OBIT: Charles J. SZEWCZYK (aka SHEFTIC), 1998, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SZEWCZYK
  
  Charles J. Szewczyk (Sheftic), 70, of Ohio Street, Boswell,
  pronounced dead on May 6, 1998, at home.  Born April 3, 1928, in
  Johnstown, son of Charles W. and Mary R. (Bobek) Szewczyk.  Preceded
  in death by parents, uncle Edward Szewczyk and aunt Ann Kolodisa. 
  Survived by sister Mary Lee, Boswell; aunts and uncles: Frances
  Shubik, Thadeus, Walter, Mary, Kathryn, and John Sheftic; special
  cousins Helen Cheek, Mary Jane and Geno Cavallo and Jo Kubas, and
  very dear friends Sue, Chuck, Kathy, and Brandy Ringer.  Graduate of
  the former Boswell High School Class of 1945 and magna cum laude
  graduate of Notre Dame University Class of 1949.  Army veteran of the
  Korean War.  Former managing partner of County Amusement;
  owner-operator of the former Sheftic Amusement Company and the
  Downtowner Motor Hotel, Johnstown, for many years, and active partner
  in the former Richland and Westmont Drive-In Theaters, Act I and II,
  Westwood Plaza and Richland Mall Theaters.  Former president and
  current chairman of Peoples Bank, Jennerstown, and director of First
  Commonwealth Financial Corp., past Boswell Borough Council president,
  past president and current treasurer of the Somerset County
  Development Council, member of All Saints Catholic Parish where he
  was a member of the choir and chairman of the church finance council,
  Windber Council 4067, Knights of Columbus, Somerset Post 554, VFW;
  Somerset Aerie 1801, Fraternal Order of Eagles; Boswell Post 461,
  American Legion; and the Boswell Water Authority.  A lifetime member
  of the Boswell Area Historical Society and a Pittsburgh Steeler
  season ticket-holder for 45 years.  Sustaining member of Johnstown
  Symphony.  Friends received from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hoffman
  Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell.  Mass of Christian Burial at 10
  a.m. Saturday at All Saints Church, Boswell, the Rev. Martin Breski,
  O.F.M., Conv., celebrant.  Interment, St. Stanislaus Cemetery,
  Boswell.  Memorials to the donor's favorite charity would be
  appreciated.
  
  Daily American, May 8, 1998
  
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