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Elizabeth Gaborko Obituary

Elizabeth D. Gaborko, 78, of Dunbar, R.D.1 (Little Summit), died Sunday, June 22, 2003, in the Cherry Tree Nursing Center, Uniontown. She was born July 23, 1924, in Oliver, Fayette County, a daughter of the late John and Veronica Claya Oberly. Elizabeth was a resident of Little Summit for most of her life. She was Christian by faith. Elizabeth enjoyed most anything that involved raising her family and taking care of her household. She especially liked gardening, canning food, crocheting and embroidery. She is survived by her loving children, four daughters, Betsy Marko and her husband, Charles, of Ravenna, Ohio, Carolyn Tressler and her husband, Richard, of South Connellsville, Virginia Gwynn and her husband, James, of Little Summit and Wilma Rosendale and her husband, Charles, of Connellsville; seven sons, Glenn Gaborko and his wife, Judy, of Omega, Fla., Gerald Gaborko and his friend, Debbie, of Dunbar, R.D.1, George Gaborko of Jacobs Creek, Robert Gaborko and his wife, Yvonne, of Vermillion, Ohio, Raymond Gaborko of Connellsville, Alan Gaborko and his wife, Tina, of Smock and David Gaborko and his wife, Lisa, of Mount Pleasant; 25 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. Elizabeth was the last surviving member of her immediate family. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband, Earl Edward Gaborko in 1990; a son, William Gaborko; three brothers, George, Edward and Stephen Oberly; and two sisters, Dorothy Metros and Julia Orsetti. Family and friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home with the Rev. Dr. Byron Tate Fulton officiating. A committal service and interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville. www.brooksfuneralhomes.com.

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Published by Daily Courier on Jun. 24, 2003.

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