Judith H. Smyjunas
Judith H. Smyjunas of Leesburg passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne at the age of 77.
She was born on Feb. 23, 1941, in South Bend, Indiana to Bert VanDercar and Henrietta (Grzeszczyk) VanDercar. On Oct. 13, 1962 in Auburn, she was married to Joseph Smyjunas, who survives.
Smyjunas was a 1959 graduate of DeKalb County High School, and she was a 1989 graduate of the University of New Hampshire. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Pierceton where she was a lector. Smyjunas will be forever loved and dearly missed by her family and church family.
She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 55 years, Joseph Smyjunas (Leesburg); son: J. Robert (wife Bitsy) Smyjunas (Cincinnati, Ohio); and her daughter: Elizabeth (husband Robert) Jackson (Raleigh, North Carolina). Also surviving are five grandchildren: Peter Jackson, Robert, Samantha, Evan and Quinn Smyjunas; and her brother: Bert VanDercar (Boise, Idaho).
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until noon Tuesday, May 8, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 408 W. Catholic St., Pierceton. Her funeral mass will follow immediately at noon and celebrated by Father Chuck Herman. A graveside service will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 9, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery in Auburn. Arrangements were entrusted with Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
Memorial donations may be directed to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, P.O. Box 376, Pierceton Indiana 46562 and would be appreciated by the family.