Obituaries Surnames A-J Submitted by Smerek Group Researchers

E. Serenko Funeral Home, Portage, where Panachida will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday
followed by Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. at St. Michael's Byzantine Rite Catholic Church,
South Fork, the Rev. Robert Bayusik. Interment, St. Mary's Cemetery, New Germany.
Family requests donations be made to St. Michael's church building fund in lieu of
flowers. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Friday at funeral home. (Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, PA,
April 3, 1975)
HOLBINK, Basil Walter
Holbink, Basil Walter, 58, died May 4, 1995, in Fairhope, Ala. Born Feb. 27, 1937, in
Smith Mills, Pa., son of late Charles and Mary Holbink. Resided in St. Michael from
1938 to 1956 and graduated from Adams High School, Class of 1955. He was a veteran,
having served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956-1960. Survived by wife, Mary; sons
Charles Edward, Odenton, Md. and Michael Paul, Fairhope, Ala; sisters, Evelyn M.
Potchak, Warminister, Pa. and Marianne Gelles, Tumwater, Wash.; also four
grandchildren. Graveside funeral service and burial with military honors were held at
Arlington National Cemetery. (Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, PA, July 19, 1995).
HOLBINK, Fred
Holbink of Nanty Glo R.D. 1 died February 12,1983, at Lee Hospital. He was 44. A son
of Peter and Stella (Kochan) Holbink, he was born Sept. 1, 1938, in Belleville, N.J. He
was preceded in death by his father. Surviving are his mother; sister, Dorothy, wife of
Raymond McLaughlin, Broomall; and brothers, Robert, Alexandria, Va., and Peter Jr.,
married to the former Jacqueline Stidham, Nanty .Glo R.D. 1. Several aunts, uncles,
nieces and nephews also survive. Mr. Holbink was a member of the Greek .Catholic
Union Lodge. Friends were received at the Harry R. Ondriezek II Funeral Home in Nanty
Glo where Parastas was sung at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Liturgy was Celebrated at 9 a.m.
Wednesday at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church by Rev. John Kudrick, T.O.R.
Burial followed in the church cemetery. (The Nanty Glo Journal, Nanty Glo, PA,
February 16, 1983)
HOLBINK, Jacqueline D (Stidham)
Jacqueline D. Holbink -Jacqueline D. Holbink of 153 North St., Nanty Glo (Cardiff), died
Thursday, July 1, 1999, at Windber Medical Center following an extended illness. She
was 52. Born Feb. 3. 1947, in Alexandria, Va., she was a daughter of James and Betty
(Skillman) Stidham. She was preceded in death by her father and brother, James.
Surviving are her mother; husband, Peter M., whom she married Nov. 12, 1976, in St.
Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Nanty Glo; daughters, Sonja Stidham,
Nanty Glo; Theresa Stillions, Nanty Glo and Christina Stillions, Alexandria, Va.; sons,
Fred Stillions Jr., Woodstock Va.; and Robert Jordan, West Virginia. Also surviving are
three grand-children; sister, Mary Tyree, Nanty Glo; brother, Craig, Fairfax, Va.; five
nieces and three nephews. Mrs. Holbink was a member of St. Nicholas Church, Nanty
Glo where she had been one of the catechism instructors several years ago. Her
significant interests were cats, gardening, cooking and reading. Funeral Liturgy was
celebrated Saturday, July 3 at St. Nicholas Church by the Rev. James Ragan. Interment
followed in Alto-Reste Park Cemetery, Altoona. Arrangements were in charge of the
Good Funeral Home Inc., Altoona.(The Journal, Nanty Glo, PA, June 14, 1999).