OBIT: Thelma M. (Emert) KOWALCZYK, 2008, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http: //www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- KOWALCZYK, Thelma M. (Emert) 09/24/08 Daily American Thelma M. (Emert) Kowalczyk, 90, formerly of Boswell, died Sept. 22, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Health Care Center, Boardman, Ohio. Born May 28, 1918, in Friedens, the daughter of Charles and Edna (Woy) Emert. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Matthew V., Feb. 29, 1976; great-granddaughter, Emma Joan Kowalczyk, April 6, 2008; sister, Ruth; and brothers, Monroe and John. Survived by son, Matthew M., married to Barbara Artzerounian, Canfield, Ohio; granddaughter, Elizabeth Ann, married to William Hutchison, Columbus, Ohio; grandson, Matthew E., married to Ellen Cram, Seattle, Wash.; and great-grandchildren, William M. and Jack E. Hutchison and Ella L. Kowalczyk. Sister of Pearl Shaffer, Somerset; Raymond, Ohio; David, Somerset; and Ethel Deist, Lancaster. Graduated from the former Boswell High School. Retired cafeteria supervisor for North Star schools. Member of St. Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boswell. Former member of Seventh Society of Farm Women. Viewing from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Hoffman Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 409 Main St., Boswell, where service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Dennis L. Doebler officiating. Committal St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Boswell.