OBIT: Thomas WANKO Jr., 1989, Jerome, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ WANKO Thomas Wanko Jr., 72, of Jerome, died July 14, 1989 at Somerset Hospital. Born Dec. 22, 1916 in Hartshorne, Okla., son of Thomas and Ann (Wansick) Wanko Sr. Preceded in death by parents, wife, the former Helen Kisula, and four brothers. Survived by son, Thomas M. of Jerome. Brother of Ann, wife of Sam Lasevich, Baltimore, Md.; Mary Stander, of Hartshorne, Okla.; Helen, wife of Clifford James, and Sue, wife of William Hamilton, both of Jerome; Andrew, of Petaluma, Calif.; Julia, wife of John Wojtisek of Hagerstown; Nancy, wife of Mickey D'Arrigo, Somerset; Eva, wife of Ernie Durb, Wilmington, Mass.; Leon, of Baltimore, Md.; and Frank of Wadesboro, N.C.; also survived by sister-in-law Mary Toth, widow of John, Jerome. Member of Sts. Peter and Paul's Russian Orthodox Church, Boswell. Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell, where Parastas will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, the Very Rev. Father John W. Govrusik. Interment, church cemetery. Daily American, July 15, 1989 [W0433]