Stanley ‘Nunnie’ Milchovich – Ellsworth

Stanley “Nunnie” Milchovich, 83, of Ellsworth, died Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2019, at Washington Hospital. He was born July 10, 1935, a son of Chuck and Eathel Lundy Milchovich. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was a member of Saint Katharine Drexel Parish. Mr. Milchovich was an educator in the Bentworth and Charleroi school districts and ended his career as the principal of Charleroi High School. He was active in sports and was involved in soccer, softball, baseball, football and basketball on the high school and college levels. He served in many coaching positions and was an assistant coach when Bentworth High School won the WPIAL basketball final. He was the athletic director at Charleroi schools, he officiated basketball for many years, was a member of the WPIAL Board of Control and was chairman of the WPIAL Soccer Committee. He ended his sports career in 2010 in the Over 70 Softball League. Mr. Milchovich was a member of the following hall of fames: Washington-Greene, Charleroi and Mid-Mon Valley and he received the Michael Dudas Award from California University of Pennsylvania. Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Rita Fabiszewski Milchovich; two children, Carol Jones (John) of Bentleyville and Stanley V. Milchovich of North Charleroi; two sisters, Helen Crafton of Stockdale and Ruth Sapko of New Stanton; a brother, Tim Milchovich of Belle Vernon; and several nieces and nephews. Deceased is a brother, Jamie Milchovich. Friends are welcome from noon to 3 and 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at THOMPSON-MARODI FUNERAL HOME INC., 809 Main St., Bentleyville, 724-239-2255, where a prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11, followed at 10 a.m. by a Mass of Christian burial at Saint Katharine Drexel, Bentleyville Campus, 126 Church St., Bentleyville, with the Rev. Edward L. Yuhas, as celebrant. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Charleroi Education Foundation, P.O. Box 382, Charleroi, PA 15022. Visit www.thompson-marodi.com to leave a condolence message, order flowers and share photos.