Submitted by:  Nadine A. Hardin

Name:  Kerestury, Charles

Names in Obituary: Kerestury, Fazekas, Modory, Boyd, Vogel

South Bend Tribune, Local Obituaries; February 28, 1967

Charles Kerestury

Charles Kerestury, 63, of 1501 ½ Linden St., died at 6:15 p.m. in Healthwin Hospital after a 12 year illness. He was formerly a butcher. He was born Oct. 5, 1903 in South Bend and lived here all his life. He was married Nov. 27, 1946 in South Bend to Catherine Fazekas, who survives, along with four brothers, Andrew, William, John and Joseph, all of South Bend; and three sisters, Mrs. Helen Modory and Mrs. Margaret Boyd, both of South Bend, and Mrs. Elizabeth Vogel of Melvindale, Mich.

He was a member of the Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph Lodge 45, F.&A.M., a charter member of the Hoosier Leathercraft Guild, and a member of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Welsheimer Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Memorial Presbyterian Church, Rev. Stephen Kalabany, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. A prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Eastern Star memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, also in the funeral home, and Masonic memorial services will be held at 8 p.m. also in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Presbyterian Church.