Charles E. (Pye) Plasko Sr., 78, of Nemacolin, died at 8:58 a.m. Monday, June 17, 1996, in Washington Hospital.

He was born July 26, 1917, in Bessemer, a son of John and Mary Patrick Plasko.

Mr. Plasko was a retired coal miner. He worked in the Nemacolin Mine Preparation Plant.

Mr. Plasko served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II. He was a former Democratic committeeman.