Submitted by: Dan Rich

Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Donald E. Takacs

Feb. 13, 1949 - July 9, 1995

 

South Bend Tribune 7/12/1995

MISHAWAKA - Donald E. Takacs, 46, of East McKinley Avenue, died at 12:56 p.m. Sunday in his sister's home after an illness. Mr. Takacs was a manufacturing engineer at Dexter Rim and Wheel Co., Elkhart, for 17 years. He was born Feb. 13, 1949, in Mishawaka.

 

On Sept. 14, 1974, in Mishawaka, he married Kathy L. Beaver. She survives with a daughter, Kellie Jo Takacs, of Mishawaka; two sons, Ryan C. and Joseph R., both at home; his mother, Katheryn M. Takacs of Winter Haven, Fla.; five sisters, Shirley Fell of Granger, Joanne Zumbaugh of Kissimmee, Fla., Judy DeMorrow of Grand Rapids, Pam Lefferts of Alabama and Jackie Slane of Florida; and a brother, John Takacs of California. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 360, and a veteran of the Vietnam War.

 

Burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Osceola. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.