Obit: Sladich, Alvin L. #2 (1912? – 1973)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Sladich, Vojas, Lastoka, Mitch, Lipp, Burnie, Blatnik, Gorshak

----Source: Tribune/Record/Gleaner (Loyal, Wis.) 15 Nov 1973

Sladich, Alvin L. (1912? – 29 OCT 1973)

Alvin L. Sladich, 61, formerly of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), now of 15 Anderson Court, Monessen, Pa., died on October 29, 1973 in a Pittsburgh hospital following heart surgery.

He was married in November 1 from St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church of Monessen, Pa.

Mr. Sladich was born in Wickhaven Pa. to the late Joseph and Johanna (Vojas) Sladich. He grew to manhood in the Greenwood area, and returned to Pennsylvania to work fo the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp., as a carpenter following his tour of duty with the Seabees in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Survivors include his second wife, the former Helen (Lastoka) Mitch; one daughter, Mrs. Michael (Barbara) Lipp; two step-sons, Michael Mitch of Glen Burnie, Maryland and James Mitch of Beaver Falls, Pa.; one sister, Mrs. Anton (Anna) Blatnik of Fayette City, Pa.; three brothers, Rudolph and Ignatius of Greenwood, and Philip of Klamath Falls, Oregon, and two granddaughters.

Preceding him in death were his first wife, the former Carolyn Gorshak, in 1949, his parents, and several brothers and sisters.