OBIT: Walter E. KOWALESKI, 2004, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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    WALTER E. KOWALESKI

  Walter E. Kowaleski, 85, Clearfield, formerly of Somerset, died on Oct. 
  12, 2004, at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  He was born Feb.  22, 
  1919, in Mount Pleasant, a son of the late Lewis and Sophie Kowaleski.  In 
  addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six sisters and six 
  brothers.  He is survived by two children Richard J. Kowalewski and wife 
  Sherry, Warsaw, Ohio; Judy Zazworsky and husband Lee, Granville, Ohio; six 
  grandchildren Richard Kowalewski Jr. and wife Julie, Florence, Ky.; Sean, 
  Ryan and Kevin Kowalewski, all of Warsaw, Ohio; David and Jessica 
  Zazworsky, both of Atlanta, Ga.  He retired in March of 1984 from the 
  Federal Bureau of Mines.  He was self-employed in the coal mine business in 
  Somerset.  He served with the U.S. Army Ninth Division during World War II 
  having attained the rank of staff sergeant.  He was involved in the 
  Invasion of Normandy in June of 1944 and earned two bronze stars and 
  several ribbons.  He was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, 
  Clearfield, the Clearfield American Legion John Lewis Shade Post 6 and the 
  F. Michael Sicks Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1785 of Clearfield.  Friends 
  will be received 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Kevin A. Beardsley 
  Funeral Home, Clearfield.  A Christian vigil service will be recited at the 
  funeral home on Friday at 3:45 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be said 
  10 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Catholic Church, Clearfield.  The Rev. 
  Monsignor Henry L. Krebs celebrant.  Committal services and interment will 
  be at 2 p.m. in the Somerset County Memorial Park, Somerset.  Military 
  honors will be accorded at the cemetery by the members of the Somerset 
  County Honor Guard.  The family suggests that memorial contributions be 
  made the Clearfield Senior Citizens Center, 103 North Front Street, 
  Clearfield.  Online condolences or memory tributes may be sent to 
  www.beardsleyfuneralhome.com.

  10/14/2004  newspaper not stated