Albert "Jake" Popojas

Strifflers Family Funeral Homes

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | May 26, 2016

Albert “Jake” Popojas, age 84, of Liberty Boro, died May 26, 2016.  He was born in Duquesne on October 1, 1931 and is the son of the late Andrew and Mary (Huszar) Popojas and beloved husband of Theresa (Bollas) Popojas. 

He was a member of St. Mark Church and Liberty Borough Veterans Association.  Jake retired from U.S. Steel where he worked as a bricklayer.

Services were held Thursday at Strifflers of White Oak Cremation & Mortuary Services, 1100 Lincoln Way, White Oak, 15131 (Sue Striffler Galaski, supervisor, 412 678 6177).

He is the father of Jeffrey (Mary Jane) Popojas of White Oak, Terrie Lynn (Gary) Kolodziej of Corvallis, OR and the late Dennis J. (Vicky) Popojas of Port Vue.  He is preceded in death by his brother George Popojas and his sister Rose Mary Popojas.  He is the grandfather of Dennis P. Popojas and Krystyna T. Kolodziej. 

Services were held Thursday at Strifflers of White Oak Cremation & Mortuary Services, 1100 Lincoln Way, White Oak, 15131 (Sue Striffler Galaski, supervisor, 412 678 6177).

Originally published May 26, 2016.

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