OBIT: John L. STRAKA, Sr., 1985, Jenners, Somerset County, PA
  
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  STRAKA
  
  John L. Straka, Sr., 84, 43 Water St., Jenners, died unexpectedly
  June 2, 1985, at Somerset Community Hospital.  Born July 27, 1900, in
  Austria-Hungary, son of the late Joseph and Anna (Baloga) Straka. 
  Preceded in death by parents; three infant children, Mary Ann,
  William, and James; one infant grandchild, Beverly Straka; sister,
  Elizabeth, brother, Andrew.  Survived by his widow, the former Anna
  M. Mriglud; six children, John Jr., married to former Shirley (Clark)
  deLuca, Boswell; Joseph, Southampton, Pa.; Anna, wife of Italo Carosi,
  Salix; David, married to the former Stella Yuchnik, Camp Springs, Md.;
  Ben, married to the former Jean Persuhn, Jenners; Louise, wife of
  Kirby Lintz, Summerville, S.C.; 17 grandchildren; six great
  grandchildren.  He was the brother of Dorothy Kolosky, Cleveland,
  Ohio; Joseph, Whitney, Pa.; Veronica Tompko, and Anna Dorko, both of
  Lloydsville, Pa.; Justine Majer, Beatty, Pa.  He was a member of St.
  Joseph's Catholic Church, Jenners, and the Holy Name Society.  Also a
  member of UMWA, Jenner Local No. 1742; Jenner Rod and Gun Club; First
  Catholic Slovak Union.  Celebrated 61st wedding anniversary Jan. 23,
  1985.  Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Monday and 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. Tuesday at Hoffman Funeral Home, Main St., Boswell, where Wake
  Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.  Mass of Christian Burial
  10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Church, the Rev. Alfred Evanoski
  O.F.M. Conv.  Interment, St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Boswell.
  
  Daily American, June 3, 1985
  
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