George Michael Bobik, 94, of Charleroi, (Fallowfield Township), died Friday, March 23, 2018 in the Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born April 25, 1923 in Monongahela, the son of Nicholas and Mary Krupa Bobik.
Mr. Bobik was a graduate of Monongahela High School, where he played the saxophone and clarinet in the band, and was a World War II veteran having served in the US Marine Corps. For twenty years, Mr. Bobik was employed at US Steel Donora Works and retired as a electronics technician from Montgomery Wards in Charleroi. He was a member of St. Damien of Molokai Parish in Monongahela and a fifty two year member of the Carroll Legion James C. Ford Post 949 in Dunkirk. He loved spending his time listening to big band music.
He is survived by his daughter, Nancy Hulgas of Fort Myers, Florida; son, Daniel and wife Janet (Luckasevic) Bobik of Land O Lakes, Florida; four grandchildren, Dan and Don Hulgas, Craig Bobik and wife Dana, Chad Bobik and wife Laura; four great grandchildren, Savannah, Vanessah, Willow and Dillon Bobik; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ann Dorothy Bachkay Bobik who died August 18, 2013; and a sister, Josephine Brounce.
Friends will be received on Sunday, April 22, 2018 from 5-7 pm in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela. Funeral prayers will begin at 9:30 am on Monday, April 23, 2018 in the funeral home followed by a mass of Christian burial at 10:00 am in St. Damien of Molokai Parish with the Rev. William Terza, pastor as celebrant. Committal services and interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery with military honors accorded by the Mon Valley Firing Squad and Honor Guard.