DEATHS IN LUZERNE COUNTY

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Among men and women claimed by death from November 30, 1958 to November 30, 1959:


DECEMBER, 1958

1.   Stanley J. Sakowski, Nanticoke, former councilman ;  Walter J. Sheridan, city retired mail carrier.
2.   William Howell, Hughestown, watchman;   Santo Volpe, West Pittston, independent coal operator;  Stephen    
Y. Kittle, city, sportsman.
3.   John Jay Young, Plymouth, retired mineworker.
4.   Royal G. Schollenberge, Wyoming, Spanish-American War veteran;  George C. Brown, city, cable winder.
5.   Rosser Jones, city, postal worker;   Lee J. McCarthy, Kingston, auto dealer;   Clark Titel, Jr.,Plymouth,
printer.
6.   Mrs. Elizabeth D. Knell, Dallas Township, age 103;   Rev. Andrew Hibian, pastor emeritus of St. John’s 
Lutheran Church, Nanticoke.
7.   James B. Hall, West Pittston, nurseryman.
8.   Edmund Lutes, Lee Park, pioneer automobile dealer;   Sister Mary Cosmas Hughes, RSM., faculty member of 
College Misericordia.
9.   William Goldstein, city, businessman.
10. Anne R. Roberts, Forty Fort;   Mrs. Jennie Gover, Nanticoke.
11. Andrew Royek, Wilkes-Barre Township businessman;   Morris Schectman, city, proprietor of clothing store 
in Plymouth;  Mrs. Yolanda De. B. McCurdy, city, teacher of French at King’s College;   Mrs. Helen S. Johns, 
East End.
12. George J. Nackley, railroad carpenter;   Lorenzo Schmid, city, diner proprietor.
14. Joseph T. Ciampi, West Pittston bakery owner;   Mrs. Sarah Jones, city, oldest member of First Welsh 
Presbyterian Church.
15. Daniel James Thomas, Kingston, retired Glen Alden official.
16. Mrs. Isabelle Williams, Luzerne retired teacher.
17. George Rollman, Sr., city, bricklayer;   Harold Weiss, West Pittston, railroad freight foreman.
18. Richard P. Drake, city, retired service station operator;   Cyril M. Quinn, Pittston businessman;   
Archie Davis, Hanover Township, retired educator.
19. Peter M. Bott, West Wyoming, luncheonette owner;   Elizabeth M. Headley, Center Moreland, retired teacher.
20. Mrs. Nettie Shiffer Hughes, Luzerne;   William F. Kearney, Hyattsville, Md., former Pittston Police 
Department clerk.
21. James E. Derby, Laurel Run, former borough councilman.
23. Albert W. Friedrich, city, retired American Stores employee.
24. Joseph J. Friedman, Kingston, owner of Orange Grove Market.
25. Albert Reef, Sr., Nanticoke, former school director.
26. Alexander J. Vnukowski, Kingston, church organist;   John H. Uhl, Kingston, former president of Penn 
Tobacco Company.
28. George F. Hutter, city, retired school teacher.
29. John H. Kramer, Scranton, former manager of Hotel Sterling;   Mrs. Mary Sword, city.
30. Michael J. Matovchak, Plymouth, baseball umpire.
31. Henry S. Brandon, West Pittston,  former  councilman;   Patrick Burke, Jenkins Township, former auditor;   
Miss Joan B. Janoski, Exeter, pet shop proprietor.


