  Dolores TOMPKINS
3.  Erving J TOMPKINS

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[N24300] John Tompkins

BIRTH 23 Jul 1899
Lithuania

DEATH 26 Sep 1945 (aged 46)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

BURIAL
Saint Joseph Cemetery
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
PLOT P.C. 2
MEMORIAL ID 183036832

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From the SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, September 22, 1945:

John W. Tompkins, age 46 of RR#2, Box 250, South Bend died Wednesday in Memorial (Epworth) Hospital after an illness of two weeks. Born in Lithuania, July 23, 1899, he came to South Bend from that country 45 years ago. On May 22, 1923, he was married in St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church at Terre Coupee, this county, by Rev. Michael Swiatkowski, to Miss Josephine Wroblewski, who survives. Also surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tompkins of South Bend; four children, Richard, Dolores and John, Jr. all at home, and Seaman 2/c Irvin in the Pacific; two sisters, Mrs Mary Michalski and Miss Sally Tompkins, both of South Bend; four brothers, Andrew and Frank Tompkins of South Bend; and Sgt. Bert Tompkins, in France and Signalman Walter Tompkins, in the Pacific.