Apr 12, 2023

Margaret Lengjak Smith, 89, of Carmichaels, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2023, after a brief stay in Waynesburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center and Uniontown Hospital.

Marge was born on April 25, 1933 in Oliver, a daughter of the late Michael Lengjak Sr. and Elizabeth Chromlyuk Lengjak. She graduated from North Union High School before beginning her career at Cohen’s Furniture Store in Uniontown.

In 1956, she married Carl T. Smith of Uniontown and they moved to Wisconsin, then to Carmichaels. She later worked at Ted Peccon’s Furniture as a utility payment collector and then for Carmichaels Clinic as a custodian.

Marge was best known as the heart of Carl’s Lounge and Restaurant in Carmichaels, where she and her family worked and resided for more than 40 years, beginning in 1977 when she and her husband Carl purchased the business.

She will always be remembered as Mom or Grandma Marge to the many friends and extended family who visited regularly to eat, drink, and gather for fun days, festivities, football games, and the many functions and families she knew at Carl’s for many, many years. She was also a long-time member of St. Hugh’s R.C. Church (a part of St. Matthias Parish, Greene County) where she served the Altar & Rosary Society and the Catholic Daughters.

She is survived by three of her four children, Joseph (Chrysan) Smith, and Carl (Christine) Smith, both of Carmichaels, and Charlene (Cameron) McCaw, of Parkesburg; grandchildren, Carl T. (Chelsea) Smith of Masontown and Lisa Kukuchka Winnowski of Bethel Park, and Adrianna, Nicholas, and Kyle McCaw of Parkesburg; one great- grandchild Owen Winnowski of Bethel Park; one brother William (Laura) Lengjak of Roscoe, IL; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Carl T. Smith, and daughter Anita D. Smith, both of Carmichaels. She was also preceded in death by her long-time companion Robert (Bob) Blaker of Carmichaels. Predeceased family members include 8 of 10 siblings, brothers and sisters-in-law Michael and Sonya Lengjak, John and Suzanne Lengjak, Charles and Betty Lengjak, and Frank Lengjak; her sisters and brothers-in-law Mary and Benny Wawroski, Anna and Mike Zemlon, Helen and John Mrosko, and Julia Lengjak. She was also preceded in death by in-laws Charles Smith, Irene Smith, Joseph (Bud) Smith, Robert (Bob) Smith, William (Bill) Smith, and Helen (Smith) Bail.

Family and friends will be welcomed from 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, and at 10 a.m. on Friday April 14, at the Paul M. Lesako Funeral Home, 204 Dowlin Ave., Carmichaels, PA. A Celebration of Life Mass will be held at St. Matthias Church (St. Hugh), Carmichaels, at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 14 followed by burial at Saint John Byzantine Cemetery, 185 E. Main St., Hopwood (Fayette County), PA.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Carmichaels and Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Company, 420 W. George St., Carmichaels, PA 15320.