Velma Bryja Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Velma Bryja of Portage, Pennsylvania, who passed away on December 26, 2023, at the age of 87, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, George Orris and Elizabeth Orris (Beni); her siblings, Michael, Joseph Mikonsky (Rhoda Canyock), John Kovach, Elizabeth (Michael Billcheck), Margaret (John Kolaso), Joann Mikonsky, Rosalie (Benito Santos) and Dorothy (Kenneth McIntosh); and her siblings-in-law, John, Joseph (Hedwig Bednarchik), Frank (Florence Janosik), Stanley, Louis (Margie Kreutzberger), Thaddeus (Mary Michina) and Mary (Edward Squillario).
She is survived by: her husband Michael; her children, Michael and Suzanne (Larry Brugh); her grandsons, Nicholas Brugh, Jacob and Michael III; her sister Irene Oravecz (late Thomas Oravecz); and her siblings-in-law, Walter Bryja (Dorothy Nibert) and Bernice Bryja. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Family suggests donations may be made to Saint Jude's Children's Hospital.
