OBIT: Catherine "Katie" (ZAHAR) SAPONSKY, 1997, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SAPONSKY
  
    Catherine "Katie" (Zahar) Saponsky, 80, of 124 Potomac Rd., Niles,
  Ohio, formerly of Boswell, died April 23, 1997, at Trumbull Memorial
  Hospital, Warren, Ohio.  Born June 11, 1916, in Brooklyn, N.Y. 
  Daughter of Justyn and Anna (Barchock) Zahar.  Preceded in death by
  parents; husband, John J. Sr., Oct. 15, 1973; infant daughter,
  Deanna, and brother, Joseph.  Survived by twin daughter and son: 
  Gloria J., wife of Harold Shaulis, with whom she resided, and John J.
  Jr., married to Sally Ann Jakab, Harrisburg; four grandchildren: 
  Debora and Lorri Shaulis and John J. III and Michael Saponsky, and
  one great-granddaughter, Kayla Powell.  Also survived by brother,
  Edward, married to Mary Perry, of Erie, and sister-in-law, Sarah
  Zahar, Boswell.  Member of St. Brendan's Catholic Church, Youngstown,
  Ohio, and auxiliary to Boswell Post 461, American Legion.  Along with
  husband, she owned and operated former Merchants Hotel, Boswell, for
  many years.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at Hoffman
  Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where wake service will be held at
  3 p.m. Friday, followed by Legion auxiliary service.  Mass of
  Christian Burial at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Stanislaus Catholic
  Church, Boswell, the Rev. Father Blase Wegierski O.F.M. Conv.
  Celebrant.  Interment, St. Stanislaus Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, April 24, 1997
  
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