JANUARY, 1959

1.   Bruce Nagle, Kingston, retired railroad engineer.
2.   Rev. Joseph M. Lawler, Plymouth priest.
3.   William H. Sadler, Endicott, N. Y., former local railroad and municipal engineer;   Frank Wadzinski, 
Nanticoke, Nanticoke Police clerk;   Hugh H. Jones, city, retired grocer.
4.   Myron C. Greene, West Pittston, founder and proprietor of Brookdale Corporation.
5.   E. N. Gackenbach, Wyoming RD, owner of Crown Hill Laboratories;   A/3C Nancy Lou Krupp, Kingston, 
Women’s Air Force member.
7.   John Stoshak, Warrior Run, former president of borough council.
9.   Harry W. Lavery, Kingston, former president of Wyoming Valley Building Trades’ Council.
10. Robert Barrett, Larksville, former policeman.
12. Harold B. Fell, Springfield, Ill., Wilkes-Barre native.
14. Charles A. Kaiser, Ashley, retired blacksmith;   James C. Millen, city, master mechanic;   H. Leyshon 
Mead, West Pittston, plumbing contractor;   Samuel C. Davidson, Kingston, retired jeweler.
15. George H. Luft, Kingston, office manager and accountant.
16. Mrs. Wilbur Myers, city, businesswoman;   John J. Gainard, city, head of Bureau of Records of Wilkes-
Barre Police Department.
19. Thomas F. Mulhem, city, retired postal employee;   David E. Evans, city, identified with local musical 
societies.
20. Bruce G. Blackman, Forty Fort, sports editor of Times-Leader, the Evening News and member of Forty Fort 
School Board.
21. Joseph Hacker, Plymouth, retired grocer;   Theodore E. (Ted) Stegmaier, Kingston, president of Stegmaier 
Brewing Company;   George B. Heycock, Ashley, former purchasing agent for Wilkes-Barre City School District.
22. Fred J. Korper, Kingston, former borough plumbing inspector.
24. John C. Noll, city, retired salesman.
25. William M. Ayers, Mountaintop, founder of lumber company;   John Wormeck, Trucksville, foreman at Linear, 
Incorporated.
26. Mrs. Anna Piszczek, Plymouth, wife of funeral director.
28. George J. Eddy, Idetown, past district deputy governor of Lions International;   Aaron Hurwitz, city, 
retired realtor.
30. John F. Conrad, Swoyersville, florist.


FEBRUARY

1.   Mrs. Frank Cawley, Port Griffith, school teacher.
2.   Mrs. Peter Cunningham, city, past president of Auxiliary to American Legion Post 132.
3.   Thomas A. Clemow, Plymouth merchant.
4.   Loretta Yencharis, city, encephalitis victim.
5.   Dr. Walter Harrison Hitchler, Plymouth, native and former dean of Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle.
6.   John C. Waters, Avoca, former Duryea official.
7.   John T. Jones, Sr., Hanover Township, former mail carrier; Mrs. Anne Flinchbaugh Taylor, Westport, Conn., 
descendant of two presidents and former local resident.
8.   Mrs. Sarah F. Gibson, Plymouth, age 101.
9.   Joseph Papsun, Wilkes-Barre Township, railroader.
10. Walter Grochowski, Jr., Glen Lyon, mail carrier.
11. John J. Kennedy, city, retired city fireman.
12. Rev. Robert Graham, Kingston, retired pastor of Ashley Presbyterian Church;  James A. McHale, Trucksville, 
engineer.
13. Mrs. Anna Senak, Duryea, age 101;  Edward F. Sheerin, Kingston, general yardmaster for DL&W Railroad at 
Kingston.
14. Mrs. Charles P. Elliott, city, member of pioneer Wyoming Valley family.
15. Tadauszus Antanaitis, Swoyersville, former police officer.
18. James J. Dougherty, Duryea, former Duryea burgess.
19. James E. Coombs, Nanticoke, retired plumbing and heating contractor.
20. Mrs. Emma R. Armstrong, city, retired teacher;  Herbert M. Kemmerer, chief of Lehman Volunteer Fire 
Company.
23. Charles E. Thomas, Forty Fort, retired building contractor.
25. Sister Mary Luke, St. Cecilia’s School, Wyoming.
26. Edward A. Burke, Pittston, former school director and police clerk.
27. Rev. George J. Goeckel, Exeter, pastor of St. Cecilia’s Church.
28, John B. Pesavento, city, retired policeman;  Charles L. March, Kingston, Wyoming Seminary English 
professor.


