Evening News, Sun., Oct. 20, 1996

 

 

 

Louis J. Kalmar

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP
— Louis John Kalmar, 79, of
Brownstown died of natural caus-
es at noon Saturday in Wood-
haven. He had been ill four years
and two months.

Friends may call from 6 to 9
tonight and noon to 9 p.m. Mon-
day at the Arthur Bobcean Funer-
al Home, Flat Rock, where ser-
vices will be at I1 a.m. Tuesday.
The Rev. John Negele of Faith
Lutheran Church in Flat Rock,
will officiate. Burial will be in
Michigan Memorial Park, Flat
Rock.

Born April 4, 1917, in Detroit,
he was the son of Charles and
Elizabeth (Isabina) Kalmar. He
married Christina Wash on Oct. 1,
1966, in Faith Lutheran Church.

He worked as a manager for
Great Lakes Steel in Ecorse for
44 years, retiring in 1980.

A World War II veteran, he
served in the Navy from Aug. 1,
1945, to April 22, 1946. y

He was a member of Faith
Lutheran Church, Flat Rock; Tren-
ton Post 426, American Legion:
Trenton Post 1888, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; 40 et 8 of
Riverview, Flat Rock Lodge 1731,
Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, and Woodhaven Lodge
966, Loyal Order of the Moose.

He also was a volunteer at
Riverside Osteopathic Hospital in
Trenton for seven years.

Surviving are his wife, Christi-
na; three stepsons, Edson Burke of
New Boston, Dennis Burke of Flat
Rock and Douglas Burke of Clark-
ston; a daughter, Angelene Dad-
dario of Flat Rock; three sisters,
Irene Horoky of Lincoln Park,
Helen Nagy of Ecorse and Grace
Silvassey of Dearborn Heights;
11 grandchildren, and six great-
grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by
two brothers, Alexander and
Grace Kalmar.

Memorials may be made to

Faith Lutheran Church.