John C. Franko Jr.
John C. Franko Jr., 78, of Canonsburg, died Tuesday, August 24, 2021, in the Washington Hospital.
He was born October 1, 1942, a son of John C. and Esther Szafraniec Franko.
John was a 1960 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School and attended Penn Commercial and later Allegheny County Community College.
Mr. Franko had worked at McGraw-Edison in Canonsburg and was presently employed at Komatsu (formerly Joy Manufacturing) of Houston.
He was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Houston.
On October 21, 1961, he married Marilyn Shae Yancosek, who passed away March 22, 2017.
Surviving are a son, J. Scott Franko of Canonsburg; a daughter, Hope Slay (Carlos) of Callahan, Fla.; two grandchildren, Cassi Berlofsky (Stephen) and Kristin McCoy; three great-grandchildren, Robert Allen Davies IV, Issac Anthony Berlofsky and Issabelle Shae Berlofsky; two brothers, Ronald Franko (Sherie) of Hartwell, Ga. and Russell Stevens Jr. (Cindy) of Meadow Lands; a sister, Pamela Andrews (Brian) of Brownsville; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, in the McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., Robert K. McIlvaine, Owner/Supervisor, 27 Cherry Avenue, Houston, PA 15342, where services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, August 30. Interment will follow in Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg.
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