EDUCATION:
St. Barbara Elementary School (Class of 1958)

DEATH:
Cancer.

OBIT:
Peter J. Karaba, engineer for Centerior The Plain Dealer; Cleveland, Ohio; Jul 12, 1991; Peter J. Karaba was director of transmission and distribution engineering for Centerior Energy, the parent company of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
Mr. Karaba, 46, died Wednesday at Southwest General Hospital. He had cancer.
He joined CEI as an engineering aide after he graduated from Benedictine High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in civil engineering while working full time.
He also earned a certificate from the Power Systems Engineering program at General Electric Co. headquarters in Schenectady, N.Y.
His most recent assignment placed him in charge of the design and planning for all overhead and underground wires and substations that CEI has in Greater Cleveland, as well as those in the service area it co-owns with Toledo Edison.
He was a member of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, where he coached football, basketball and softball. His teams won many championships, but he emphasized development and teamwork as the team's most important goals.
He also particiapted in the Christian Family Movement at the church.
Surviving are his wife, Joanne; sons, Peter Jr. and Brian; a daughter, Sandra; and a brother.
Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow (SATURDAY) at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 14865 Bagley Rd., Middleburg Heights.

1. Peter KARABA, Jr.
2. Brian Thomas KARABA
3. Sandra KARABA

RESIDENCES:
1946 - 3862 W.16th St., Cleveland, Ohio

OBIT:
KARABA, PETER : Husband of late Frances (Obit.).Plain Dealer 27 Dec, 1992, pg. 13 sec. B
PETER KARABA, beloved husband of Frances (deceased), dear father of James, Joan Dzigiel (deceased), and Peter (deceased), dear grandfather of James, Roberta, Joseph, Julie, Peter, Jennifer, Brian, Pamela, Patricia, and Sandee, great grandfather of two, loving brother of Rev. Fr. Joseph Karaba O.S.B. and Mary Sedlacek. Family will receive friends at THE KOLODIY-SOBCZYK FUNERAL HOME, 3136 W. 14th ST., where services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 9:30a.m. and at St. Barbara Catholic Church (1505 Denison Ave.) at 10 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. VISITATION MONDAY ONLY 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M.

OBIT:
KARABA, FRANCES A : Wife of Peter (Obit.).Plain Dealer 09 Dec, 1987, pg. 14 sec. E

1. 1. Peter J. KARABA b. 20 Sep 1944, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Jul 1991, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Joan Marie KARABA b. 28 Feb 1941, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 4 Mar 1989.
3. James M. KARABA

RESIDENCES:
1930 - 3875 W. 13th (per 1930 census)
1967 - 10912 Parkhurst Dr., Cleveland, Ohio

OBIT:
KARABA, PETER : Husband of late Magdalena (Obit.).Plain Dealer 05 Feb, 1985, pg. 08 sec. D

OBIT:
Name: Karaba, Magdalena J.
Date: ?
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #122.
Notes: Karaba. Magdalena J. Karaba, beloved wife of Peter, mother of Peter Jr., Rev. Joseph, O. S. B., Mary Sedlacek, grandmother of Joan Dziegel, James and Peter Karaba, Joseph, Mary and Robert Sedlacek, and great-grandmother of four. Please Note Change In Time. Concelebrated, Funeral Mass Wednesday, May 24 at 7:30 P. M. (evening), at St. Wendelin Church. Family will receive friends at The Stas Funeral Home, 2289 Columbus Rd., at W. 25 St., where services will be held Thursday, May 25, at 10 A. M. Visiting Hours 2-5 And 7-10 P. M.

1. 2. Peter Joseph KARABA b. 1 May 1910, ,, Czechoslovakia; d. Dec 1992, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Joseph KARABA, O.S.B. b. 1912, ,, Czechoslovakia; d. Feb 1996.
3. Mary A. KARABA