OBIT: Stanley F. LEKAWA, Sr., 1981, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  STANLEY F. LEKAWA
  
    Stanley F. Lekawa Sr., 66, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, died
  March 17, 1981, in Jeannette.
    He was born Jan. 21, 1915, in Fairhope, Somerset County, son of
  Henry and Catherine Lekawa Sr.  Preceded in death by sister, Helen
  Massena.
    He is survived by widow, former Catherine Sakal, and these
  children: Stanley F. Jr., Wichita, Kan.; Donald E., Denver, Colo.;
  Eugene R., North Huntingdon; Ronald E., Latrobe; William A., Tempe,
  Ariz.; and Dale and Mrs. John (Nancy) Smith, both of Greensburg; also
  16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  He was a brother of
  Raymond, Tucson, Ariz.; Robert, Greensburg; Theodore, Johnstown;
  Henry A. Jr., California; Marion, Tucson; and Mrs. Gilbert (Julia)
  Curry, Nanty Glo; also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
    Friends were received at Mason-Gelder Funeral Home, Jeannette. 
  Mass of Christian Burial was served at Sacred Heart Church,
  Jeannette.  Interment, Sacred Heart Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, March 26, 1981
  
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