OBIT: Joseph M. DUDAS, Sr., 1983, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  DUDAS
  
    Dr. Joseph M. Dudas, Sr., 83, of 2 Shaw Drive, Monessen, Pa., died June
  7, 1983, in Mon Valley Hospital.  Born in Monessen Nov. 25, 1899. Member of
  Holy Name R.C. Church, Monessen.  Fourth degree knight of the Knights of
  Columbus, Bishop Phelan General Assembly.  Graduate of the University of
  Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, and founder of Dr. Dudas Dental
  Associates of Monessen.  Life member of the American Dental Association and
  the mid-Mon Valley Dental Society.  Former trustee of California (Pa.) State
  College, and served 24 years on the Monessen School Board and also served on
  the Monessen Planning Commission. U.S. Army veteran having served in World
  War I.  Also member of various other civic and fraternal organizations.
  Preceded in death by wife, Mary E. Dudas in March, 1982, and son Andre J.
  Dudas, in April, 1982.   Survived by five sons: Dr. Joseph M. Dudas Jr.;
  Dr. Thomas P. Dudas Sr., Dr. Martin M. Dudas, John A. Dudas Sr. and Richard
  M. Dudas, all of Monessen.  Also survived by 12 grandchildren and two
  sisters, Anna Hennigan of Bethesda, Md.; and Margaret Milliken of
  Washington D.C.  Friends and relatives will be received at the Robert A.
  Billick Funeral Home, Grand Boulevard and Marion Avenue, Monessen, on
  Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Concelebrated Mass of
  Christian Burial on Saturday, June 11, at 10 a.m. in Holy Name R.C. Church,
  Reed Avenue, Monessen.  Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
  
  Daily American  June 9, 1983
  
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