*ning News, Thurs., June 19, 1997

 

 

 

Nicholas Jabe

Services have been set for
Nicholas Jabe, 81, of Flat Rock,
who died at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday
in his home. He had been ill for
five months.

Friends may call from 6 to 9
tonight and noon to 9 p.m. Friday
with a rosary service at 7 p.m. in
the Arthur Bobcean Funeral
Home, Flat Rock. Services will
be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the
funeral home followed by Mass
at.10.a.m. in St. Rochs Catholic
Church, Flat Rock.,The Rey. Fred-
erick Misiolek, pastor of the
church, will officiate. Burial will
be at Michigan Memorial Park,
Flat Rock.

Born Oct. 4, 1915, in St. Louis,
Mo., he was the son of John and
Anne (Perin) Jabe. He married
June Laura on May 29, 1941, at
St. Mary Catholic Church, Rock- |
wood. They had lived in Flat Rock
for 51 years.

He was employed as bank man-
ager for Peoples Bank in Flat
Rock, a general manager for Hall-
away Construction, and he was
employed in Wixom for 28 years.

He was a member of St. Rochs

Catholic Church and served onthe |

Parish Council, was the manager
of Nick Jabe’s Orchestra in the
1940s and was president of the
village of Flat Rock in 1956.

Surviving are his wife; three
sons, Kenneth of Flat Rock, Ron
of Woodhaven, and Nick of
Chesterfield; four daughters, Ms.
Carol Flachsmann of Wyandotte,
Mrs. Richard (Anna) Vaughn of
Woodhaven, Mrs. David (Diane)
Vergari of Plymouth, and Mrs.
Ron (Nancy) Csekei-Leszczynski
of Trenton; a brother, John Jabe
of Virginia; two sisters, Vera |
Peterson of South Rockwood and
Eleanor Scheffler of Trenton; 14
grandchildren, and one great-
grandchild.
. He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Joan Jabe.

Memorials may be made to St.
Rochs’ building fund.