Joyce E. Kwiecinski
Nov. 18, 1941-May 10, 2009
Joyce E. "Rusty" Kwiecinski, 67, of North Sixth Street, Niles, died on Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Ind., following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 15, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with Pastor Randy Pearman of Bethel Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Friends may call two hours prior to services Friday at the funeral home.
She was born on Nov. 18, 1941, at South Bend, Ind. to Roger Bogart and Ruth O'Donnell Bogart.
She was a lifetime area resident.
She retired in 1999, after 18 years of service too[sic] Cardinal Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in South Bend, Ind.
She enjoyed cooking and home improvements and especially enjoyed her television.
On Nov. 20, 2000, in Valparaiso, Ind., she married Tom L. Kwiecinski, who survives.
Additional surviving family include two daughters, Anna Marie Alambar-Bernal of Niles and Delia C. Rodriguez of Mishawaka, Ind.; a son, Marcos A. (Shan) Rodriguez of Mishawaka, Ind.; step-sons, Rod Kwiecinski and Ryan Kwiecinski, both of Chesterton, Ind.: eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, Jack Bogart of Rochester, Ind., Randy Bogart of Elkhart, Ind., Robert Bogart of Mishawaka, Ind. and sisters, Kathy Gerntd of Elkhart, Ind., Yvonne Bogart of Elkhart, Ind. and Gloria Dover of Mishawaka, Ind.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 12, 2009, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library