OBIT: Anna (NIDER) KARAS, 2000, formerly of Goodtown, Somerset County, PA

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  ANNA KARAS
  Sept. 27,1908 - Aug. 19, 2000
  
    Anna Nider Kara, 91, of Binghamton, N.Y., formerly of Goodtown, died of
  cardiac failure Aug. 19, 2000, at Lourdes Hospital.
    Mrs. Karas was born in Goodtown (Pine Hill) on Sept. 27, 1908, to
  Catherine (Minko) and Vasyl Nider.
    She was preceded in death by her husband, Stephen Karas; and a dear
  nephew, George Ralston.	
    Mrs. Karas is survived by a son and daughter-in law, Nicholas and Shirley
  Karas, Orient Point, N.Y.; a daughter and son-in-law, Anne and Joseph Tiesi,
  Binghamton; five grandsons: Kenneth, Karas, Belize, Mexico; Steven and his
  wife, Mary Beth, Karas and Michael Karas, all of New York City; Michael
  Tiesi, Omaha, Neb.; and William and his wife, Heather Tiesi of Minneapolis,
  Minn.; and four great-granddaughters: Sara and Paige Tiesi and Madeline
  and Katie Karas.  He is also survived by four sisters: Catherine Ralson,
  Binghamton; Martha Nedrow, Berlin; Stella Fisher, Fort Myers, Fla; and Rose
  Ann Custer, Baltimore, Md.; two brothers and three sisters-in-law: Andrew
  and Dorothy Nider, Rochester, N.Y.; Michael and Pauline Nider, Meyersdale;
  and Mary Nider, Binghamton; and several nieces and nephews.
    Mrs. Karas, a retired employee of Dunn-McCarthy, was a member of St.
  Michael's Greek Catholic Church.
    Funeral services were held Aug. 24 at the Chopyak-Scheider Funeral Home 
  and St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church, where the Very Rev. James Dutko 
  celebrated a divine liturgy.  Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City, N.Y.

  The New Republic, 31 August 2000
  
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