Anna Novak (1899–1979), Pittsburgh
great-grandmother
Birth: 1899 · near Prešov
Death: 1979 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Name variants: Anna Hrušková; Ann Hruska
Anna Hrušková came to Pittsburgh in 1920 from a village near Prešov to join an aunt. She met Frank Novak at a parish dance and married him in 1922. Dorothy remembered her mother's poppy-seed rolls and her refusal ever to speak about the war years at home (S25). She died in 1979.
