Obituaries Surnames A-J Submitted by Smerek Group Researchers

preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister. Funeral services will be
held Friday, 11:00 a.m. at Moeller Funeral Home, Valparaiso with cremation to follow.
Visitation Thursday 4-8 PM. Memorials are encouraged to Valparaiso Park Department
Golf Program or First Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso.( The Times, Crown Point, IN)
BABCO, Elizabeth (Kraynak)
Babco, Elizabeth Kraynak , 86 of Glen Campbell, PA RD 1 died Sun., Jan. 19, 2003 at
the Punxsutawney Hospital. She was born April 11, 1916, in Banks Township, Indiana
county, the daughter of John and Anna Malisse Kraynak. In 1937 she married John
William Babco. Mrs. Babco was a member of the Church of the Resurrection, attending
at the Glen Campbell parish site. She belonged to the former Gipsy Senior Citizens.
Surviving are her three sons: William M. Babco and wife, Lois, Gipsy; John Babco, Glen
Campbell RD 1; Richard D. Babco, Glen Campbell RD 1; eight grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren;
and a brother Martin Kraynak and his wife, Margie, Chagrin Falls, OH.
Mrs. Babco was preceded in death by her parents, her husband on Jan. 6, 1969; her
daughter, Mary Ann Kemmerer; a daughter-in-law, Laura Belle Babco; four brothers:
John, Steve, Elmer, and Joseph; and a sister Helen Grimmit. Friends will be received
from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wed., Jan 22, at the Rairigh Funeral Home, Hillsdale, Pa. A
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 AM Thurs. at the Church of the
Ressurection, Glen Campbell. Interment will be in the parish cemetery, Glen Campbell,
PA. (Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA)
BALICKI, Dorothy (Zazwirsky)
Dorothy Balicki, 80 of Mars, formerly of Ambridge, died Sunday August 24, 2003 in St.
John specialty Care Center, Mars. Born Nov 11, 1922 a daughter of the late Alex and
Julia Katchur Zazwirsky, she worked for several families in the Sewickley and
Edgeworth areas, she was a member of the Good Samaritan Parish St. Stanislaus Church.
She is survived by her husband Bernard Balicki, her children Donna Gregor, Mercer,
John and his wife Diana Balicki, Baden and Judie and her husband Kevin Schofield,
Ambridge, two grandchildren, John Balicki Jr., Chambersburg, and Jessie Balicki, Baden,
a brother and sister in law, William and Delores Zazwirsky, Nevillewood, a sister Ann
Russin, Ambridge, a sister in law Pearl Balicki, Baden and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Ted Zazwirsky, and three sisters, Tina
Medzianowsky Papinchak, Lucy Gos Anderson and Agnes Pinotich. Per her request,
there will be no viewing. A memorial Mass will be held Thursday, August 28, 2003, at
10:00 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Church. Interment will follow in Good Samaritan Cemetery.
Memorial Contributions may be made, if desired, to St. John's Specialty Care Center, 401
South Main St., Zelienople, PA 16063 The Paul E. Bohn Funeral Home Inc., 1099
Maplewood Ave., Ambridge is in charge of arrangements.
BARNA, George
George Barna, 85 of Aultman died Wednesday, May 9, 1979, at Indiana Hospital. A son
of Mike and Anna Patrick Barna, he was born March 9, 1894 in Czechoslovakia. Mr.
Barna was a member of UMWA Local 3548. He had been a resident of Aultman since
1931 and was associated with the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co. for 26 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Varholick Barna; a son Mike Chelosky, North Tonawanda,