MARCH

1.   Benjamin Jones, city, former State Representative;  Delbert B. Garinger, Dallas, carpenter.
2.   Jesse F. Brown, city, railroad engineer.
4.   Ruth M. Campbell, California, former executive director of Wilkes-Barre Young Women’s Christian 
Association.
5.   John C. J. Derr, Kingston, musician.
8.   Richard Murphy, Sr., Edwardsville borough councilman.
9.   Rev. George J. Griffith, Allentown, formerly of Wilkes-Barre;  Charles L. Gavenonis, Plymouth funeral 
director.
10. Paul A. Krivenko, Pringle, florist.
11. Morris Levene, city, retired merchant;  Joseph A. Brady, Sr., Luzerne, retired mail carrier.
12. Gordon G. Roberts, Forty Fort, filter plant supervisor.
13. Mrs. Gertrude H. Pooley, Kingston, teacher;  Harry Sorbet, Hanover Township, Spanish-American War Veteran.
14. Arthur R. Montross, Idetown, former member of Dallas Township School Board.
15. John Lunski, Sr., Nanticoke, former school director;  Frank M. Brozena, Plymouth;  Mrs. Hannah B. Salzman,
city, widow of Rabbi Marcus Salzman.
17. Frank W. Croll, Ashley, retired grocer.
19. Ralph Frost, West Pittston, former borough councilman;  Lewis C. Lucas, city, retired store manager.
21. Harold J. Freeman, Wilkes-Barre Township, teacher.
22. Albert M. Nesbitt, city, retired insurance agent.
23. Benny Menik, Pittston, tailor; Hugh A. Klockgether, Kingston, office manager.
24. Raymond E. Tirpak, city, Korean veteran;  John E. (Cauley) Piszczek, Plymouth businessman.
25. Joseph K. George, city, retired bottling operator;  James E. Williams, Parsons, painting contractor;  
John B. Kennedy, Landisburg, retired superintendent of Kingston schools.
27. Harry Aronson, city, scrap metal vender.
28. Alvin J. Albertson, Mountain, retired building contractor;  Robert Litzenberger, Dallas, retired railroad 
carpenter.
29. John Cavall, Yatesville, former borough councilman.
30-. Edward V. Kelly, Kingston, veteran.
31. Col. William H. Smith, Kingston, superintendent of Pennsylvania National Guard Armory, Kingston.


APRIL

1.   Charles H. Williams, Sr., city, retired railroader;  Cyril Morza, Dallas, editor and manager of Svit, 
Russian weekly newspaper.
2.   Rev. G. Eugene Frank, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Duryea;  Joseph Lucidi, city, president of State 
Association of Plumbing and Steamfitting Industry.
5.   Peter Savitski, Sugar Notch, former chief of police;   Rev. Placid Hennessy, OFM, moderator of Third 
Order of St. Francis at St. Joseph’s Monastery, Georgetown.
6.   John J. Thomas, Nanticoke, former businessman.
7.   John P. Corrigan, Kingston, railroad engineer;  Richard F. Gilligan, Ashley, postal worker.
9.   John Fairclough, Duryea, railroader.
10. Rev. George Deisher, Kingtston.
11. Thomas Hughes, pastor of the Welsh Baptist Church, Edwardsville.
12. Harry N. Smith, retired general superintendent of Glen Alden Corporation.
13. Samuel Naparsteck, foreman of Rex Shoe Company, Exeter.
14. Mrs. Laura P. Leonared, 90, city.
15. Francis P. Murray, founder of Glendale Farms Dairy.
16. Mrs. S. H. Straessley, wife of former area dentist, in Florida.
17. Paul W. Neff, retired Pennsylvania Railroad director.
19. George J. Turner, chief clerk to County Commissioners.
20. Evan Dukes, former tax collector and school director of Laurel Run.
21. Phillip DeFalco, Hanover Township, barber;  Charles Hunter, retired engineer for Lehigh Valley Railroad.
22. Leonard C. Patronik, auto fatality.
23. Luther Smith;  Emil A. Frey, insurance man.
24. John Kolucki, father of Rev. Stanislaus J. Kolucki, pastor of St. Frances Cabrini Church, Carverton. 
25. Grace Atherton, Forty Fort, retired school teacher.
26. Jospeh Wienckowski, Swoyersville, school board member;  Frank Flanleyu, general yardmaster for Jersey 
Central Lines.
27. M/sgt. Frank Bossert, formerly of Hanover Township, at Westover Air Force Base, Mass.
28. Dennis L. Brislin, Jr., employee of Westinghouse Electric Company.
29. Walter V. Rygiel, bacteriologist.
30. Mrs. William Wright, registered nurse.


