Frances L. Bilas 1928-2020

Frances was born Dec. 11, 1928, in Warren and was a daughter of the late John and Dorothy Brzezinski. She was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and a lifelong area resident.

Frances worked at Packard Electric in Warren, at the YSU Bookstore and at Higbee’s Department Store in downtown Youngstown, but her “favorite job” was being a wife, mother and grandmother who lovingly raised and cared for her family. She enjoyed cooking and baking, especially her famous pirohi and nut kolachi.

Mrs. Bilas was a member of St. Michael Orthodox Church in Youngstown.

Frances will always be affectionately remembered by her family as a straight-shooter who always spoke her mind.

She leaves two sons, Dennis John (Karen) Bilas of Canfield and Lt. Col. John Eric (Kim) Bilas of the USMC, serving in Stuttgart, Germany; six grandchildren, Christine, Nicholas, Katelyn, William, Beau and Christian: five great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Kathy, Josie, Harriet and Mary Ann.

Her husband of 58 years, John Bilas Jr., whom she married Nov. 19, 1955, passed away July 11, 2014. Besides her husband, several siblings are deceased.

Because of the virus pandemic, a private service will be held Thursday, April 23, at Kinnick Funeral Home, 477 N. Meridian Road, followed by a private committal service in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Boardman.

A public memorial service will take place at a later date.

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