OBIT: John URBAN, Jr., 2006, Somerset, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Barry and Betty Christy. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ John URBAN, Jr. John Urban Jr., 92, Somerset, formerly the Griffie section of Acosta, and most recently, Country Manor in Jerome, died Oct. 21, 2006, at Somerset hospital. Born June 22, 1914, in Windber, the son of the late John and Mary Catherine Urban Sr. Also preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Pauline (O'Hara) Urban, who died April 25, 2001; a son, John M. Urban; brother, Walter Urban and sisters, Nellie Dorusha, Evelyn Dorusha, Julia Miller and Helen Neri. Survived by daughter-in-law, Jackie Urban of Cheyenne, Wyo.; sisters-in-law, Josephine Urban and Julia Smith; grand-children, Michael Urban and wife Barbara, John Urban and wife Tanya and Dona, married to Todd Romain, all of Cheyene, Wyo., and Kellie married to Tad Kuenning of Syracuse, Neb.; great-grand-children, Abby and Zach Urban, Lane and Jacob Urban, Amie, Andrew, Sara and Jonathan Romain, and Tina and Kara Kuenning; and a great- great-granddaughter, Nicolette Kuenning. Also survived by nieces and nephews with whom he spent much time, Dona and Gordan Reynolds, Richard Smith and Chris Reynolds. Member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Somerset, and the U.M.W.A. He was a retired coal miner. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Tuesday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, Somerset. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Monsignor Samuel J. Tomaselli, celebrant. Committal in Somerset County Memorial Park. Vigil for the deceased will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Daily American, October 23, 2006