James Strojny, 66, of LaPorte, died at 3:01 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, at IU Hospital in Indianapolis.
He was born Nov. 13, 1947, in LaPorte to Jacob and Eleanor (Kaminski) Strojny, and had lived in the LaPorte area his entire life.
James was a certified quality control technician at Federal Mobile in South Bend, IN. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
On April 20, 1968, in LaPorte, he married Velma Masterson, who survives.
Also surviving are one son, Shawn (Kelly) Strojny of LaPorte; three sisters, Carol (Ronald) Ryba of Trail Creek, IN, Bernadette (Richard) Stroh of Union Mills, IN, and Elaine Nowak of Schererville, IN; one brother, Mark (Laurie) Strojny of LaPorte; mother-in-law, Lucille “May” Doherty of Lady Lake, FL; and sister-in-law, Patricia Strojny of Middlebury, IN.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Jerome Strojny; and his father-in-law, James Masterson.
A funeral Mass will be held Saturday, Aug. 16, at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, LaPorte, with Rev. Ian Williams officiating. Visitation will be at Essling Funeral Home, LaPorte, on Friday, Aug. 15, from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. A rosary service will take place at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow the Mass at Pine Lake Cemetery, LaPorte.
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