Violet DERDA

4 OCT 1920 - 28 FEB 2007

• BIRTH: 4 OCT 1920, South Bend, IN
• DEATH: 28 FEB 2007, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 20 NOV 1941, St Joseph County

1.  Richard KARMOLINSKI

• MARRIAGE: 16 MAY 1980, St Joseph County, IN

1.  Charles Chuck T. HURLEY Jr.

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[N12176] stepchildren * Stanley Gorski & Violey Derda

Kevin [Cindy] DeBre; Vicki [Norman] Guentert of Niles MI; Evangeline Gorski of N Muskegon MI;
enise [ Jim] Roberts; Gregory [Pat] Gorski of Omaha Neb; Christine [Dale] Lesicki of Edwardsburg ;
[foster children raised by Stanley Gorski & Violet Derda: Richard [Judy] Karmolinski; Thomas [Sandy]
Karmolinski of Elkhart IN; Ronald Karmolinski died in 1990.

Obituary: Violet Hurley
Oct. 4, 1920 - Feb. 28, 2007

SOUTH BEND - Violet Gorski Hurley, 86, passed away Wednesday, February 28, in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Violet was born on October 4, 1920, in South Bend, Indiana, to Joseph Anthony and Selma (Karmolinski) Derda. She retired in 1976 from Roach Appleton Manufacturing after 20 years of service. On November 20, 1941, Violet married Stanley Jack Gorski who preceded her in death on January 15, 1956. Then on May 16, 1980, she married Charles Todd Hurley who preceded her in death on February 4, 1999. Surviving are daughters, Victoria (Norman) Guentert of Niles, Michigan, Evangeline (Michael) Luhn of North Muskegon, Michigan, Denise (James) Roberts of South Bend, Christine (Dale) Lesicki of Edwardsburg, Michigan; sons, Richard (Judy) Karmolinski of South Bend, Thomas (Sandy) Karmolinski of Elkhart, Indiana, Gregory (Patricia) Gorski of Omaha, Nebraska; step-sons, Charles (Joan) Hurley of South Bend, Steve (Bonnie) Hurley of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Rick (Tonya) Hurley of Mishawaka, Indiana, Kevin (Cindy) DuBree of South Bend; a daughter-in-law, Mary Karmolinski of South Bend; 41 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Aurelia (Elmer) Kohorst of Albany, Minnesota, sisters-in-law; Amalia Derda of Niles, Michigan & Jean Gastineau of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; a brother, Reynold (Dorothy) Derda of South Bend; and a brother-in-law, Ron (Sharon) Hurley of Mishawaka, Indiana. Violet was preceded in death by sons, Ronald Karmolinski in 1990 and Christopher Peter Gorski in 1950; a sister, Melaine Criswell; and brothers Chester & Leonard Derda. Violet was a life member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Daughters of Isabella, Harvest House of St. Stanislaus and Holy Cross Churches, Altar and Rosary Society of St. Stanislaus Church, and the Teamsters Retirees. She was a 1937 graduate of South Bend Central High School. She was also an avid photographer loving to take pictures of her friends and family. Mom gathered people into her life. She accepted them, loved them, and considered each one as special, having a unique goodness. She remembered their birthdays with a card or a song and acknowledged their death by comforting those left behind. She was a peacemaker who had a limitless ability to forgive while setting an example of honesty, integrity and love. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 4, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend, Indiana, where a Parish Rosary will be prayed at 4 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, March 5, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church with burial to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Stanislaus Church 920 Wilber Street, South Bend, Indiana 46628. To send condolences online, pleas visit Kaniewski.com.