Andy KOCIBAN, JR.

KOCIBAN, Andy, 81, of Benwood, WV., died Sunday, March 24, 2002, in Heartland-Lansing Nursing Home, Lansing, Ohio. He was an Army veteran of World War II, a member of St. John’s Catholic Church, American Legion, Post 46, both in Benwood; and he was an avid bowler. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andy and Theresa Kozak Kociban; a son, Phillip Kociban; a sister, Theresa Opasky; and an infant sister, Mary Kociban. Surviving are his wife, Anna Edgel Kociban; two sons, Andrew Kociban and his wife, Lora, of Wheeling, David Kociban and his wife wife Judy, of Benwood; a daughter , Kathleen S. Lorentz of Moundsville; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m Tuesday, with vigil service at 7:30 p.m at Altmeyer Funeral Home, 214 Marshall Street, McMechen; where funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2002 with the Rev. Gervase Cain, T.O.R. officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling.