Frank J. Kruki – Monongahela
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March 4, 2022

Frank J. Kruki – Monongahela

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Frank J. Kruki, 79, of Monongahela, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Promedica Nursing Home in Bethel Park. He was born in New Eagle on Nov. 8, 1942, son of the late John and Mary Rapp Kruki. He worked for many years for Terra Testing in Canonsburg as a drilling rig heavy equipment operator until his retirement in 2000. Frank always enjoyed his cars, motorcycles and trucks, and the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, whom he lived with for the past 19 years, Christina and husband Charles David of New Eagle; son and daughter-in-law, Frank R. Kruki and wife Catherine Shaffer of Commerce Township, Mich.; two sisters, Mary Ann Anselmino of New Eagle and Gloria Graham of Elizabeth; and two grandchildren, Connor David and Zoe Kruki. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Hartman Kruki, who died October 1996; a brother, William Kruki; and a sister, Betty Rostosky. MARSHALL MARRA FUNERAL HOME, 216 Chess St., Monongahela, 724-258-6767, was in charge of the arrangements. Condolences can be made online at marshallmarrafuneralhome.com.

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