Francis R. 'Frank' Kotomski
Francis R. “Frank” Kotomski, 73, of Harrisville died at 3:25 p.m. Sunday at the Grove City Medical Center after a lengthy illness.
He was born on Nov. 12, 1938, in Pittsburgh to Frank J. Kotomski and Mary (Zeger) Kotomski.
He was a 1958 graduate of Etna High School, and he moved to the area in the early 1970s.
He was a corrections officer at the Mercer State Regional Jail, retiring in 2004 with more than 20 years of service.
He was a member of the Rider Evangelical Lutheran Church of West Sunbury. He was a member of the American Legion Post 243 of West Sunbury, and he was an avid hunter and fisherman.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and served during the Vietnam War.
Surviving are his wife, Patricia L. (McIntosh) Kotomski, who he married on Feb. 20, 1960; two daughters, Joanne P. Gurowski and her husband, Daniel, of Slippery Rock and Samantha Kotomski of Grove City; two sons, Richard P. Kotomski of Harrisville and Mark A. Kotomski and his wife, Carol, of Harrisville; grandchildren Krystan, Chadwick, Frankie, Brandon, Heather and Summer; and one brother, Ronald C. Kotomski and his wife, Claudine, of Butler.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
<B>KOTOMSKI</B> — A funeral service for Francis R. “Frank” Kotomski, who died Sunday, March 11, 2012, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at<B> Jamison Funeral Home</B>, 117 N. Main St., Harrisville, with the Rev. Dennis R. Hindman Sr. of the Rider Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating.Friends will be received at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Burial with military honors will be in Prairie Cemetery, Harrisville.Online condolences may be submitted at www.jamisonfuneralhome.com.
