OBIT: Judy (PREKREL) BALLENTINE, 2002, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by J. Goddard Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BALLENTINE Judy Prekrel Ballentine of Chandler, Ariz., died Sept. 1, 2002 at the University of California at San Diego Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. From complications following surgery. She was born Sept. 28, 1949 in Charleroi, Pa., the daughter of Albert and the late Mildred Prekrel and grew up in Newell and Rockwood. She is survived by her husband of 33 years, John; her son, John III, and his wife Lori, of Vancouver, Wash.; a brother, James Prekrel of Nashville, Tenn.; and her father Al Prekrel of Rockwood. A memorial service was conducted in Chandler, Ariz. She was a 1967 graduate of Rockwood High School. She was a registered Nurse, first working in the OB/GYN area and later maintained a nursing notes software system at Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Ariz. until her illness caused her disability. Memorial contributions can be made to The Society of St. Vincent DePaul, 420 W. Watkins St., Phoenix, Ariz. 85003. Daily American, September 7, 2002 [B0316]