MAY

1.   Rev. Glenn Baldwin, retired Methodist minister;  Alan Kistler, Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company printer.
2.   Rev. St. Mary’s Church, Swoyersville.
3.   Miss Marion A. Sturdevant, former supervisor of English in Wilkes-Barre schools.
4.   Mrs. Rose Boyle, wife of the former Warrior Run councilman, James Boyle’  Attorney Daniel L. Boland, 
formerly of Wilkes-Barre.
5.   Eugene Moore, tailor;  Ralph E. Johns, treasurer of Carpenters Union Local 514.
6.   Walter Symons, employee of Glen Alden Corporation.
7.   Ira J. Milligan, president and general manager of Pennsylvania Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Company;  
James Byars, executive of E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company.
8.   Mrs. Anna Overpeck, Nuangola.
9.   John Gillespie, contractor;   Walter Avery, Falls, from injuries suffered during high school baseball 
game.
10. C. G. Vonderheid.
11. James E. Kelly, chief of departmental training of Department of Internal Revenue Service;  Alphonso 
Disanto, tailor.
12. Thomas F. Cannon, Hanover school teacher.
13. Mrs. Isabel Sweeny, victim of Sheatown fire.
14. Sister M. Victorine, Plains native.
15. Mrs. Nellie S. Warnick;  Francis Principali, Nanticoke school director.
16. John Searfoss, retired carpenter foreman for Jersey Central Railroad.
17. Michael A. Grace, Pittston, former correspondent for Wilkes-Barre Record;  Mrs. Helen Bartish, retired 
restaurant operator.
18. Mrs. Margaretta Roberts;  James Davallini, director of First National Bank of Mocanaqua.
19. William A. Kennedy, Plymouth, retired mine worker.
20. Paul Farrell, Parsons.
21. Hannah Mullen, Pittston, retired school principal.
22. Grant Hudson, city, retired Lehigh Valley Railroad engineer;  Constantine Yurchak, Edwardsville, choir 
director.
24. Rudolf Read, Kingston, partner in Jordan’s Clothing Store;  John B. Gallagher, Kingston, associated with 
Prudential Insurance Company.
25. Janet Powell, head of Diamond Manufacturing Company of Wyoming;  Barry Miller, Wilkes College graduate.
27. Mrs. Jenny Nichols, city, wife of late food broker.
28. Rev. John Zlobin, retired archbishop of Aleutian Islands and Alaska;  William A. Caldwell, Pittston, RDI, 
retired Lehigh Valley brakeman.
29. James A. Bradbury, Forty Fort, former borough engineer and retired superintendent of Kehoe-Berge Coal 
Company.


JUNE

1.   George Bray, Kingston, manager of City Chevrolet Company; John P. Paulick, Kingston, assistant chief of 
Kingston Independent Hose Company.
2.   Mrs. Marie Oelando, Hughestown, mother of borough’s burgess.
4.   Joseph J. Dzenis, Miners Mills, Wilkes-Barre police clerk.
7.   Mrs. Clara Eckrote, widow of James F. Eckrote, who was Lehigh Valley engineer;  Mrs. Mae H. Samuels, 
Bear Creek, past president of Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Auxiliary;  John A. Kline, city, inspector for 
American Chain and Cable Company;  Mrs. Agnes Brown, city, widow of Attorney Frank B. Brown.
9.   James E. Goeringer, Kingston, pilot for Dutch Pantry restaurant chain.
10. Martin J. Stamer, Warrior Run, superintendent of Peely Coal Company.
13. Clarence L. Church, Shickshinny tax collector.
14. Mrs. William Stryiak, Nanticoke, chiropractor.
15. Edward J. Schellenberg, Bear Creek, executive of Hess Goldsmith and Company;  James J. Grick, Nanticoke, 
former councilman of Nanticoke.
18. Attorney Gilbert S. McClintock, vice-chairman Glen Alden Corporation and chairman of Miners National Bank;
Mrs. Frances Hillman Bertels, Hillside, active clubwoman.
21. I. Donald Hague, retired Glen Alden foreman;  William J. Thomas, Mountaintop, tax collector.
24. Mrs. Bessie Strous, Kingston.
25. Mrs. Zezulon Robbins, city; L. H. Worthington, Harveys Lake, carpenter and kin of early Wyoming Valley 
publisher.
26. Mrs. Miriam Seeherman, Kingston;  Dr. Samuel Slavin, city, dentist.
28. George Metz, Carverton, electrical engineer.
29. Joseph D. Korchella, Larksville, tree surgeon.
30. Mrs. Frederick Hillman, member of prominent Wyoming Valley family.


