Alex Leonard Sesock, 81, Indiana, passed away Wednesday August 31, 2016, while at the Beacon Ridge Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center.

The son of Alex and Mary (Lassick) Sesock, Prokopchuk, he was born January 5, 1935 in Coal Run, PA.

Alex had been employed as a coalminer for R&P Coal Company Local 3548 and also was employed by Republic Steel. He was an Army Veteran.

Alex loved sports, especially the Steelers and Pirates, visiting casinos, golfing and bowling. He was a charter member of the C &Y Sportsmen’s Club.

Surviving is his wife, Dorothy (Ream) Sesock, whom he wed October 20, 1962; two sons, Alan (Lisa) Sesock, Homer City, and Kevin Sesock and his significant other, Ann Brady, Claymont, DE.; grandchildren, Kordell Sesock, twins, Haylee and Nicholle Sesock, all of NV, and Gabrielle Sesock, Bradford, PA; Connie and David Bradley, Claymont, DE; sisters, Helen Kowiak, Lackawana, NY and Betty Smith, Pontiac, MI; brothers, Nick Sesock, Goodrich, MI, and Don Prokopchuk, FL; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Alex was preceded in death by his parents; stepfather, Charles Prokopchuk; brothers, John, Joe, and Michael; a sister, Ann Swiotek, Pauline Bodnar; step brother, Pete Prokochuk; and step sister, Olga Zuchelli.

Friends will be received on Saturday, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 pm at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana. An addition hour of visitation will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 Sunday with funeral service to immediately follow in the Lefdahl Chapel with Pastor Terry Semsick, officiating.

Interment will follow in the Oakland Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Bethel Presbyterian Church, 1470 Bethel Church Road, Indiana, Pa 15701.

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