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George Hodak
George Hodak, 90, of Butler died Friday evening, March 9, 2012 at the V.N.A.
Inpatient Hospice.
Born September 10, 1921, in Rimerton, Pa., he was a son of the late Evan and
Margaret (McCall) Hodak.
He attended Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington, Pa.
He had worked as a barber at the Butler VA Hospital for 36 years and also at the
Pullman Standard Car Co., in their erection department also in construction, and
then finally as a security guard for Pullman and also Trinity Industries.
He was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in Butler, the American Legion
Post 177 in Butler, the American Legion Post 778 in Lyndora, the VFW Post 249 in
Butler, the Slovak Club in Lyndora and the Butler Moose Lodge 64, and he was a
founding member of the Buffalo Valley Sportsmen Club, as he had enjoyed hunting
and fishing.
George had been a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps, where he had gone
to diesel mechanic school, and then was a veteran of World War II, serving in
the U.S. Marine Corps.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy M. (Crawford) Hodak, who he married Jan. 12,
1951; four sons, Dennis (Judy) Hodak, Charles (Susan) Hodak, John (Karen) Hodak
and Robert Hodak, all of Butler; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-granddaughter; and one sister, Josephine Vokel of Worthington.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Louis, Clifford, and Robert and one
sister, Mary Szlankiewicz.
Friends of George Hodak, who died Friday, March 9, 2012, will be received at the
Geibel Funeral Home, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. The
Rev. Ginger DiTullio will officiate.
Following cremation, interment with military honors will take place in Lawn
Haven Burial Estates, Worthington, Pa.
Arrangements by Geibel Funeral Home, Butler, Pa. |
