Nov 13, 2019

Adele “Butch” Grochot Luketich, 91, of Bentleyville, died Tuesday, November 12, 2019, in her home.

She was born March 6, 1928, in Bentleyville, a daughter of Leon and Anna Marie Osmann Grochot.

She was a 1946 graduate of Bentleyville High School.

A homemaker, Mrs. Luketich was once a telephone operator for the former Bentleyville Telephone Company.

She was a member of the St. Katharine Drexel Parish and the parish choir.

An avid bowler, she bowled with the Coffee Kegglers team at the Bentleyville Lanes and was a member of the Antique Automobile Club of America, Covered Bridge Region.

She enjoyed conversations with family and friends, which she referred to as a “yack fest.”

Her husband, John Luketich Jr., died January 18, 2008.

Surviving are a son, David L. Luketich (Terri) of Bentleyville; a daughter, Jonna A. Luketich of Pittsburgh; and several nieces and nephews.

Also deceased are her grandson, David John Luketich; brother Leon M. “Bud” Grochot; and two sisters, Ernestine Herilla and Madeline G. Tividor.

Friends are welcome from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday in Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home Inc., 809 Main Street, Bentleyville, 724-239-2255, where a prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 15, followed at 10 a.m. by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Katharine Drexel Parish, Bentleyville campus, 126 Church Street, Bentleyville, with the Rev. Donald Chortos, Senior Parochial Vicar, as celebrant. A procession will follow to Sacred Heart Cemetery for the Rite of Committal service.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests your consideration of memorials to St. Katharine Drexel Parish.

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