MARY (HORVATH) BIEBUYCK

July 14, 1918 - June 21, 2010
SOUTH BEND - Mary Katherine Biebuyck, 91, of South Bend, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010, in Hospice House, South Bend. She was born on July 14, 1918, in South Bend, to the late Alex and Mary (Fozo) Horvath, and was a lifelong area resident.

Mary graduated from South Bend Central High School in 1936.

On June 15, 1940, as Mary Katherine Horvath, she married George C. Biebuyck, who preceded her in death on April 28, 2005. Along with her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Nyikos; a brother, Ernest Horvath; and by three grandchildren, Mark, Diane and Charles Austin.

Mary is survived by her six daughters, Patricia (Michael) Austin of Concord, MA, Elaine (Dennis) Fountain of South Bend, Suzanne (Joe) Werfelman of Sciota, PA, Joyce Longo of Grant, MI, Cynthia Wagoner and Deborah (Rodney) Green, both of South Bend; 11 grandchildren, Glenn Austin, Cheryl Riordan, Melissa Austin, David and Stephen Fountain, Alisa Wood, Camille Bugden, Richard Murphy, Gina Moll, Abigail and William Green; 10 great-grandchildren, Christopher, Anika, Timothy, Bekha, Jordan, Sadie, Alicia, Michael, Nicholas and Samuel; and by a brother, William Horvath of Spokane, WA.

Mrs. Biebuyck worked for Standard Oil for three years and Sears for 10 years before retiring from the latter in 1979. She was a parishioner of Corpus Christi Church and a member of the Altar Society. She was a member of St. Anne's of Our Lady of Hungary Church and a former member of Corpus Christi Home School. She was also a member of the Volksring Club and the Chain-O-Lakes Conservation Club. In 1959 she wrote a letter to the "Voice of the People" which kept the Morris Civic Auditorium from being demolished.

Funeral services for Mrs. Biebuyck will be held at noon on Friday, June 25, 2010, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend. Friends may visit for two hours prior to services. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery, South Bend. Memorial contributions may be made to the YWCA of St. Joseph County, 1102 Fellows Street, South Bend, IN 46601; to Hope Ministries, PO Box, 4488 South Bend, IN 46634-4488; to Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 2822 Corpus Christi Drive, South Bend, IN 46628; or to the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637. To send online condolences, please visit www.kaniewski.com.

Published by South Bend Tribune on Jun. 24, 2010.

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