Audrey Ann Szoyka

Audrey Ann Szoyka, 76, of Carmichaels, Pa., died at 7:50 A.M. on Sunday, December 2, 2012, at the Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W. Va. with her loving family at her side. She was born August 6, 1936 in Rices Landing, Pa., the daughter of the late Mike and Pauline (Sharpnack) Wasko and the wife of the late Earl Szoyka, who died October 29, 1990. Mrs. Szoyka spent her entire life in the Dry Tavern and Carmichaels areas and was a Presbyterian. She was a 1954 graduate of Cumberland Township High School and began her career as a legal secretary for the late J. B. F. Rinehart until the time of her marriage on December 28, 1957 to Earl Szoyka. Mrs. Szoyka and her husband developed the Szoyka Plan of lots and the Pumpkin Run Plan of lots in Greene County. She remained a homemaker until her employment as a tipstaff for the late Honorable Glenn Toothman. Mrs. Szoyka was then appointed Deputy Court Administrator and later Court Administrator where she served the Honorable H. Terry Grimes, the Honorable William R. Nalitz and the Honorable Farley Toothman for the past 25 years. She truly loved her job and will be missed by all the attorneys and staff at the Greene County courthouse and the County offices. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and is survived by her daughter, Susan Samek and her husband, John, of Carmichaels; a granddaughter, Megan Denelle Lydic and her husband, David "Gravy", of Uniontown, Pa.; a grandson, Ryan Earl Samek and his girlfriend, Kelsey Mahan, of Masontown, Pa.; a brother, Michael Wasko of Cross, S. C.; two nieces, Michelle Wasko Rusiewski of LaHabra Heights, Cal. and Vanessa Wasko Young of Massillon, Ohio and three great nieces, Hannah Rusiewski, Cassidy Young and Clarissa Young. She also leaves behind nine "grand fur babies". Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 P.M. on Tuesday and 3 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Carmichaels, Pa. A blessing service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 6, 2012 in the funeral home with the Rev. John M. Bauer officiating. Interment will follow at Greene County Memorial Park. Mrs. Szoyka truly loved animals and the family asks that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the Humane Society of Greene County, 183 Jefferson Road, Waynesburg, PA 15370.