JULY

2.   Billy Davis, Kingston, jeweler;  Harry Swick, city, retired city policeman.
5.   Leslie Fiske, Kingston, retired Kingston Lumber employee.
7.   Joseph A. Russavage, Duryea, chief of police;  Stephen Ply, Ashley, retired courthouse employee;  Jesse 
B. Link, Nanticoke, plumbing and heating contractor.
10. John Dougherty, Plymouth, businessman.
12. Adelbert D. Edwards, Kingston, musician;  Dr. Charles H. Miner, city, former Secretary of Health, top 
leader in the fight against tuberculosis in the state;  Msgr. John M. Puskar, Nanticoke, pastor of St. John’s 
Church and director of Catholic Charities, Nanticoke.
15. William A. Saba, city, barber.
16. John Miller, Kingston, market operator.
22. Mrs. Annie Symons, Kingston.
23. Carol Kay Dempsey, city, drowned in Susquehanna River.
24. Louis J. Kotula, Dupont, former borough treasurer.
24. Richard J. Brace, Dallas, Irem Temple Club manager.
28. John J. Mayer, West Pittston, engineer.
29. Haven B. Slocum, city, salesman.


AUGUST

1.   Adam Yankoski, Hanover, funeral director and school director.
3.   Edward J. Staub, Trucksville, real estate broker;  Patrick J. “Paddy” Lenahan, Ashley, retired conductor.
4.   Bernard S. Bush, Trucksville, state sanitary engineer.
5.   Frank A. English, Kingston, president of Planters Nut and Chocolate Company.
6.   Mrs. Lilliam Yow Johnson, Wyoming, widow of Frederick G. Johnson, publisher of Wilkes-Barre Record who 
died in 1951.
7.   James Scureman, Wyoming, funeral director.
14. Joseph M. Gaynor, city, former building contractor.
15. Anthony B. Zehosky, Miners Mills, former mine official.
16. Andrew F. Cunningham, Miners Mills, retired city officer.
19.  Francis E. Koons, city, retired postal clerk.
21. Dr. Edward W. Bixby, prominent physician;  William T. Lavin, Hanover, former tax collector.
24. John Martin, Forty Fort, salesman.
26. John Baker, Hanover Township, auditor.
28. Jack Landau, Kingston, insurance salesman;  Edwin Ryder, city, First Church of Christ trustee.
29. John Fahey, city, Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company printer;  Oscar P. Koch, city, retired railroad 
yardmaster.
30. Sister Mary Catherine Labourne, member of Sisters of Mercy order.


SEPTEMBER

2.   Charles T. Peeke, Fernbrook.
3.   Phillip Nelson, Kingston, U.S. Navy.
4.   Sheldon A. Jones, Trucksville, retired assistant to president of Lehigh Valley Industries, Incorporated.
5.   Mrs. Mary G. Hosey, Plymouth, wife of councilman;  Miss Margaret Davis, Hanover Township, retired teacher.
6.   Roy A. Mead, Pittston, councilman and railroad conductor.
7.   Irving (Roxy) Hinerfield, Kingston, wholesale jobber;  Fred C. Atherholt, West Pittston, Acme official.
10. Paul Melvin, Pittston, truant officer.
11. George S. Sawyer, Dallas, vice president and chief engineer of Scranton-Spring Brook Water Company.
15. Helen S. Gay, city;  Rudolph J. Magagna, Kingston, attorney.
16. Henry P. Davis, Forty Fort, Hudson Coal Company, official; Le Roy Lewis, Edwardsville, chef for Luzerne 
County Prison; Edward Gill, Hanover Township, musician.
18. Rev. Alfred J. Zukaukas, Sugar Notch, pastor of SS, Peter & Paul’s Lithuanian Church.
19. Nicholas P. Tylawsky, Duryea, businessman.
21. Mrs. Percy A. Brown, Kingston, merchant’s wife.
23. Thomas Burns, Parsons, father of two Scranton Diocese priests;  Mrs. Edna M. Logan, Kingston, first woman 
deacon and elder of the Kingston Presbyterian Church.
24. Jacob Brozena, Plymouth, and Victor Mortuza, Nanticoke, mine accident victims.
26. William G. Boyle, Somerville, N.J., retired Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company printer.
28. Robert N. Bierly, West Pittston, former State Representative and county engineer.
29. Walter Flight, Nanticoke, Glen Alden engineer.


