Helen V. (Palko) Tatusko, John XXIII Home, 2250 Shenango Valley Freeway, Hermitage, formerly of Beechwood Avenue, Farrell, and Pulaski Road, Shenango Township, died at 2:45 a.m. Saturday (10-27-07) in UPMC Horizon, Farrell, after a brief illness. She was 87.
Mrs. Tatusko was born Oct. 28, 1919, in Farrell, to George T. and Helen Vilagi Palko.
She graduated from Farrell High School in 1937.
M r s . Tatusko married John L. Tatusko on Feb. 1, 1942. He died Feb. 1, 1973.
A homemaker, Mrs. Tatusko was a self-employed hairdresser, maintaining her shop on Emerson Avenue, Farrell, for many years. She also was the staff hairdresser for the A.E. Pustinger Funeral Home, Farrell, for over 50 years before her retirement. Mrs. Tatusko played the organ for many years for Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Farrell.
A dedicated volunteer, she worked at the Prince of Peace Center and Holy Trinity Church, both in Farrell, and John XXIII Home, Hermitage.
Mrs. Tatusko was a member of Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR), Local 1197, Farrell.
She is survived by: a daughter, Theresa I. Ferguson, and her husband, Robert, Pulaski, Va.; a son, John G. Tatusko, and his wife, Salli, Farrell; a sister, Mitzi Steh, Fowler; and three grandchildren: Jonathan F. Tatusko, Stephen A. Ferguson and Adam M. Tatusko.
She was preceded in death by three sisters: Julia Palko, Clara Puhala and Ethel Steh; and two brothers, George and Edward.
Interment: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hermitage.
Mrs. Tatusko was born Oct. 28, 1919, in Farrell, to George T. and Helen Vilagi Palko.
She graduated from Farrell High School in 1937.
M r s . Tatusko married John L. Tatusko on Feb. 1, 1942. He died Feb. 1, 1973.
A homemaker, Mrs. Tatusko was a self-employed hairdresser, maintaining her shop on Emerson Avenue, Farrell, for many years. She also was the staff hairdresser for the A.E. Pustinger Funeral Home, Farrell, for over 50 years before her retirement. Mrs. Tatusko played the organ for many years for Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Farrell.
A dedicated volunteer, she worked at the Prince of Peace Center and Holy Trinity Church, both in Farrell, and John XXIII Home, Hermitage.
Mrs. Tatusko was a member of Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR), Local 1197, Farrell.
She is survived by: a daughter, Theresa I. Ferguson, and her husband, Robert, Pulaski, Va.; a son, John G. Tatusko, and his wife, Salli, Farrell; a sister, Mitzi Steh, Fowler; and three grandchildren: Jonathan F. Tatusko, Stephen A. Ferguson and Adam M. Tatusko.
She was preceded in death by three sisters: Julia Palko, Clara Puhala and Ethel Steh; and two brothers, George and Edward.
Interment: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hermitage.
Helen V. (Palko) Tatusko, John XXIII Home, 2250 Shenango Valley Freeway, Hermitage, formerly of Beechwood Avenue, Farrell, and Pulaski Road, Shenango Township, died at 2:45 a.m. Saturday (10-27-07) in UPMC Horizon, Farrell, after a brief illness. She was 87.
Mrs. Tatusko was born Oct. 28, 1919, in Farrell, to George T. and Helen Vilagi Palko.
She graduated from Farrell High School in 1937.
M r s . Tatusko married John L. Tatusko on Feb. 1, 1942. He died Feb. 1, 1973.
A homemaker, Mrs. Tatusko was a self-employed hairdresser, maintaining her shop on Emerson Avenue, Farrell, for many years. She also was the staff hairdresser for the A.E. Pustinger Funeral Home, Farrell, for over 50 years before her retirement. Mrs. Tatusko played the organ for many years for Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Farrell.
A dedicated volunteer, she worked at the Prince of Peace Center and Holy Trinity Church, both in Farrell, and John XXIII Home, Hermitage.
Mrs. Tatusko was a member of Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR), Local 1197, Farrell.
She is survived by: a daughter, Theresa I. Ferguson, and her husband, Robert, Pulaski, Va.; a son, John G. Tatusko, and his wife, Salli, Farrell; a sister, Mitzi Steh, Fowler; and three grandchildren: Jonathan F. Tatusko, Stephen A. Ferguson and Adam M. Tatusko.
She was preceded in death by three sisters: Julia Palko, Clara Puhala and Ethel Steh; and two brothers, George and Edward.
Interment: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hermitage.
Mrs. Tatusko was born Oct. 28, 1919, in Farrell, to George T. and Helen Vilagi Palko.
She graduated from Farrell High School in 1937.
M r s . Tatusko married John L. Tatusko on Feb. 1, 1942. He died Feb. 1, 1973.
A homemaker, Mrs. Tatusko was a self-employed hairdresser, maintaining her shop on Emerson Avenue, Farrell, for many years. She also was the staff hairdresser for the A.E. Pustinger Funeral Home, Farrell, for over 50 years before her retirement. Mrs. Tatusko played the organ for many years for Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Farrell.
A dedicated volunteer, she worked at the Prince of Peace Center and Holy Trinity Church, both in Farrell, and John XXIII Home, Hermitage.
Mrs. Tatusko was a member of Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR), Local 1197, Farrell.
She is survived by: a daughter, Theresa I. Ferguson, and her husband, Robert, Pulaski, Va.; a son, John G. Tatusko, and his wife, Salli, Farrell; a sister, Mitzi Steh, Fowler; and three grandchildren: Jonathan F. Tatusko, Stephen A. Ferguson and Adam M. Tatusko.
She was preceded in death by three sisters: Julia Palko, Clara Puhala and Ethel Steh; and two brothers, George and Edward.
Interment: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, Hermitage.
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