Sophie E. Zablackas

Sophie E. Zablackas, 93, of Weirton, passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010 in the Weirton Geriatric Center. Born May 9, 1917 in Vandergrift, PA, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Edna Simolorski Yarosz. She was also preceded in death by her husband Frank Zablackas on December 19, 2003, brother Carl Yarosz and sisters Helen Ighnat, Violet Mark and Delores Yarosz. For 5 years, Sophie worked in the Weirton Steel Tin Mill Department. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Paul Church and Christian Mothers. She was a former member of the Weirton Termite Association and P.T.A. Sophie is survived by her sons Francis Zablackas and his wife Carolyn of Weirton, John Zablackas and his wife Gretchen of Sarasota, FL, William Zablackas and his wife Peggy of Weirton and Lawrence Zablackas and his wife Sandy of Ft. Myers, FL; daughters Carolyn Dennler of Pittsburgh, PA and Christine Benard and her husband Michael of Rochester, NY; brothers Raymond Yarosz of Weirton and Lawrence Yarosz of Prince George, VA; sisters Anne Hengeveld of Washington State, Amelia DeGenero of Arizona and Edna Stroud of Paris, PA; 14 grandchildren and twenty one great-grandchildren. Friends will be received Sunday from 1-3 and 6-8pm at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main Street, Weirton. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated 10am Monday at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church. The Reverend Father Larry Dorsch will officiate. Interment will be in St. Paul Cemetery, Weirton.