Interment, Grandview Cemetery with military rites by Menoher Post 155 VFW Ritual Team. Tuesday at Harris Funeral Home, 500 Cherry Lane, Richland, and from 9 to 10 a.m., time of service, Wednesday at the University Park Church of God, Elton Road, with the Rev. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Ken Smatlak, British Columbia, Canada and Ruth Walton (Mark), Sherwood, Ore. Joe Smatlak (Betty), Punxsutawney Dorothy Saltsman (Floyd), Southington, Ohio Millie Sholtis, Torrington, Conn. He also was preceded in death by three brothers, John, Eddie and Mike Smatlak, and three sisters, Betty Smatlak, Ann Cole and Margaret Sipka. Paul was the son of the late John and Anna (Payerchin) Smatlak. He was employed by Bethlehem Steel for 42 years in the Railcar Division, where he committed to memory all the long numbers for railcar parts. birthdates, anniversaries and phone numbers. In the Battle of the Bulge he received wounds in combat action against hostile enemy forces and was later presented with a Purple Heart. While under constant enemy shelling in the Hurtgen Forest, Germany, he administered first aid and evacuated several wounded men. Army 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Theater, and was awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U.S. He played hymns on his trombone and sang in the men’s quartet, in English and in Slovak, at the University Park Church of God, which began in his boyhood home and is now in Richland Township. The little double blessings are Jimmy, Cristina, Nicolas, John, Grant, Bronwyn, Emma, Ava, Charlotte, Lincoln, and Bailey. His grandchildren are Marcy, Jaime, Jessica, Monica, Karissa, Marc, Marissa, Jennifer, Lisa, Kristin, Emily, Jason and Holly. He was blessed with 13 grandchildren and doubly blessed with 11 great-grandchildren. Tim) Miller, Marion, Ohio and Pamela (the Rev. Paul Timothy (Karen) Smatlak, Glen Campbell John (Elizabeth) Smatlak, Midlothian, Va. He was the father of Rebecca Prough, Johnstown Dr. Paul was married for 66 years to Sophie (Rusnak) Smatlak. SMATLAK – Paul, 91, Richland, went to be with his Lord and Savior June 8, 2014.
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