Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Semiklose, Mary Hornok, 1969 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY HORNOK SEMIKLOSE ELIZABETH, N.J. - A funeral mass for Mrs. Mary Hornok Semiklose was conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Jude's Catholic Church by the Rev. Antonio Malabad. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, with W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were Dr. E.E. Brittle, Clifton Barnes, Andrew Kume, Steve Hornok, George Vargo and Joe Gyoker. Mrs. Semiklose, 57, died Friday in her home after a heart attack. She was the wife of John Semiklose and a daughter of Mrs. Helen Ronciski* Hornok and the late Andrew Hornok of Courtland, Va. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. She was a native of Premier, W. Va. Besides her husband and mother, surviving are two sons, Johnnie Semiklose of Elizabeth and Jimmie Semiklose of Columbia, S.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Wolfe of Elizabeth; four sisters, Mrs. Henel H. Kume of Courtland, Mrs. Julia H. Pelletlieri of Riverview, Fla.; Mrs. Irene H. Lemar of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Ethel H. Skodzonski of West Point, Va.; five brothers, Andy Hornok of Clifton, N.J., Steve Hornok of Courtland, John Hornok of Kearns, Utah, Joe Hornok of Potescasi, N.C., and Mike Hornok of Suffolk, Va.; and six grandchildren. The body was sent to W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, Va., where the Rosary was recited Monday at 8 p.m. *Her mother's maiden name should read "Ronscek." Mary (HORNOK; Mrs. John) SEMIKLOSE, Premier, WV native, d. 25 Sep 1969, at home, Elizabeth, NJ, age 57, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section II, Plot 55*), Courtland, 29 Sep 1969, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 2, 1969, Sect. II, p. 4 *Her father-in-law, George SEMIKLOSI, is buried in Section I, Plot 32A. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt Her husband's surname varies. Their marriage license, 21 Dec 1937 (Southampton Co. MB 1937 #283), also gives SEMIKLOSI, as does George's gravestone; however, he brother-in-law Alex's stone reads SEMIKLOSE. Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 22, 1950, p. 7) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h652a1ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 11, 1950, p. 65) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h652h1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s524m1ob.txt