Obituaries Surnames A-J Submitted by Smerek Group Researchers

N.Y.; four daughters: Mrs. Ronald (Elizabeth) Boehm, Clarence, N.Y.; Mrs. Frank
(Anna) Shimp, Blairsville R.D. 1; Mrs. Wayne (Mary) King, North Tonawanda, N.Y.;
Mrs. John (Helen) Uhrin, North Tonawanda, N.Y.; a brother Mike Barna,
Czechoslovakia; three sisters; Mrs. Andy (Anna) Baelk, Windsor, Ontario, and two
sisters in Czechoslovakia; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Friends will be
received from 7-9 p.m. Thuirsday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at Robinson-Lytle’s,
Indiana. Services will be held at the funeral home Saturday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Fr.
Josephat Popovich officiating. Interment will be held in St. Bernard’s Cemetery, Indiana.
Parastas services will be held Friday at 7 at the funeral home. (Indiana Gazette, Indiana,
PA, May 10, 1979)
BARNA, Mary (Varholick)
Mary Varholick Barna, 94, of Clarence, N.Y. formerly of Blairsville RD 5, died Monday,
March 30, 1998, in Clarence, N.Y. The daughter of Demeter and Anna Libovania
Warholick, she was birn Jan. 4, 1904 in Czechoslovakia. She was of the Catholic faith.
Surviving are two brothers: Frank Varholick, Homer City, and Joe Varholick, Cleveland,
Ohio; four sisters: Mrs. Anna Bazala, Chicago; Mrs. Sue Regetz, Mansville, N.J.; Mrs.
Helen Yensco, Flint, Mich.; and Mrs. Pauline Burl, Green Valley, Ariz.; 14
grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren, and one greatgreat-great-granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband John
Chelosky, who died in 1931; second husband, George Barna, who died in 1979; two sons,
John and Michael Chelosky; and four daughters; Helen Uhrin, Anna Shimp, Mary King,
and Elizabeth Boehm. Friends will be received at the Richard L. Shoemaker Funeral
Home, Blairsville, from noon until 2 p.m. Wednesday, when a prayer service will be held
with Father Elmer A. Kacinko officiating. Interment will be in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in
White Township. (Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA, March 31, 1998)
BANKOWSKY, Helen (Lazeration)
Helen (Lazeration) Bankosky, 86, formerly of Hicksville, NY and Ginter, PA passed
away Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 5:35 am at the Allegheny Lutheran Home of
Hollidaysburg, PA. Mrs. Bankosky was born in Janesville, PA on February 27, 1920, the
daughter of the late Stephen and Anna (Lashinsky) Lazeration. She was a member of St.
Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church Ramey, PA. She was employed as a Vice President of
Quality Control at B & H Aircraft, Long Island, NY., for 20 years. She was a member of
the American Cake and Candy Decorating Society of New York. On Dec. 6, 1938 in
Maryland she married Andy Bankosky, he preceded her in death on July 12, 1985. She is
survived by a son and daughter-in-law Richard P. Bankosky and his wife Barbara of
Garden City, NY. A granddaughter, Kara Bankosky of Garden City, NY also survives.
The following brothers and sisters survive Mrs. Bankosky; Mary Bendas of Altoona, PA.,
Christine Bendas of Altoona, PA., Madlyn Kechisen of Twinsburg, OH., Ann Daniel and
her husband Paul of Henderson, PA, Frank Lazeration and his wife Mary of Houtzdale,
PA., John Lazeration and his wife Esther of Ginter, PA., and Paul Lazeration and his wife
Joann of Linden, NJ. A number of nieces and nephews also survive Mrs. Bankosky. She
was preceded in death by two sisters, Susan Wasilko and Kathryn Lazeration and a
brother George Lazeration. Friends will be received Sunday, July 23, 2006 from 1-5 pm
and on Monday, July 24, 2006 from 9-10:30 am at the Kruise Funeral Home, Inc. 2550