OBIT: Thomas F. PATULA, 1998, Hollsopple, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PATULA
  
  Thomas F. Patula, 92, of Ott Road, Hollsopple RD, DOA Sept. 17, 1998,
  at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown.  Born March 5. 1906, in Little
  Falls, Minn. Son of Joseph and Catherine (Pochron) Patola.  Preceded
  in death by parents; infant daughter, Juniata, and grandson, Paul F.
  Bako; brothers William, Michael, Joseph, Stanley and Stephen; sisters
  Mary Palmer and Helen Hoffers.  Survived by wife, the former Edna
  Shick; daughters Henrietta, wife of William Pilat, Johnstown; Loretta
  Keohan, Melrose, Mass.; son, Thomas, married to Elaine Amistadi,
  Johnstown; also 7 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren; brothers
  Andrew, Tarcntum; John, Cheswick; Carl, Mount Pleasant, and Frank,
  Acme, and sisters Anti LaBuda, Acme, and Caroline Steft, Mount
  Pleasant; also numerous nieces and nephews.  Member of St. Anne's
  Catholic Church, Davidsville, and UMWA.  Coal miner of 54 years with
  Hillman Coal & Coke Co.  Avid hunter, fisherman and gardener.  Observed
  68th wedding anniversary Nov. 13, 1997.  Friends received from noon to
  9 p.m. Sunday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Allegheny Street, Boswell,
  where wake service will be held Sunday evening.  Mass of Christian
  Burial at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anne's Church, Father Michael
  Lewandowski, OFM, Conv., celebrant.  Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery,
  near Jerome.
  
  Daily American, September 19, 1998
  
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