OBIT: Henry J. LASKY (LASKOWSKI), 2000, Boswell RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LASKY
  
  Henry J. Lasky (Laskowski) 79, of Penn Avenue, Boswell RD, died Jan.
  23, 2000, at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown.  Born March 2, 1920,
  in Windber, son of Ignacy and Camilla (Kozlosky) Laskowski.  Preceded
  in death by parents, daughter Diane Kovach in 1993, sisters Katherine
  Moszcynski and Ann Phillips and brothers Joseph and Stanley "Piney"
  Sr.  Survived by wife, the former Frances Runtz: children Carol
  Sotosky and Henry A., both at home, and Robert C., married to Tammy
  Furman, Nanty Glo RD; 12 grandchildren, including Christopher Lasky,
  who lived at home; and one great-grandson,.  Also survived by
  son-in-law, Anthony Kovach, Uniontown; and sisters Sophia, widow of
  Edgar Gaubert, Levittown, N.Y.; Helen, widow of Joseph Madey,
  Windber; Louise, widow of Robert Curtis, Palmdale, Calif.; and Mary
  Ann, Los Angeles, Calif.  Member of All Saints Catholic Parish and
  Our Lady of the Laurel Highlands Council 8908, Knights of Columbus. 
  Charter member of the Boswell Athletic and Sportsman's Association. 
  Army veteran of World War II.  Former coal miner and self-employed
  truck driver.  An avid fisherman.  Observed 55th wedding anniversary
  Aug. 26, 1999.  Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Allegheny
  Street, Boswell, where a vigil for the deceased will be held
  Wednesday afternoon.  Funeral Mass at 1 p.m. Thursday at All Saints
  Church Boswell, the Rev. Father Martin Breski OFM Conv. celebrant. 
  Committal, St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Boswell.  B.A.S.A. members will
  meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers,
  memorials may be sent to the Lupus Foundation of American, Western
  Pa. Chapter, Suite 200, 1323 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219.
  
  Daily American, January 25, 2000
  
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