John Dudick

John Dudick

CHAMPION, OHIO -- John Dudick, age 84, went home to be with the Lord on December 19, 2006 after a lengthy illness.

John was born in Pricedale, Pa., and lived most of his adult years in the Akron and Ellet areas. He retired from Goodyear Aerospace where he worked in the Wheel and Brake Division. He also worked at Tallmadge Spinning and Metal Co. owned by the Sasanecki family when they were located in Tallmadge. He was also a member of the UAW Local 856.

John was an avid fisherman and loved to go with his group of buddies from Goodyear taking his boat and all going up to Canada to fish. Even though from his early childhood he was a victim of polio--it never held him back from being active. He was very independent and a hard worker at whatever he did. It was only a few years ago that his post-polio came back and took a toll on his health that he went to live at the Manor at Autumn Hills in Niles, Ohio and then onto the Windsor House in Champion, Ohio. It was there that he spent his final days.

John belonged to the GBYA when he had his boat, he was a Mason, and a member of St. Nicholas RBO Lodge and the Akron Square Club. He was active in his church--St. Nicholas Orthodox and was one of the original workers of the perogi committee volunteering many long hours of work.

John was preceded in death by his parents of Bel Vernon, Pa., John and Eva Dudick; brothers, Metro and William; and sister, Louise Zureinsky; his first wife, Polly; and stepson, Allyn "Red" Comber. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary (Dickey) Dudick also at the Windsor House in Champion; his stepdaughter and son-in-law, Sally and Tony Dalessandro of Tallmadge, Ohio; grandsons, Joe and his wife Sheila Dalessandro, of Pensacola, Fla., and Oceana, Va., John and his wife Aleisha Dalessandro, of Chesapeake, Va.; granddaughter Cristina Dalessandro of Akron; great-grandson, Tristen Angelo Dalessandro; and several nieces and nephews in Akron, Pennsylvania, and New York; cousins from Ohio and Pennsylvania along with other family in-laws and friends.

The family will receive friends Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Kucko-Anthony-Kertesz Funeral Home, 95 W. Waterloo Rd., Akron, Ohio, where a Parastas will be held at 6:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 755 S Cleveland Ave. (S.R. 532), in Mogadore, Ohio, where John will lie in state for one hour prior to the service. Fathers Nicholas Wyslutsky and Jonathan Cholcher officiating. Interment at St. Nicholas Cemetery. Donations in John's memory may be made to The St. Nicholas Cemetery Fund. (Kucko-Anthony-Kertesz, 330-724-1281, www.kakfh.com)