Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Karasack, Earl R.  October 15, 2022
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Legacy Remembers on Oct. 18, 2022
The family of Earl R. Karasack, 91, of Latrobe, is saddened to announce his
passing Saturday, Oct. 15, while under the compassionate care of Good Samaritan
Hospice House in Wexford. Earl leaves behind to cherish his memory: wife, Betty;
son, Craig (Lisa); granddaughters, Kellie (Adam Gazarik), Melissa (Nicholas
Spink) and Brooke; great-granddaughters, Everleigh Mae and Camryn Jayne;
brother, Donald (Mary Ann); and numerous nieces and nephews. Earl was preceded
in death by parents, Charles and Amelia (Roble) Karasack; brother, Charles; and
sisters, Kay (Keltz) and Amelia/Millie (Rice). Earl's childhood home was on John
Street in Latrobe, directly across the street from Legion Keener Park. The
tennis courts in the park and an old tennis racket proved to be instrumental in
shaping Earl's entire life. His love of the game led Earl to become wildly
successful and respected both on and off of the court as a player, coach and
teacher. A 1949 graduate of Latrobe High School, Earl won the WPIAL team
championship in both 1948 and 1949. This accomplishment afforded him the
opportunity to attend the California State Teacher College on a tennis
scholarship. While at California, Earl was a tennis powerhouse and only lost two
individual matches throughout his four-year collegiate career. Additionally, he
graduated with a valuable teaching degree. Earl's most important and treasured
moment spent at California was the day that he met Betty, who would later become
his cherished wife of 66 years. After graduating from California in 1953, Earl
proudly served in the Army before beginning his professional career as an
industrial arts teacher for his hometown Latrobe School District. Betty and Earl
married in 1956, he designed and built their family home, and took advantage of
the GI Bill and obtained a master's of education degree from the University of
Pittsburgh. Earl not only influenced countless students as a mechanical drawing
and architectural drawing teacher, but was the Latrobe High School tennis coach
from 1958-1974, compiling a record of 125 wins and only 26 losses. He was named
WPIAL Coach of the Year 1970, and in 1997, was inducted into the California
University (PA) Athletic Hall of Fame. Earl retired from teaching in 1989, at
which time he focused his attention on stringing tennis rackets, continuing to
play competitively, reading and helping his son and daughter-in-law with many
home construction projects. Earl's family and friends will remember him as a
dessert-loving devoted husband, a role model and hero to his son, a fun-loving
grandfather and kind-hearted friend. He will be deeply missed, but eternally
remembered. Friends and family are invited to a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Friday,
Oct. 21, 2022, at Sacred Heart Church in Youngstown and interment immediately
following at Saint Vincent Cemetery Mausoleum. Should you wish, donations to the
Adam's Memorial Library or the Latrobe Historical Society would make Earl smile.

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