Death Certificate
Below is the death certificate for Barbara Bodnar Balarzs, the matriarch of the Balarzs family. Currently, this is the only death certificate we have found in our research, possibly meaning it is the only one available online for public access, given the more recent timeframe of our research.
In this document we are able to see Barbara's parents names, John Bodnar and Elizabeth Varga Bodnar, as well as her place and date of birth. We are also able to get her accurate place and date of death. This document also shows where she is buried, something that became important in finding the grave of her previously deceased husband, Sigmond. They are buried together in Birchlawn Burial Park, located in Pearisburg, VA. This also lists her occupation as "Housewife," something that can be misleading as she ran a boarding house for coal miners for many years.