OCTOBER

1.   Albert J. Daley, Forty Fort, co-owner of transfer company.
4.   Gerald J. Kearney, Pittston, Miners National Bank official;  Michael F. Quinn, Kingston, entertainer.
8.   Frank Garney, Kingston, retired post office superintendent;  Ellis Owen, city building inspector;  Miss 
Isabel Bertels, Colo., retired city school, teacher.
9.   Theodore Uzdilla, Hanover    Township policeman; John H. Haertter, Trucksville, retired Lehigh Valley 
Coal Company official; Mrs. Louise Knorr, city, widow of hotel proprietor; Miss Beatrice Gallagher, city, 
retired teacher.
10. Mrs. Edward M. Bartikowsky, city, widow of jewelry firm head.
11. Miss Bertha Kritzberger, Courtdale, former Wac sergeant.
13. Ebenezer Williams, Parsons, Spanish War veteran; Miss. Margaret Scureman, retired teacher; Mrs. Clara 
Tremayne, Dallas, widow of chain stores owner.
18. Dr. William F. Connell, Pittston;  Gilbert S. Yeisley, city, retired policeman.
20. Louis Schiffman, Pittston, merchant and banker.
21. William T. Williams, city, retired fire captain;  Norman Friedman, Kingston, trucking firm official.
22. Elmer C. Meek, Hanover Township, retired city merchant.
23. Amedeo Parri, city, caterer;  Rev. James Iley, East End, retired Methodist pastor.
26. Clarence W. Helreigel, Hughestown, retired engineer.
27. George P. Cooper, city, manager of transfer company;  William R. Evans, former Wilkes-Barre Publishing 
Company composing room foreman.
28. Thorwald E. Lewis, Huntington Mills, school principal;  Peter John Bienus, Hanover Township detective.
30. Franklin P. Oliver, Kingston, real estate operator.
31. Col. Dorrance Reynolds, Dallas, former bank president, lawyer and farmer;  LeRoy Turner, Forty Fort, 
restaurateur.


NOVEMBER

3.   Joseph M. Raphael, Shavertown, former tax consultant and entertainer;  Joseph R. Eyerman, city, 
contractor;  Martin J. Podskoch, Swoyersville, supreme secretary of Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union.
4.   Joseph J. Comiskey, Kingston, sales representative.
5.   Frank Kotinsley, Larksville, former policeman, employee of County Controller and former amateur baseball 
pitcher.
7.   Mrs. Madge H. Van Laeys, Kingston, widow of former general manager of Wilkes-Barre Record.
10. Mrs. Anna Shinal, Wilkes-Barre Township;  John C. Haddock, president of Morris Run Coal Company.
11. Elsie Jayne, Plymouth, retired school teacher.
12. John A. Redington, Jr., city, associated with the Hotel Redington.
14. Dr. Francis P. Judge, city, physician.
16. Reynold L. Kile, Clarks Summit, advertising manager for A. & P.;  Mrs. Fannie S. Long, city, widow of Dr. 
Charles Long.
17, George W. Walter, city, owner and operator of Walter Machine Company, Kingston;  Dr. Andrew J. Heffernan, 
city, dentist.
19. Arthur K. Davis, city, veteran employee of UGI, Kingston;  Louis J. Zarzecki, West Wyoming, referee.
20. Charles Spearing, city, official of PP&L.
24. Peter Perfinski, Plains, retired miner; Mrs. Julia Ormanowski, Glen Lyon, sister of Judge Paul R. Selecky.
25. Mrs. John Repa, Kingston, widow of insurance company founder.
26. Mrs. Catherine Lasky, Pittston, mother of Rev. Joseph Lasky, White Haven;  William J. Sharp, Fernbrook, 
bill-poster for Comerford Theater;  Mrs. Ellen S. Gallagher, Shavertown, mother of Rev. Edward F. Gallagher, 
Scranton.
27. Andrew F. Korshalla, Larksville, former justice of the peace and machine operator for Hudson Coal Company;
Francis A. Ward, Miners Mills, marine veteran and retired railroader.
28. Jack (Packy) Burns, West Pittston, Irish humorist.
29. Joseph P. Kelly, Pittston, former fire chief and proprietor of furniture store.
30. Sheldon R. Evans, Forty Fort, executive vice president and director of First-Second National Bank of 
Wilkes-Barre.

Typed by Janice Walker,  July / August 2004