Obituaries Surnames A-J Submitted by Smerek Group Researchers

Luther; Chris, Nick, Michele and Susan Revak; and Jill, Amanda, Katie, Peter, Michael
and Nathan Paddock. Great-grandmother of Kimberly Chappell and Garrett Senko. Sister
of Kathryn Smolensky, Nanty Glo; Frank, Patton; Paul, Ebensburg R.D.; Margaret Peck
and George, both of Cleveland; Evelyn Dubyak, Patton; Martha Swarden, Carrolltown;
Helen Lekawa, Latrobe; Ann Fox, Rochester; and Anthony, Cleveland. Family received
friends at Stevens Funeral Homes Inc., 1004 N. Fifth Ave., Patton. Funeral Mass will be
held at noon Saturday at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Patton, Father Ananias OSB,
celebrant. Committal, SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery, Patton. In lieu of flowers,
please make memorial contributions to American Cancer Society or Alzheimer's
Association. (Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, PA, January 25, 2003)
HUSANITA, Eva (Warholak)
Eva Warholak Husanita, 95, of West Scranton, formerly of Bridgeport, CT, died Monday
in Allied Services Skilled Nursing. Her husband Stephen Husanita died in 1983. Born in
Wyola-Smithmills, PA, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Suchick
Warholak. A 1937 graduate of Scranton Technical High School, she was a member of St.
Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Scranton and had worked for Devar-Kinetics
Control Products, Bridgeport. She is survived by her daughter, Theodora Woltch, FL, a
brother Theodore Warholak, Maine, 3 sisters, Anastasia Wallick, Theodora Kmoitek and
Margaret Quibick, all of Bridgeport, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by 5
sisters, Mary Brown, Anna Krasawski, Catherine Marcinko, Susan Krupinski, Julie Kozy,
5 brothers, Charles, Paul, Joseph, John, and Michael Warholak. Graveside services were
held on Friday in Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst, by the Right Rev. Nestor S. Kowal.
Memorial contributions can be made to St. Michael’s U. O. Church, 540 N. Main Ave.,
Scranton, PA 18504. Funeral arrangements under the direction of the Edward J. Chomko
Funeral Home, 254-268 Railroad Avenue, West Scranton. (The Newtown Bee, Newtown,
CT, January 6, 2014)
HUSKA, Margaret (Lego)
Margaret (Lego) Huska of Nanty Glo R.D.1 (Cardiff) died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1994, at
CONEMAUGH hospital. She was 77. Born Jan. 1, 1917, in Smithmill, she was a
daughter of the late Michael and Anna (Truchan) Lego. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Michael; an infant sister; brothers, Peter, John and Metro; and sister, Eva
Ricotta. Surviving are these children: Harvey Cameron, married to the former Harriet
Appleyard, Cashtown; Margaret Cameron, Nanty Glo R.D.; George Cameron, married to
the former Margaret Owatt, Ebensburg; Patricia, wife of Joseph A. Grata, Nanty Glo
R.D.; and stepson, Robert, married to the former Lila Jean Evans, York, Also surviving
are 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Huska was a sister of George,
Osceola Mills; Harry, Colorado Springs; Alex, Erie; Katherine Torreance, and Ann Gnan,
both of Aliquippa; Sue Miller, Osceola Mills; Mary Welsh, North Carolina; Mike,
Osceola Mills; and Nicholas, Erie. She was a member of Holy Ascension Ukrainian
Orthodox Church, Nanty Glo, and was an avid bingo player. Funeral Divine Liturgy was
celebrated Saturday, Sept. 24 at Holy Ascension Church by the Most Rev. George
Hnatko. Interment followed in St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery, Ramey. (The
Journal, Nanty Glo, PA, September 28, 1994)