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Frances Basara
   
January 31, 1997
    Frances R. Basara, of Rear South Main Street, Ashley, died Friday at the
Mercy
   
Health Care Center, Sheatown, Newport TownshipBorn August 18, 1917, in
Buttonwood, Hanover Township, she was the daughter of the late Michael and
Elizabeth Falkowski Bolesta.
   
She attended Buttonwood school in Hanover Township.
   
She lived in Ashley for the past 50 years.
   
She was a member of St. Leo’s Church, Ashley.
   
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph S. in 1989; brothers,
Joseph and Stanley Bolesta; and sisters, Helen Chwastyk, Anna Wilfong, and
Kathryn Yercheick.
   
Surviving are sons, Leonard R., Hughestown; George J., Watertown, N.Y.;
Stanley J., Westend, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
   
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday from the George A. Strish Inc.
Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30
a.m. in St. Leo’s Church, Ashley.
   
Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.
   
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.