OBIT: Charles V. POKRYFKA, 1987, Rockwood RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  POKRYFKA
  
    Charles V. Pokryfka, 67, Rockwood RD 2, died June 14, 1987, at his
  residence.  Born Nov. 2, 1919, in Munhall, Pa., son of the late Frank
  Pokrywka.  Preceded in death by his father, a brother and a sister. 
  Survived by wife of 39 years, the former Frances Ezdebski; mother,
  Anna Pokrywka of Munhall, Pa.; three daughters, Mrs. Eleanore
  Roycroft, Medina, Ohio; Mrs. Richard (Charlene) Commander of Olmsted,
  Ohio; and Mrs. Glenn Stern, Beachview, Pittsburgh; and three
  grandchildren.  Brother of Francis Pokrywka, Anthony Pokrifka, Larry
  Pokrywka, Mrs. Josephine Harbodin, Mrs. Marcella Dospoy, all of
  Munhall; Sylvester Pokrifka of Pittsburgh; Raymond Pokrifka,
  Pynamatuning [sic]; John Pokrifka, Strattanville, Pa.; Henry
  Pokrifka, Homestead, Pa.; Sister M. Christina, Holy Ghost Convent,
  Westview, Pittsburgh and Dorothy Kostovny of West Mifflin.  Member of
  St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Somerset.  Retired railroad
  engineer for U.S. Steel Co. in Homestead.  World War II veteran of
  U.S. Army.  Friends will be received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and
  Wednesday at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home where rosary will be
  recited Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.  Mass of Christian Burial Thursday at
  10 a.m. at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Somerset, Monsignor
  Samuel J. Tomaselli officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial
  Park.  Memorial contributions may be given to the Windber Hospital
  Hospice program, Windber, Pa.
  
  Daily American, June 15, 1987
  
  [P0757]
  
  [Note: different spellings for Pokryfka, Pokrywka, and Pokrifka;
  unsure if all are correct or several are mispelled.]