OBIT: Bronislaus E. "Brownie" BAYOREK, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BAYOREK, Bronislaus E. "Brownie"  10/02/05  The New Republic
  January 10, 1915 -  October 2, 2005

    Bronislaus E. "Brownie" Bayorek, 90, of Economy, died peacefully, Sunday,
  October 2, 2005, in his home.
    Born January 10, 1915, in Ambridge, he was a son of the late Jacob and Anna
  Gallant Bayorek.
    He was a retired machine operator for H.K. Porter Company and former
  maintenance man for the Friendship House in Sewickley. He attended Conway
  Missionary Alliance Church. A 1934 graduate of Ambridge High School, he served
  in the U.S. Army with the 85th Infantry Division during World War II. A
  recipient of the Good Conduct Medal, 4 Bronze Service Stars, and the European
  African Middle Eastern Service Medal, he was involved in campaigns in
  Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arna and North Apennines. Brownie loved to fish, especially
  in Canada and loved company. He and his wife traveled extensively. Brownie's
  sense of humor and spirit of fun are legendary.
    Surviving are his beloved wife of 59 years, Fannie Klink Bayorek; a daughter,
  Norma Jean Hamill and her husband David of Naperville, Ill.; a son, Barry
  Bayorek of West Wendover, Nev.; two grandsons: Jason Hamill of Virginia Beach,
  Va.; and Michael Hamill of Chicago, Ill.; a sister, Josephine Sokolowski of
  Ambridge; a sister-in-law, Mary Bayorek of Aliquippa; and numerous nieces and
  nephews.
    Preceding him in death in addition to his parents were his two sisters:
  Sophie Barnhart and Nora Reshman and two brothers: Frank and John Bayorek.
    A special thanks to all his friends for visiting him and a special thanks to
  Linda Smith and Elizabeth Evans.
    If you forget me, you have lost nothing, but if you meet Jesus Christ and
  forget Him, you have lost everything.
    Friends were received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the John Syka
  Funeral Home, Ambridge and from 10 a.m. until time of services Wednesday in the
  Conway Missionary Alliance Church, his nephew, the Rev. William Blair, Pastor of
  the United Methodist Church in Titusville officiated.
    Entombment followed in Sylvania Hills Mausoleum.
    Memorial contributions if desired, may be made to the Hope Hospice, 3292
  Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA  15237.
    Members of the Beaver County Special Unit will meet Wednesday at noon in the
  cemetery to provide full military honors.