Gloria Jean Lonchena

Gloria Jean Lonchena
Gloria Jean Lonchena, 75, of Beech Road in Butler died Wednesday at her home.
Born March 28, 1934, in Butler, she was a daughter of the late Anna Slish Prokop and the late Rev. Prokop.
She was a graduate of Butler High School in 1953 and was active in her high school reunion committee.
Gloria was a homemaker, mother, and grandmother. She had formerly worked as a telephone operator for the Peoples Telephone Co. in Butler.
She was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Lyndora and sang in the church choir as a young lady. She was also a former member of the Lyndora Drum and Bugle Corps.
Her husband, Walter Lonchena, who she married Feb. 21, 1959, survives. She also is survived by a son and his wife, Terry and Rachell Lonchena of Butler; a daughter, Courtney A. Lonchena of Frederick, Md.; two granddaughters, Venessa Lonchena and Kammerin Rikal-Lonchena; a brother and his wife, Donald and Diane Luchkiw of Cleveland, Ohio; a stepbrother, Stephen D. Prokop of Fennville, Mich.; and a close family friend, Daniel Dow of Fennville, Mich.
LONCHENA - There will be no visitation for Gloria Jean Lonchena, who died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Private funeral services were at the Geibel Funeral Home. Burial took place at the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Information is available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.