Martin Kocsis
Feb. 12, 1917-June 23, 1991
Niles Daily Star, Monday, June 24, 1991, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for martin "Mooney" Kocsis, 74, of 466 Ironwood Dr., Niles, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home by the Rev. Arnold Fitzgerald, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Topeka, Kan.
Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemtery.
Mr. Kocsis did at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at his home, following an extended illness.
He was born Feb. 12, 1917, in South Bend, Ind., and lived in this area all his life.
He retired as an Electronic Technician of Wheelabrator Frye Co., Mishawaka, Ind. He was a former owner of Mooneys Radio & TV, Niles.
Mr. Kocsis was a member of Buchanan Moose Lodge and LaRue Messenger American Legion Post # 26, Niles. He was a WWII Navy veteran.
On Oct. 18, 1952, he married Beatrice E. Kocsis, who survives.
Other survivors include a son, Terrell Kocsis of Niles; a stepson, Thomas A. Taylor of Niles; two stepdaughters, Linda Planck of Dowagiac and Sherry K. Fitzgerald of Topeka, Kan.; two sisters, Mary Fogarty of South Bend, Ind. and Betty Dick of South Bend, Ind.; a brother, Emery Kocsis of South Bend, Ind.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.