Obituary of Matthew George Blatnik

Age 81, of Scott Twp., on April 19, 2016. He was born on Feb. 22, 1935, in Fayette City. A son of Anton and Anna Sladich Blatnik. On July 8, 1961, he married Dolores “Dee” (Baran) Blatnik, who survives, loving father of Deanne (Richard) Cunningham of Eighty Four, Joseph (Jonnie) Blatnik of Scott Twp. and the late George Blatnik, grandfather of Courtney (Byron) Howell, Kaitlyn Cunningham and her fiancé Robert Garfolo, Meghan and Erin Cunningham, Marie and Karan Kramer and Jacob Quigg, great-grandfather of Preston Cunningham, Ava and Byron Howell, brother of Frances Winn, Barbara Lipp and the late Anthony, John, Thomas and Josephine Blatnik, brother-in-law of Regina Angelo, Diane Porter, Kathleen Solomon and Paul Baran; also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Blatnik was a veteran of the U.S.A.F and retired from the Air National Guard, after many years of service. Friends received Thursday, 7-9 PM and Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 PM, in the Warchol Funeral Home, Inc., 3060 Washington Pike, Bridgeville (412-221-3333). A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 AM, in Our Lady of Grace Church, with the Rev. Richard Infante as celebrant. Interment to follow in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. Memorials to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Western PA.