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Charles Durkacs Obituary
Mr. Durkacs was born June 30, 1956, in Houston, a son of Anthony Sr. and Alice Marley Durkacs.
He was a 1974 graduate of Chartiers-Houston High School.
Mr. Durkacs was a union cement finisher and member of Cement Masons Local 526 in Pittsburgh.
He was a member of St. Patrick Parish, Canonsburg.
He loved spending time with his family and enjoyed farming and gardening.
Surviving are his wife, Susan Lucero Durkacs; four children, Joseph Durkacs (Beth) of Brentwood, Jennifer Spadaro (Michael) and Jeremy Durkacs, both of Houston, and Justin Durkacs (Amy) of McMurray; 10 grandchildren, Sophia, Braden, Sadie, Jake, Alexis, Addison, Maddox and Camden Durkacs and Domenic and Meranda Spadaro; two brothers, Joseph Durkacs of Henderson, Nev., and Anthony Durkacs (Linda) of Canonsburg; eight sisters, Terry Unser (Brian) of Schenectady, N.Y., Marie Zuchowski (Joseph) of Clarksville, Brenda Hoffman (Scott) of Sanbury, Kathy Wilson of Rome, Ga., Saranne Durkacs (Andrew Murin) of Brooklyn, N.Y., Suzanne Durkacs (Michel Janssen) of Minneapolis, Minn., Elizabeth Gessler (Frank) of Washington and Rebecca Fleiner (Paul) of McKees Rocks; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., Robert K. McIlvaine, owner/supervisor, 27 Cherry Avenue, Houston, PA 15342, where a blessing service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, December 21, 2016.
Condolences may be left by viewing the obituary at www.mcilvaine-speakman.com.
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Jon Shimmons
December 30, 2016
Sending deepest sympathies to my great friend Brenda and the rest of her large family for this terrible loss. I never knew Chuck, but hearing Brenda's warm remenicenses of him and all he meant to the family leaves me wishing I had. Here's hoping this loss has a way -- as losses often do -- of strengthening bonds among those remaining. God bless the Durkacs family.
Betty Truitt
December 22, 2016
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Becky Florian stevens
December 19, 2016
My deepest sympathy you are in our thoughts and prayers
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