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Samuel Radko

Birth
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Jun 1971 (aged 59)
Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Polk, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. C
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Per Pennsylvania Marriages, on Aug 11 1941 in Allegheny Co, PA, Samuel Radko, son of Samuel and Martha Kolva Radko, both born in Austria, married Gwendolyn Johanna Shifrar, daughter of Frank and Theresa Lazar Shifrar, both born in Yugoslovakia. Samuel was born Apr 30 1912 in Wilkes Barre, PA, divorced his previous wife May 28, 1940, was a junk dealer in Springdale, PA. Gwendolyn was born Apr 25 1907 in Center, PA (Centre County?), divorced Jun 13 1941.
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The Derrick, Friday, Jun 11 1971:
Funeral services for Samuel Radko, 59, of Polk RD 2, who died after being struck by a crane boom, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Theodore W. Kuhns Funeral Home. The owner of Radko Auto Wreckers on Route 8, south of Pecan Hill, was dead on arrival at the Franklin Hospital Wednesday evening. He was born April 30,1912, in Wilkes-Barre, a son of John and Martha Koval Radko.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church at Springdale.

He was married August 16, 1941, at Springdale to Gwendolyn Shifrar, who survives, with three sisters, Mrs. Frank (Mary) Savanya of New York City, Mrs. Bernice James of Bristol, NV, Mrs. Robert (Nellie) Burnell of California; and two brothers, John and Walter Radko, both of Springdale.

Services will be at the Kuhns Funeral Home with Rev. Lester P. Thornton, pastor of the Hickory Grove Church of God, officiating. Interment will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery.
Per Pennsylvania Marriages, on Aug 11 1941 in Allegheny Co, PA, Samuel Radko, son of Samuel and Martha Kolva Radko, both born in Austria, married Gwendolyn Johanna Shifrar, daughter of Frank and Theresa Lazar Shifrar, both born in Yugoslovakia. Samuel was born Apr 30 1912 in Wilkes Barre, PA, divorced his previous wife May 28, 1940, was a junk dealer in Springdale, PA. Gwendolyn was born Apr 25 1907 in Center, PA (Centre County?), divorced Jun 13 1941.
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The Derrick, Friday, Jun 11 1971:
Funeral services for Samuel Radko, 59, of Polk RD 2, who died after being struck by a crane boom, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Theodore W. Kuhns Funeral Home. The owner of Radko Auto Wreckers on Route 8, south of Pecan Hill, was dead on arrival at the Franklin Hospital Wednesday evening. He was born April 30,1912, in Wilkes-Barre, a son of John and Martha Koval Radko.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church at Springdale.

He was married August 16, 1941, at Springdale to Gwendolyn Shifrar, who survives, with three sisters, Mrs. Frank (Mary) Savanya of New York City, Mrs. Bernice James of Bristol, NV, Mrs. Robert (Nellie) Burnell of California; and two brothers, John and Walter Radko, both of Springdale.

Services will be at the Kuhns Funeral Home with Rev. Lester P. Thornton, pastor of the Hickory Grove Church of God, officiating. Interment will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery.


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