Alice Ann KAFKA

4 JUN 1939 - 9 NOV 2011

• BIRTH: 4 JUN 1939, Cass, MI
• BURIAL: 2011, Mission Hills Memorial Gardens, Cass, MI
• DEATH: 9 NOV 2011, Dowagiac, Cass, Michigan

• MARRIAGE: 10 OCT 1959, Cass County, Michigan

1.  Alan Bert LEKARCZYK

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[N11835] Alice Ann Kafka
Birth: Jun. 4, 1939
Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA
Death: Nov. 9, 2011
Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, USA

Alice A. Lekarczyk, 72, of Dowagiac, passed away peacefully, at her residence, following an illness on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011. She was born on June 4, 1939 in Dowagiac to the late Walter and Frances (Kopaceski) Kafka. On October 10, 1959 Alice married Eugene Lekarczyk at a ceremony in Dowagiac. Alice was a homemaker most of her life and loved cooking, crocheting, sewing, knitting and shopping. She was also a lifelong Notre Dame Fan. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband and three sisters; Helen Grams, Anna Lamenski and Stella Edwards. Alice is survived by two sons Alan Lekarczyk of South Bend and Todd Lekarczyk of Purdy, Missouri, four grandchildren; Marissa and Riley Lekarczyk of Cassville, and Kristina and Zachary Lekarczyk of South Bend, a brother Edward (Annie) Kafka of Coloma, three sisters; Francis Krause of Chicago, Illinois, Polly Woztysiak of South Bend and Jeanie (Joe) Schonbok of Dowagiac.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 19th 2011 at noon at Mission Hills Memorial Chapel 61453 M-51 in Niles. Memorial contributions may be made in Alice's memory to Southern Care Hospice 4341 S. Westnedge Ave, Ste 2100 Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008 or to National Osteoporosis Foundation 1150 17th Street NW Suite 850 Washington, DC 20036.

Obituary source:
http://www.brownfuneralhomeniles.com/obituaries/Alice-Lekarczyk/#/Obit uary

See Photo: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lekarczyk&GSbyrel=al l&GSdyrel=all&GSst=24&GScnty=1240&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=80259590&df=al l&

Parents:
Walter J. Kafka (1884 - 1947)
Frances Kopaceski Kafka (1900 - 1964)

Spouse:
Eugene E. Lekarczyk (1935 - 2003)*

Burial: Mission Hills Memorial Gardens, Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, USA

Marriage Record
Name: Eugene Edward Lekarczyk
Birth Date: 1936
Age: 23
Spouse's Name: Alice Ann Kafka
Spouse's Birth: 1939
Spouse's Age: 20
Event Date: 10 Oct 1959
Event Place: Cass, Michigan
Father's Name: Bert Lekarczyk
Mother's Name: Carrie Szymanski
Spouse's Father's Name: Walter Kafka
Spouse's Mother's Name: Frances Kopiceski

"Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC88-NTR : accessed 12 Oct 2014), Bert Lekarczyk in entry for Eugene Edward Lekarczyk and Alice Ann Kafka, 10 Oct 1959; citing reference p 304; FHL microfilm 1941449.