Loretta E. (Jurgonski) Smiegielski

Loretta E. Smigielski, 73, of South Falcon Street, South Bend, Ind., died at 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, in Memorial Hospital. She was born on July 17, 1927, in South Bend, and was the daughter of Enich and Esther (Hazinski) Jurgonski.

Mrs. Smigielski retired in 1988 from Verkler Construction. Mrs. Smigielski was a home mother for Holy Cross School of Nursing, a member of the American Cancer Society support group, and a volunteer at the Leighton Center. She was a Eucharistic minister for the past 23 years at St. Patrick Catholic Church and an art student at Forever Learning Institute.

On May 14, 1949, as Loretta Jurgonski, she married Richard Smigielski, who preceded her in death on June 23, 1993.

She is survived by two daughters, Kathleen (Dale) Thornton and Sharon (Richard) Solloway, both of South Bend; one son, Richard (Sara) Smigielski, Jr., of South Bend; seven grandchildren, Dylan and Scott Ryan, Christopher and Kevin Smigielski and Sondra, Anna and David Solloway, all of South Bend; and by a brother, Edward (Rose) Jurgonski of South Bend

Sources: Ancestry.com and FindAGrave.com

06/16/2024 EJS

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