Joseph G. Belsky Sr., 85, of Braden Plan, Clarksville, Greene County, died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday, February 1, 1998, in Greene County Memorial Hospital, Waynesburg. Mr. Belsky retired after 46 years as a coal miner, retiring in 1977 from LTV Corp., Gateway Mine. He also worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was a member of UMWA Local 6330 and St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, Brownsville, and a lifelong member of the Polish National Alliance. On November 12, 1938, he married Anna Buchmay, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Joseph Belsky Jr. of Medina, Ohio; a daughter, Helen Geiselman of Strongsville, Ohio; a granddaughter, Joanne V. Geiselman; a sister, Sophie Burish of Uniontown; and numerous nieces and nephews. Deceased are four brothers, Paul, John, Mike and Pete Belski; and two sisters, Annie Belski and Mary Apanasewicz. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Tuesday, February 3, 1998Joseph G. Belsky Sr.
Retired after 46 years as coal miner
He was born September 29, 1912, in Sharrerstown, a son of Michael and Julia Salenga Belski.