Submitted by: Dan Rich
Joseph R. Fotia
July 19, 1920 – Jan. 2, 1983
South Bend Tribune 1/3/1998
SOUTH BEND – Joseph R. Fotia,
62, of 1332 Mishawaka Avenue, died at 7:45 p.m. Sunday in St,
Joseph Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was
co-owner of Fotia Supermarket in Mishawaka, and was also a former
Wheelabrator-Frye Corporation employee, retiring in 1959. He was
born July 19, 1920 in South Amboy, N.J., and lived in the South
Bend area for 55 years, coming from New Jersey.
On Oct. 20, 1951, in South Bend he married
Katharine DeBlase, who survives. Also surviving are a
daughter, Miss Mary Fotia of South Bend; three sisters, Mrs.
Francis Perri, Mrs. Rose Zappia and Mrs. Elizabeth Wullaert,
all of Mishawaka; and two brothers, Dominic Fotia of Mishawaka
and Frank Fotia of South Bend.