Obituary of Irene C. Smelko

Mount Pleasant, PA Irene C. (Hubert) Smelko, age 93 of Mt. Pleasant, PA, died Monday (05/21/2018) at UPMC-Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.

Mrs. Smelko was born April 23, 1925 in Carpentertown, PA, the daughter of the late William and Rose Sieber Hubert.  She was a member of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church of Mt. Pleasant and its Rosary Altar Society. Irene was a graduate of the former Hurst High School. She and her late husband Thomas J. Smelko were the owners of the former Smelko’s Meat Market.  Irene enjoyed playing cards, and watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

She is survived by her loving family: her children; Janice Pakulski and her husband William, Alan G. Smelko and his wife Kathy, Dr. John T. Smelko and his wife Shirley and Jeannine Anderson and her husband Jay.  She is also survived by her loving grandchildren: Todd Pakulski and Carol, Ryan Pakulski and Becky, Samantha Smelko, Amanda Lynch and Ben, Adam Smelko, Tyler Smelko, Sarah Smelko, Jacqueline Adler, Jason Anderson, Lauren Yourish and Drew, Marissa Anderson and Zachary Anderson and by her great grandchildren; Maya Pakulski, Kayla Pakulski, Grace  Lynch, Katherine Lynch and  Benjamin Lynch. In addition to her parents, Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas J. Smelko in 2001 and by  her brothers and sisters;  Nicholas, William Henry and Eugene Hubert, Ida Rose Pfeifer, Mary Grace Newill, and Anna Hamacher.

Family and friends will be received Thursday from 2 to 4 & 6 to 8 PM at the Galone-Caruso Funeral Home, 204 Eagle Street, Mount Pleasant.

A blessing service will be held Friday at 9:30 AM in the funeral home followed by her Funeral Mass at 10:00AM in Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC Church, Mount Pleasant, with the Rev. Richard J. Kosisko as celebrant.

Interment will be in the Visitation Parish Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. The Visitation Rosary Altar Society will pray the rosary Thursday at 3:30PM.  To offer an online condolence, please visit our web site at: www.galone-carusofuneralhome.com