RUTH RACKO, AGE 91, OF WEST MIFFLIN, FORMERLY OF WHITE OAK, DIED JAN. 4, 2011. WIFE OF THE LATE MICHAEL C. RACKO, JR. SHE WAS BORN IN HAYS ON MAY 8, 1919 AND IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHARLES AND VIOLA BOWERS BERND.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY CHILDREN; KATHY (THE LATE BRUCE) SCHAMING WITH WHOM SHE RESIDED, M. ROBERT (JANET) RACKO OF McMURRAY, GRANDCHILDREN TAMI HAZEN, KELLY MAIST AND MELISSA JASKULSKI, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN STEPHANIE, HUNTER, FISHER, BRADY, TEAGAN, SPENCER AND AUBREY AND SISTERS ANNA MAE VAMOS OF WHITAKER, MARY LOU (JOSEPH) FALCE, ALICE (EDWARD) MANFREDI AND GERTRUDE (EUGENE) SENICH ALL OF WEST MIFFLIN.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SIBLINGS ELIZABETH WHITEMAN, CLARENCE, EDWARD, RUSSELL, RAYMOND AND ROBERT BERND.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WHITE OAK AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY POST 701 AND THE CATHOLIC GOLDEN AGERS.
FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT STRIFFLERS OF DRAVOSBURG/WEST MIFFLIN, 740 PGH.-MCKEESPORT BLVD., DRAVOSBURG, 15034 (412 678 6192) ON THURSDAY FROM 2 UNTIL 8 PM. MASS WILL BE FRIDAY AT CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH AT 10 AM. ENTOMBMENT TO FOLLOW.