Delores J. Cheroki
Delores J. Cheroki, 86, of Monessen, passed away Monday, December 9, 2019, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born in Richeyville, a daughter of the late Henry and Anna Marcovitch Haftman.
Delores was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Monessen and the Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are her significant other of 32 years, Stephen “Bud” Columbus; daughters Deborah and husband Gary Grolemund, and Cheryl and husband Rocky DeStefano; a brother, Don and wife Chris Haftman; grandchildren Ryan, Rachel, Erica, Jessica and Eric, and Rudy and Stephanie; a great-grandson, Jonah; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Cheroki; great-granddaughter Lillian Mae Schoenian; brothers Ed, Bernard, Robert, Henry Haftman; and a sister, Lillian.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Rhome Funeral Home Inc., 1209 Grand Boulevard, Monessen, where friends will be welcomed from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, December 12. Funeral services will be held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church of Monessen at 11 a.m. Friday, December 13. Interment will follow in Grandview Cemetery, Monessen.
Condolences may be conveyed to the Cheroki family at www.rhomefuneralhome.com.