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GEORGE B. MIHALCHIK |
 Grave
marker for George B. Mihalchik in Section M of Saint Marys Cemetery,
Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County), Pennsylvania.
George was a member of Company G, 508th PIR |
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(photos courtesy of Clare
Bradley) |
George B. Mihalchik, 80, of East Newport Street, Newtown section of Hanover
Township, died Thursday at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Plains Township.
Born Nov. 18, 1922, in Wilkes-Barre Township, he was a son of the late John
and Anna (Yencha) Mihalchik. He attended Wilkes-Barre Township Junior-Senior
High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II with the Co. G,
508 Parachute Infantry, 82 Airborne Division in central Europe and was on
the Honor Guard of Supreme Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was
awarded the EAMET Ribbon, the Bronze and Silver Stars. He worked for the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Plains Township; Glen Alden
Coal Co., Huber Colliery, Ashley. He was a member of Holy Rosary Church,
Ashley, where he was a member of the choir and served as a soloist. He was a
member of the Holy Name Society of the church. He also a member of the St.
Alphonsus Retreat League, Tobyhanna; Catholic War Veterans, Post 274,
Ashley, and its Home Association; VFW Post 5267, Hanover Township; the
American-Federal Government Employees Union and of the American Association
of Retired Persons.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, John, Joseph, Andrew, Michael,
Francis; granddaughters, Kimberly and Carrieann Mihalchik.
Surviving are his wife of 59 years, the former Peggy Knight, at home; sons,
George D., Portage, Mich.; John W., Ashley; daughters, Jean Aftewicz,
Hanover Township; Peggy A., Hanover Township; 12 grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Bernadini, Iowa City, Iowa; Mildred
Rosencrans, Marshall, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Military funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Monday from the George A. Strish
Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley, with a Mass of Christian Burial
at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary Church. Interment will be in St. Mary's
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
(The Times Leader, Wilkes Barre, PA, 4 Oct 2003, Page 6A)
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