MERRILLVILLE, IND. BENNIE WALTER TRZASKOMA 87 FORMERLY OF TORONTO ,OHIO DIED MONDAY DEC 16, 2002. SURVIVING ARE; HIS WIFE MARY MYSLINSKY TRZASKOMA, WHOM HE MARRIED OCT. 9, 1940. TWO DAUGHTERS; RITA GABIS AND HER HUSBAND DAMIEN OF VALPARAISO, IND. AND MARLENE SKRABAK AND HER HUSBAND DENNIS OF DYER, IND. FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; BEN GABIS AND HIS WIFE LIZ, JOE AND STEPHANIE GABIS, AND ADAM SKRABAK. TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AUSTIN AND TYLER GABIS. BENNIE WAS BORN MARCH 2, 1915 IN STEUBENVILLE, OHIO; SON OF THE LATE MICHAEL AND ANNA SIERAWSKI TRZASKOMA. BENNIE WAS FORMERLY EMPLOYED AT WEIRTON STEEL CORP., AND IS A RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF THE TORONTO PAPERBOARD CO. RETIRING IN 1979, WITH 32 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE ST. FRANCIS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN TORONTO, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DYER COUNTRY CLUB, AND A U.S. NAVY VETERAN OF WW. II. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, BENNIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY; THREE BROTHERS, REV. MATTHEW, JOE, AND FRANK TRZASKOMA. AND BY ONE SISTER, BERNICE. FRIENDS MAY CALL SUNDAY FROM 2- 4 AND 7 -9 PM. AT THE J.E. FOSTER FUNERAL HOME, INC. 701 FINDLEY ST. TORONTO; WHERE BLESSING SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY DEC. 23, AT 9:30 AM. FOLLOWED BY FUNERAL LITURGY WITH MASS AT 10:00 AM . AT ST. FRANCIS CHURCH. MSGR. KURT KEMO WILL BE THE CELEBRANT. ENTOMBMENT WILL FOLLOW AT FT. STEUBEN BURIAL ESTATES IN WINTERSVILLE. WAKE SERVICES WILL BE SUNDAY EVENING AT 8:00 PM. AT THE FUNERAL HOME. FULL MILITARY GRAVESIDE HONORS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE TORONTO AMERICAN LEGION POST #86. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO; ST. FRANCIS CENTRAL SCHOOL, ST. FRANCIS CHURCH, OR TO VALLEY HOSPICE IN STEUBENVILLE.

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