On March 19, 2022, Helen V. Platko fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 91, at the Schuylkill Center, Pottsville.
She was born Sept. 2, 1930, in Duncott, one of 13 children of the late Peter and Maria (Volosin) Verbosh. Helen was the wife of the late Paul Platko.
Helen was a lifelong member of Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Minersville. She was a member of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She earned her Academy of Friendship Degree at the Pottsville Women of the Moose. Helen loved spending time in the kitchen making delicious food like pierogies, halupkis, haluski and city chicken. She was an avid bingo player and most of all, she loved her family.
In addition to her parents, Helen was predeceased by her husband, Paul; infant daughter, Mary; son, Paul; brothers, Peter, George, Michael, John, Joseph and Andrew; sisters, Mary Verbosh, Anna Gavaletz, Veronica Sekellick and Julia Ryan.
She is survived by her children, Sandra Rickert, husband David, Reading; Laura Mitchell, husband Stephen, Pottsville; Michele Trumbower, husband David, Sellersville; Cheryl Martinozzi, husband Rocco, Birdsboro; Peter Platko, wife Joan, Colmar; 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Bertha Petrisko and Irene Dallago; numerous nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held with calling hours from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, followed by the Office of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Ss. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Gregory J. Noga celebrant. Interment will be at Parish Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church or to Camp Erin (camp for grieving children from loss of parent or sibling due to cancer). Make Payable to "Penn Medicine Hospice," with Camp Erin in the memo, Attn: Camp Erin, Penn Medicine Development, 3535 Market St., Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, is entrusted with the arrangements.
Published by Republican & Herald from Mar. 21 to Mar. 22, 2022.
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She was born Sept. 2, 1930, in Duncott, one of 13 children of the late Peter and Maria (Volosin) Verbosh. Helen was the wife of the late Paul Platko.
Helen was a lifelong member of Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Minersville. She was a member of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She earned her Academy of Friendship Degree at the Pottsville Women of the Moose. Helen loved spending time in the kitchen making delicious food like pierogies, halupkis, haluski and city chicken. She was an avid bingo player and most of all, she loved her family.
In addition to her parents, Helen was predeceased by her husband, Paul; infant daughter, Mary; son, Paul; brothers, Peter, George, Michael, John, Joseph and Andrew; sisters, Mary Verbosh, Anna Gavaletz, Veronica Sekellick and Julia Ryan.
She is survived by her children, Sandra Rickert, husband David, Reading; Laura Mitchell, husband Stephen, Pottsville; Michele Trumbower, husband David, Sellersville; Cheryl Martinozzi, husband Rocco, Birdsboro; Peter Platko, wife Joan, Colmar; 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Bertha Petrisko and Irene Dallago; numerous nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held with calling hours from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, followed by the Office of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Ss. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Gregory J. Noga celebrant. Interment will be at Parish Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church or to Camp Erin (camp for grieving children from loss of parent or sibling due to cancer). Make Payable to "Penn Medicine Hospice," with Camp Erin in the memo, Attn: Camp Erin, Penn Medicine Development, 3535 Market St., Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, is entrusted with the arrangements.
Published by Republican & Herald from Mar. 21 to Mar. 22, 2022.
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On March 19, 2022, Helen V. Platko fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 91, at the Schuylkill Center, Pottsville.
She was born Sept. 2, 1930, in Duncott, one of 13 children of the late Peter and Maria (Volosin) Verbosh. Helen was the wife of the late Paul Platko.
Helen was a lifelong member of Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Minersville. She was a member of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She earned her Academy of Friendship Degree at the Pottsville Women of the Moose. Helen loved spending time in the kitchen making delicious food like pierogies, halupkis, haluski and city chicken. She was an avid bingo player and most of all, she loved her family.
In addition to her parents, Helen was predeceased by her husband, Paul; infant daughter, Mary; son, Paul; brothers, Peter, George, Michael, John, Joseph and Andrew; sisters, Mary Verbosh, Anna Gavaletz, Veronica Sekellick and Julia Ryan.
She is survived by her children, Sandra Rickert, husband David, Reading; Laura Mitchell, husband Stephen, Pottsville; Michele Trumbower, husband David, Sellersville; Cheryl Martinozzi, husband Rocco, Birdsboro; Peter Platko, wife Joan, Colmar; 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Bertha Petrisko and Irene Dallago; numerous nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held with calling hours from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, followed by the Office of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Ss. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Gregory J. Noga celebrant. Interment will be at Parish Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church or to Camp Erin (camp for grieving children from loss of parent or sibling due to cancer). Make Payable to "Penn Medicine Hospice," with Camp Erin in the memo, Attn: Camp Erin, Penn Medicine Development, 3535 Market St., Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, is entrusted with the arrangements.
Published by Republican & Herald from Mar. 21 to Mar. 22, 2022.
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She was born Sept. 2, 1930, in Duncott, one of 13 children of the late Peter and Maria (Volosin) Verbosh. Helen was the wife of the late Paul Platko.
Helen was a lifelong member of Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Minersville. She was a member of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She earned her Academy of Friendship Degree at the Pottsville Women of the Moose. Helen loved spending time in the kitchen making delicious food like pierogies, halupkis, haluski and city chicken. She was an avid bingo player and most of all, she loved her family.
In addition to her parents, Helen was predeceased by her husband, Paul; infant daughter, Mary; son, Paul; brothers, Peter, George, Michael, John, Joseph and Andrew; sisters, Mary Verbosh, Anna Gavaletz, Veronica Sekellick and Julia Ryan.
She is survived by her children, Sandra Rickert, husband David, Reading; Laura Mitchell, husband Stephen, Pottsville; Michele Trumbower, husband David, Sellersville; Cheryl Martinozzi, husband Rocco, Birdsboro; Peter Platko, wife Joan, Colmar; 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Bertha Petrisko and Irene Dallago; numerous nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held with calling hours from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, followed by the Office of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Ss. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Gregory J. Noga celebrant. Interment will be at Parish Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church or to Camp Erin (camp for grieving children from loss of parent or sibling due to cancer). Make Payable to "Penn Medicine Hospice," with Camp Erin in the memo, Attn: Camp Erin, Penn Medicine Development, 3535 Market St., Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Mahal-Ritzel Funeral Home Inc., Minersville, is entrusted with the arrangements.
Published by Republican & Herald from Mar. 21 to Mar. 22, 2022.
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