OBIT: Etalka R. (PETYAK) SAMEK VALENTINE, 2002, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SAMEK-VALENTINE
  
  Etalka R. (Petyak) Samek-Valentine, 78, of Somerset formerly of Uniontown
  passed away Oct. 10, 2002 at Somerset Hospital.  She was born March 1, 1924
  in Perryopolis, the daughter of the late Michael and Susan (Yuhasz)
  Petyak.  In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first
  husband John E. Samek and second husband Howard O. Valentine Sr., a brother
  Ernest Petyak and a sister Dorothy M. Rutherford.  She is survived by her
  children: Ronald J. Samek and wife Gina of Owasso, Mich.; Shawn H.
  McConville and husband Cletus of Pittsburgh, and Howard O. Valentine Jr.
  and wife Nancy of Friedens; five granddaughters and three grandsons and
  several nieces and nephews.  Etalka was a graduate of Perry Township High
  School.  She was a member of St. John Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church of
  Uniontown.  Friends will be received at the Haky Funeral Homes	Inc.,	a
  Dignity Memorial Provider, 139 W. Fayette Street, Uniontown, on Saturday
  from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and until 10:30
  a.m. Monday when a Panichida service will be held followed by Divine
  Liturgy at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Church with Rev. Fr.
  Thomas J. Wesdock as Celebrant.  Interment will follow at Mt. St. Macrina
  Cemetery.  Parastas will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday in the Funeral home.
  
  Daily American, October 12, 2002
  
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