Submitted by: Dan Rich

James J. Burkus

Dec. 8, 1938 - Feb. 4, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/5/1994

SOUTH BEND - James J. Burkus, 55, of 27th Street, died at 4:30 a.m. Friday in St. Joseph's Medical Center after an illness. Mr. Burkus was a route salesman for Frito Lay for 13 years and a salesman for Mitchell Distributing Co., Lakeville, for four years. He was born Dec. 8, 1938, in South Bend.

On Sept. 27, 1975, in Goshen, he married Mary M. Benn Niedbalski. She survives, with a daughter, Kathleen M. Yute of North Liberty; three stepdaughters, Marilyn Keen of Walkerton, Nanette Esler and Deanna Riffle, both of South Bend; two stepsons, Michael Niedbalski of Bremen and Rick Niedbalski of Mishawaka; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Betty Rajski of South Bend, and Frances Smith of Marietta, Ga.; and two brothers, Alex G. Burkus of Rolling Prairie and William Burkus of South Bend. He was a Marine Corps veteran.

Memorial services will be at a later date. There will be no visitation. Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St., Mishawaka, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.

South Bend Tribune 2/10/1994

SOUTH BEND - Memorial services for James J. Burkus, 55, of 27th Street, who died at 4:30 a.m. Friday in St. Joseph's Medical Center after an illness, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St., Mishawaka. Cremation has taken place. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.