Obituaries: Surnames K-S Submitted by Smerek Group Researchers

and six great-grandchildren also survive. Mr. Kost was a member of St. Marys Greek
Catholic of Ramey and of Lodge No. 38 of Ramey. Funeral services will be held at 9
o'clock Wednesday morning from the St. Marys Church with the Rev. Jeremiah Onuferka
officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends are being received today and
tomorrow at Mr. Kost's late home at Smoke Run. (The Progress, Clearfield, PA, February
23, 1959)
KOST , Anna (Tokarchick)
KOST - Anna, 90, of Altoona, formerly a longtime resident of St. Benedict, died
Saturday, April 15, 2006. She was born in Madera, Clearfield County, a daughter of the
late Wasco and Eva (Tutonich) Tocarchick. She married William Kost on Aug. 3, 1936,
in Spangler. He preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 1957. Mrs. Kost is survived by sons,
Robert (Helen E.) Kost of St. Benedict and Lawrence M. (Virginia C.) Kost of Burke,
Va.; daughters, Barbara A. (Patrick E.) Bender of Tucson, Ariz.; M. Joan Hein of
Pittsburgh; Sandra M. (Thomas) Gaydosh of Dubois; Darlene N. (Matthew) McCaulley
of Hollidaysburg; Linda J. (Domenico G.) Giambanco of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; and Debra
H. (William D.) Deuchar of Ruckersville, Va.; 13 grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren;
a brother, Metro (Bertha) Tocarchick of Tonawanda, N.Y.; sisters, Mary
(Joseph) Meiers of Zelienople, Helen (Jack) Schmidt of Pittsburgh, Nancy (John) Krajnik
of Erie and Ethel (Thomas) Clifford of Westlake, Ohio; and numerous nieces, nephews
and cousins. She was preceded in death by brothers, Frank (Helen) Tocarchick and
George (Mary Ann) Tocarchick and sisters, Kathryn (Frank) Rapack and Margaret (Fred)
DuPlaga; and five infant siblings; also son-in-law, Peter R. Zanoviak. Mrs. Kost was a
member of the Altoona Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. She loved to read the
Bible, travel and take care of her flowers and house plants. Friends will be received from
noon until the 1 p.m. time of memorial service Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Kingdom
Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 141 Post Office Road, St. Benedict, Pa. Contributions in
memory of Anna may be made to the Altoona Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses,
1308 24th Ave., Altoona, Pa. 16601. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Northern
Cambria. Arrangements by Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood. (The Tribune-
Democrat, Johnstown, PA, April 20, 2006)
KOST, Julia (Kotzak)
Smoke Run- Mrs. Julia Kost wife of Alexander Kost died at her home at 8 a.m. Friday
morning, July 10. A daughter of John & Anna Kotzak. She was born in Austria, and came
to the United states in 1894. Where she was united in marriage to Alexander Kost in
1895. They were married in Ramey. Survived by her husband and the following children.
Basil Kost of Tyrone, John J. Kost of Nantichoke, Frank Kost of New York, Metro Kost
of Meadville, Mrs. Ann Koepke and Mary & Andrew Kost all of Smoke Run. There are 8
grandchildren and these brother and sisters also surviving: Mrs. Mary Roonsky, Mrs.
Anna Starsky, Mrs. Alice Kitchko, Basil Kotzak all of Cleveland, Ohio. Funeral Services
were held Monday July 13 at 9 a.m. in the St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church, Ramey,
with Fr. Kowalsky as celebrant of the Requiem Mass. (The Progress, Clearfield, Pa. July
18, 1942)
KOST, Katherine (Kutzer)