Pauline J. Benko Childs
Pauline J. Benko Childs, 77, of McClellandtown, Pa., passed away Thursday, April 22, 2004, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville, Pa.
She was born June 3, 1926, in Trotter, Pa., daughter of George Benko and Mary Folta Benko.
She was a member of Jacobs Lutheran Church and the National Lupus Foundation.
Her husband, Donald Childs, a grandson, Jason Woods, three sisters, Annie Benko, Margaret Kaiser, Susan Dulik, a brother, John Benko, and parents preceded her in death.
She is survived by four daughters: Diana Crago of Carmichaels, Pa., Patricia Stavish and her husband Lawrence of New Salem, Pa., Marlene Woods of Elyria, Ohio, and Judith Woods and her husband George of Pearland, Texas; 10 Grandchildren; eight Great Grandchildren; four sisters: Mary Ratai of Connellsville, Pa., Helen Zoltun of Cavendish, Vermont, Olga Galioto of Mechanicsburg, Pa., and Leona Benko of Smock, Pa.; and a sister-in-law, Kathryn Kovach of Parma, Ohio.
Friends were received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, 35 South Mill Street, New Salem, Pa., on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Visitation continued Saturday, April 24, in Jacobs Lutheran Church, Masontown R. D. 1, Pa., from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Funeral Services began at 10:30 a.m. Her Pastor, the Rev. Todd Kornahrens, officiated.
Interment followed in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.