Kristi Catherine Hudak

Kristi Catherine Hudak, 29, passed away at 11:32 a.m. Saturday, March 17 in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. She was born on June 7, 1977, in South Bend to Irene C. (Huston) and Robert John Hudak. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert who died on October 1, 1988.

Surviving Kristi are her mother, Irene of South Bend; two sisters, Karyn (David) Batdorf of South Bend, and Kim (Rodd) Strong of Knoxville, TN; and her fiance, Brian Jennings of South Bend.

Kristi was a bank teller for AAA Credit Union, South Bend. She was a 1995 graduate of the former LaSalle High School, South Bend, and was also a graduate of Ivy Tech, South Bend.

She enjoyed doing crafts and bowling and she loved to fish with her fiance, Brian. Kristi was a loving, caring and compassionate person who showed her compassion by being an organ donor, giving others in need, a chance for survival. What a loving gift she has given to mankind. Kristi will be greatly missed, by her family and friends and by all of those whose lives she touched.

Services for Kristi will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 20 in the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., South Bend, where friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today. Elder Louie Ridenour of the United Pentecostal Church, South Bend, will conduct the services. Burial will be at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, South Bend. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to The NASCAR Foundation, c/o Friends of the Foundation, P.O. Box 79281, Baltimore, MD 21279-0281 (From South Bend Tribune Obituary on March 19, 2007