Submitted by: Dan Rich

Francis H. Sosnoski

Jan. 12, 1922 - Dec. 15, 2002

South Bend Tribune 12/17/2002

Francis H. Sosnoski, 80, of the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette, Ind., formerly of South Bend, Ind., died Sunday morning, Dec. 15, in the veterans home. Francis was superintendent in the machine shop division of Sibley Machine & Foundry, South Bend, for 40 years. Francis was born Jan. 12, 1922, in South Bend, to Sylvester and Hildegard (Archambault) Sosnoski, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Frederick Sosnoski.

On Nov. 26, 1942, in South Bend, he married Hazel B. Keener, who died Jan. 23, 1991. Francis was a former Boy Scout member, a former member of Knights of Columbus Council 553 and Little Flower Catholic Church, attended the University of Notre Dame, and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Air Corps. He is survived by three daughters, Sue M. Young of Edwardsburg, Mich., Nancy A. Williams of South Bend and Ann M. Rhoton of Grand Rapids, Mich.; two sons, Russell F. of South Bend and James W. of Indiana; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; and by a sister, Rosemary Miller of Kankakee, Ill.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, in Littler Flower Catholic Church. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park in Granger, Ind. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the HICKEY Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road, 289-1000. Memorials may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.