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Beloved Father, Grandfather,
Great-grandfather and friend; John Jay Berdy, age 96 of 151 Autumn
Drive, Butler, Pennsylvania, died Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 8:00
p.m. in U.P.M.C. Passavant.
Born Saturday, April 18, 1908 in Lyndora,
Pennsylvania he was the son of Austrian immigrants who resided in
historical Red Row in Lyndora the late Stephen Berdy and the late
Sophia Hoblak.
Mr. Berdy started with the Butler Armco in
the labor department and worked his way up to the responsible job of
being a heater in the wheel works department. Mr. Berdy had 37 years
of service at Butler Armco, retiring on February 28, 1970. Mr. Berdy
has been retired for 34 years. He was a member of Calvary Evangelical
Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of the Army National Guard.
Mr. Berdy is survived by three sons, J.
Stephen and his wife Lilene E. Berdy of Newark, New York, James Earl
and his wife Deidre Berdy of Tampa, Florida, Bruce A. B. Berdy of
Butler, Pennsylvania; two Grandchildren; Lewis Stephen and his wife
Candie L. Berdy of Victor, New York, Lanalee Z. and her husband Jeff
Anthony Buziak of Fredericksburg, Virginia, two great-grandchildren;
Miranda L. and Aidan L. Berdy; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Palace, Miss
Mary Berdy both of Butler, Pennsylvania; two half-brothers, Steve
Novak, of Maryland, Pete Novak of Butler, Pennsylvania, and by a
number of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Berdy was preceded in death by he his
wife, Grace E. Burkholder Berdy who passed away on June 19, 2000, and
by one brother, Michael Berdy, one half brother William Novak and a
half sister Catherine Novak.
Friends will be received at the
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania on Friday, November 19, 2004 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
Services will be
held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. Saturday, November
20, 2004 11:00 a.m. with Larry Burkholder officiating. Interment will
follow in North Side Cemetery. |
A Life Remembered . . .