OBIT: Michael J. STETZ, 1976, Jerome, Somerset County, PA
  
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  STETZ
  
  Michael J. Stetz, 84, 330 Somerset Ave., Jerome, died Aug. 5, 1976 in
  Memorial Hospital, Johnstown.  Born Nov. 21, 1891 in Rakovec,
  Czechoslovakia, a son of Michael and Anna Stetz.  Preceded in death
  by parents, wife, the former Helen Kostival in 1943, two sons:
  George, killed in action during World War II in 1945, and Michael,
  who died in 1957, also a brother, John.  Survived by these children:
  John A., married to the former Elizabeth Phillips; Ann B., wife of
  Charles Pipta Jr.; Paul J. Sr., married to the former Almeda
  McDaniel; Helen E., wife of Leo Baranik; and Mary K., wife of Steve
  Skero, all of Jerome; and Stephen Michael, married to the former
  Helen Fenydessy, of Hamburg, N.Y.; 11 grandchildren; and five
  great-granddaughters.  A half-brother of Mrs. Anna Hapak of Parma,
  Ohio.  Member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Jerome and the UMW of A.
  He was president of the First Catholic Slovak Union, Branch 524,
  Jerome, honorary member of the Jerome Volunteer Fire Co. and a
  retired employe [sic] of the former Hillman Coal and Coke Co.,
  Jerome.  Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m.
  to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny
  St., Boswell where wake service will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday.  Mass
  of the Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Cross Church,
  Jerome, with the Rev. Conrad Miller O.F.M. Conv. officiating. 
  Interment, church cemetery.
  
  Daily American, August 6, 1976
  
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