GERMOVSEK, Rose Marie, 80, of Strabane, Pa., died Saturday, August 29, 2009.

She was born November 19, 1928, in Cadiz, Ohio, a daughter of George and Mary Prohart Wrkich.

Mrs. Germovsek was a member of Saint Patrick Church, SNPJ 138 and KSKJ Saint Jerome Lodgers and the Slovenian Women's Union.

She was a homemaker and had worked at Federal Paper Company and Alexander Co-operative.

Surviving are one daughter, Mary Jo Hartman and husband Paul, of Bethel Park, Pa.; one son, Joseph Germovsek and wife Melissa of Greensburg, Pa.; three sisters; Margaret Wroten, of Smithfield, Ohio, Christina Kasprzak, of Weirton, W.Va., and Mary Smith, of Martins Ferry, Ohio; four grandchildren, Patrick and Keeley Germovsek, Kristina and Elizabeth Hartman and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph V. "Luddy" Germovsek and four brothers, George, Joseph, Louis and Frank Wrkich.

Friends will be received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Sollon Funeral Home, Ltd., 30 East College, Canonsburg, Pa., J. David Sollon, Supervisor.

Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday at Saint Patrick Church at a time to be announced.

Interment will follow in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.

Memorials are suggested to SNPJ Scholarship Fund or Slovenian Hour.

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