OBIT: Walter KOBA, 2007, Jerome, Somerset County, PA
 
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  KOBA, Walter  03/16/07  Daily American
  
   Walter Koba, 79, Jerome, died March 14, 2007, at Select Specialty Hospital. Born Dec. 2,
  1927, in Jenners, son of John and Katherine (Drabik) Koba. Preceded in death by parents;
  sister, Olga Smithson; and brother, Metro. Survived by son, David, married to former
  Patricia Mishler, Davidsville; grandchildren, Heather, mar-ried to Nikolas Shaffer,
  Greensburg; and David, Pittsburgh; great-grand-daughter, Morgan Shaffer; sisters, Mary,
  widow of Charles Fedinotz, Jenners; Ann, married to Father Ivan Dornic, Baltimore; and
  Julia, widow of Conrad Helsel, Johnstown; also survived by numerous nieces and nephews,
  including Debbie Singel and Gary and Brian Helsel, all of Johnstown. He is a U.S. Navy
  veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Retired
  federal mine inspector. Member of Jerome Post 802 American Legion. Viewing will be held
  from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hoffman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 409 Main St.,
  Boswell, where a service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Father Ivan Dornic
  officiating. Interment, St. Marys Orthodox Cemetery, Jenners. Military rites by Somerset
  County Honor Guard. KOBA Walter Koba, 79, Jerome, died March 14, 2007, at Select
  Specialty Hospital. Born Dec. 2, 1927, in Jenners, son of John and Katherine (Drabik)
  Koba. Preceded in death by parents; sister, Olga Smithson; and brother, Metro. Survived
  by son, David, married to former Patricia Mishler, Davidsville; grandchildren, Heather,
  mar-ried to Nikolas Shaffer, Greensburg; and David, Pittsburgh; great-grand-daughter,
  Morgan Shaffer; sisters, Mary, widow of Charles Fedinotz, Jenners; Ann, married to Father
  Ivan Dornic, Baltimore; and Julia, widow of Conrad Helsel, Johnstown; also survived by
  numerous nieces and nephews, including Debbie Singel and Gary and Brian Helsel, all of
  Johnstown. He is a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific
  Theater of Operations. Retired federal mine inspector. Member of Jerome Post 802 American
  Legion. Viewing will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hoffman Funeral Home and Cremation
  Services, 409 Main St., Boswell, where a service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday. The Rev.
  Father Ivan Dornic officiating. Interment, St. Marys Orthodox Cemetery, Jenners. Military
  rites by Somerset County Honor Guard.