OBIT: Stanley G. BODZIAK, 1999, Boswell, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BODZIAK Stanley G. Bodziak, 91, of Juniata Street, Boswell, died Sept. 22, 1999, at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. Born May 4, 1908, in Boswell, son of George and Catherine (Ryniak) Bodziak. Preceded in death by parents; wife of 63 years, the former Mary Mildred Zalesky, April 9, 1995; infant son and sister Mary Murray. Survived by daughters: Louise Bodziak, Lake Ridge, Va., and Dolores, wife of Frank Garavuso, Avenel, N.J.; two grandchildren: Linda (Garavuso) Shaw and Frank Garavuso; and three great-grandchildren: Alex and Michelle Piersiak and Patrick Shaw. Brother of Charles Bodziak and Blanche Steve, both of Boswell, and Walter Bodziak, Maple Ridge. Member of All Saints Catholic Parish and the UMWA. Retired area coal miner with 42 years of service. Last employed by the former Bird Coal Company, Tire Hill. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where a vigil for the deceased will be held at 3 p.m. Friday with his nephew, the Rev. Father Charles Bodziak, presiding. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday at All Saints Church, Boswell, the Rev. Father Martin Breski OFM Conv., celebrant. Interment, St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Boswell. Daily American, September 24, 1999 [B1971]