ROBERT A. BALASKA;66;OF 518 BROAD AVENUE;BELLE VERNON;DIED SUNDAY;JULY 3;1994 AT 1:45 P.M. IN JEFFERSON HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN JAN.13;1928; IN BELLE VERNON;A SON OF THE LATE JOHN AND MARY BRAZACK BALASKA. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE BELLE VERNON AREA;MR BALASKA WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE NORTH BELLE VERNON FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS FORMER OWNER AND OPERATOR OF BALASKA’S BAR IN NORTH BELLE VERNON;RETIRING IN 1990. SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE SONS;ROBERT J.BALASKA AT HOME;KERRY L.BALASKA AND HIS WIFE DAVITA OF BELLE VERNON R.D.5;AND MARSDEN P. BALASKA OF BELLE VERNON;TWO BROTHERS;ALBERT BALASKA OF LAKELAND;FLA.;AND KENNY BALASKA OF NIANTIC;CONN.;ONE SISTER;HELEN ZOFKO OF WARREN;OHIO;AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN;KERI;MICHAEL AND KALEE. FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED WEDNESDAY FROM 2 TO 4 AND 7 TO 9 P.M. IN THE FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.700 BROAD AVE.;BELLE VERNON;WHERE SERVICES WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY AT 9 P.M. WITH THE REV.FR.STEPHEN C.HURNYAK OF ST.JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH;CHARLEROI;OFFICIATING. THE NORTH BELLE VERNON FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT SERVICES AT 7 P.M.TUESDAY IN THE FUNERAL HOME. THE FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

Albert Silk Balaska; 84; of Lakeland; Fla.; died Sunday; Sept. 21; 2008; in Sewickley Valley Hospital. A son of the late John and Mary Brazack Balaska; he was born in Belle Vernon on Oct. 2; 1923. A former member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Charleroi; he had resided in Florida since 1980. Formerly of Belle Vernon; he had been a co-owner of Balaska’s Bar. Albert retired from Envisors Engineering of Winterhaven; Fla.; and was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife; Santa Altomari Balaska; one daughter and son-in-law; Deborah and Jerry Chrzaszcz; of Richmond; Va.; two sons and one daughter-in- law; Terence Ferrara; of Swansea; Mass.; and Henry and Pamela Ferrara; of Nahant; Mass.; one sister; Helen Zofko; of Warren; Ohio; and five grandchildren. In addition to his parents; he was preceded in death by three brothers; Robert A.; Kenneth and John Balaska. Graveside services will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery on Friday; Sept. 26; at 10 a.m. The FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY INC.; www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com; 724- 929-5300; 700 Broad Ave.; Belle Vernon; is handling arrangements.