Submitted by: Nadine A. Hardin
Name: Deka, Casimir A.
Names in obituary: Berry, Birkner,
Deka, Stopper, Watters
South Bend Tribune, St. Joseph County
Deaths; 29 June, 1992.
Casimir A. Deka (Feb. 10, 1921-Jun 27,
1992).
SOUTH BEND – Casimir A. Deka,
71, of South 33rd Street, died at 11:45 p.m. Saturday
in St. Joseph’s Medical Center. Mr. Deka was an employee of
the former Studebaker Corp. and retired from Wheelabrator Frye
Corp., Mishawaka. He was born Feb. 10, 1921 in South Bend and was
a lifelong area resident. On Feb. 11, 1946, in South Bend, he
married Ethel E. Stopper. She survives with three
daughters, Judy Birkner of Geneva, Ill., and Diane Watters
and Nancy Berry, both of South Bend, two sons, Michael of
Elkhart and Greg of South Bend; five grandchildren; two
step-grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and a brother Leo of
Niles. He was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church Usher Club
and Eagle Lodge 2083, Mishawaka.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the
church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call
from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Kaniewski & Sons Funeral Home,
where a wake will be at 7 p.m.