Zygmunt "Ziggy" Kopczynski, 77, of Kathy Drive, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 5:46 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Memorial Hospital.
He was born on June 2, 1925, in South Bend, to Valentine and Martha (Jasinski) Kopczynski, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 24, 1951, in South Bend, he married Marcy Borlik, who survives him.
Surviving him is his wife, Marcy; two daughters, Kathleen (M. James) Clougherty of Felton, Del., and Linda (Tony) Neff of New Paris, Ind.; four grandchildren, Heather, Sean, Erin and Patrick; two sisters, Sally Karczewski of South Bend and Anne (Les) Szalay of Round Lake Beach, Ill.; and by a brother, Edward (Pat) Kopczynski of South Bend.
Ziggy belonged to St. John the Baptist Church, St. Joseph Young Men's Society and American Legion Post 357. After 23 years, he retired from Allied Products as a boiler mechanic. He was in the U.S. Navy during World Ward II, discharged in 1946.
Zygmunt "Ziggy" Kopczynski, 77, of Kathy Drive, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 5:46 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in Memorial Hospital.
He was born on June 2, 1925, in South Bend, to Valentine and Martha (Jasinski) Kopczynski, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 24, 1951, in South Bend, he married Marcy Borlik, who survives him.
Surviving him is his wife, Marcy; two daughters, Kathleen (M. James) Clougherty of Felton, Del., and Linda (Tony) Neff of New Paris, Ind.; four grandchildren, Heather, Sean, Erin and Patrick; two sisters, Sally Karczewski of South Bend and Anne (Les) Szalay of Round Lake Beach, Ill.; and by a brother, Edward (Pat) Kopczynski of South Bend.
Ziggy belonged to St. John the Baptist Church, St. Joseph Young Men's Society and American Legion Post 357. After 23 years, he retired from Allied Products as a boiler mechanic. He was in the U.S. Navy during World Ward II, discharged in 1946.
Family Members
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Jane Kopczynski Wachowiak
1912–1967
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Mary T. Kopczynski Witucki
1913–1983
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Joseph C. Kopczynski
1923–1986
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Alicia Kopczynski
1927–1933
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Stanley Kopczynski
1928–1949
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Salomeja Ann "Sally" Kopczynski Karczewski
1930–2017
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Benedict Kasimir Kopczynski
1930–1930
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Anna B Kopczynski Szalay
1933–2015
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Edward F. "Koppy" Kopczynski
1935–2021
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