Irene M. (Lichnerowicz Conners) Schirf

Sept. 18, 1915-Feb. 20, 1995

MISHAWAKA - Irene M. Schirf, 79, of Lincoln Way West, died about 9 a.m. Monday in her home after an illness. Mrs. Schirf was a former employee of the City of South Bend. She was born Sept. 18, 1915, in South Bend.

On Sept. 27, 1941, in South Bend, as Irene M. Lichnerowicz Conners, she married Vincent E. Schirf. He died July 10, 1990.

She is survived by five daughters, Mary Ann Ward and Margaret J. Schumacher, both Toledo, Ohio, Dr. Dorothy J. Schirf of Columbus, Ohio, Patricia J. Chomyn of Woodstock, Ga., and Annette J. Blackford of Painesville, Ohio; three sons, Vincent E. Jr. of Sudbury, Mass., William R. of Niles and James J. of Mishawaka; 16 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Dorothy Aponas of Jacksonville, Fla.; and two brothers, James Conners and Franklin Conners, both of South Bend.

She was a former concert pianist, vocalist and accordionist, published poet and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, where a parish rosary will be said at 3:30 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to Lions Club Eye Bank

The South Bend Tribune South Bend, IN, 21 Feb 1995

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