Susan E. Gribik

Susan E. Gribik, 73, of Butler, passed away Monday, August 7, 2023 at Armstrong Center for Medicine & Health in Kittanning following a brief and courageous battle with cancer. Born on December 31, 1949, in Kittanning, she was the daughter of the late Henry Joseph, Sr. and Eleanor (Valliquette) Augustine. She attended Kittanning High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She was employed as the office manager of her husband’s medical office in Butler for over twenty-five years, both when it was owned by her husband and during the ownership of St. Francis Hospital. Sue enjoyed boating, crocheting, playing the piano, spending time with her family and friends and Pitt basketball (but only when they were in the Big East). Although not Ukrainian by blood, she embraced the customs, food, and religion as though she was. Sue is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Dr. Joseph J. Gribik, Sr., whom she married on July 20, 1968, her son, Joseph J. Gribik, Jr., his wife, Denise of Dubois, Pennsylvania, and her daughter, Elizabeth Gribik, her wife, Desiree Pannier, of Butler, Pennsylvania, and her grandchildren, Zachary Gribik, of Olean, New York, Nicholas Gribik and his fiancé, Caitlin Cesa, of Pittsburgh, PA, Alexander Gribik of Albany, New York and Benjamin Gribik of Dubois, PA, and Logan Smith, of Butler, PA. great granddaughter, Aria Wolfgang. Sue is survived by her sisters, Linda Augustine, of Ford City, PA, Carol Augustine and her husband, Joseph Kemper, of Butler, PA and her brother, Robert Augustine of Denver, CO. Sue is survived by dear friends, Paul and Christine Lombardo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her infant son, Nicholas Gribik, her brothers, Henry Augustine, Jr., James Augustine and Thomas Augustine and her French Bulldog, Belle. Friends will be received at Young Funeral Home, Ltd., 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, on Wednesday, August 9th from 1-4 & 6-9 PM. Parastas service at 3:30 PM on Wednesday afternoon. Mass will be held at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church, 514 9th St., Ford City, PA 16226, on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 10 AM with Father John Gribik officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery.

Susan E. Gribik

December 31, 1949 - August 7, 2023