Obituaries: Surnames K-S Submitted by Smerek Group Researchers

8:309:30 a.m. A Panikhida Service will be sung at the funeral home Friday at 7:30 p.m.
with Father Bigelow. Born May 22, 1920, in Janesville, she was a daughter of Harry and
Anna (Jubo) Zuzworsky. Mrs. Kopilchack was a homemaker. She was a parishioner of
St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church and was a member of the church sisterhood.
Mrs. Kopilchack is survived by a son, John Kopilchack and his wife, Ethel, of
Wadsworth, Ohio; three grandchildren, John Kopilchack of Lima, Ohio, Kathy Hickey of
St. Louis, Mo., and Shari Lewis of Canfield, Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was preceded in death
by her parents; her husband, Wasco "Jake" Kopilchack, on Jan. 6, 1992; brothers,
George, Harry, Peter, John and James; and a sister, Edith Mowrer. (The Progress,
Clearfield, PA, November ?, 2002)
KOPILCHACK, Helen
NEW YORK - Helen Kopilchack, 84, of New York City, N.Y., died Wednesday, Nov.
24, 2004, in New York, N.Y. Ms. Kopilchack was born in Smith Mills Dec. 13, 1920,
and was a daughter of Feodor and Madeline Kopilchack. She was a graduate of Thomas
Jefferson University School of Nursing in Philadelphia in 1946. Ms. Kopilchack worked
on the staff of Jefferson Hospital and the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She
also worked at several hospitals in New York City as a staff and private duty nurse. She
is survived by a brother, Frank, of State College; a sister, Madeline, of New York. Also
surviving are three nieces; three nephews; one great nephew; one great niece; and several
cousins. Services will be held at Krtil Funeral Home in New York Monday from 2-4 p.m.
Graveside services will be held at St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery in
Madera Tuesday at noon. (The Progress; Clearfield, Pa., November 27, 2004)
KOPILCHACK, Metro
SMITHMILL — Metro Kopilchack, 70, of Smithmill. Died Friday, March 19, at 3:35 p.
m. in the Philipsburg State General Hospital following an extended illness. He was born
Nov. 15, 1894, in Austria and came to the United States 54 years ago. He was a retired
coal miner and a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Mr. Kopilchack is
survived by his widow, the former Katherine Stahursky, and these children: Wasco
Kopilchack and Michael Kopilchack, both of Smithmill; Stanley Kopilchack, Royersford,
Pa.; Walter Kopilchack, Pontiac, Mich., and Mrs. Joseph (Christine) Gallo, and Mrs. Ann
Kost, both of Cleveland, Ohio. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and 3
greatgrandchildren. Requeim High Mass will be sung Monday at 10 a. m. in the St
Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church at Smithmill with the Rev. FT. Peter Petrush
officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Friends will be received at the
Buranovsky Funeral Home, Ramey from 7 to 10 o'clock tonight and on Sunday from 2 to
5 p.
KOPILCHAK, Madeline (Belis)
Smithmill - Mrs. Madeline Kopilchack, 54, a resident of Smithmill, died at the
Philipsburg State Hospital yesterday following a short illness. Mrs. Kopilchack, born in
Austria June 27, 1899, is survived by her husband, Frank; two sons and two daughters,
Helen of Philadelphia, Madeline at home, Frank Jr. of Hollidaysburg and John Wallace of