STANLEY F. ROMPALA

Stanley Rompala, 69, of Auburn Center, RD 3. Meshoppen, died unexpectedly Saturday, Dec. 1. 1990, at home.
   Born in Alden Station, be was the son of the late Lewis and Sophia Wegrzyn Rompala. He was a retired IBM employee and a member of St. Joachim's Roman Catholic Church, Meshoppen.
   He was an Army veteran of World War and a member of the VFW Post of Elk Lake.
   He was preceded in death by sisters. Irene Rompala; Edna Haycenko; brother, Frank.
   He is survived by sisters, Ann Rompala, with whom he resided; Helen Petroskl, Cape Canaveral, Fla.; Fran Slovak, Vestal. N.Y.; brothers. Joseph. Meshoppen; Lewis. Wappingers Falls. N.Y.; Edward, Endwell. N.Y.; several nieces and nephews.
   Funeral arrangements are pending from the Harding-Litwin Funeral Home, 124 W. Tioga Street, Tunkhannock.

[The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 02 Dec 1990, Sun, Other Editions, Page 29]

Stanley F. Rompala
of Auburn Center, PA

   Funeral services for Stanley F. Rompala will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Harding-Litwin Funeral Home, 123 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at St. Joachim's Roman Catholic Church, Meshoppen. Interment will be in the Parish Cemetery.

[Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, NY, 04 Dec 1990, Tue, Other Editions,, Page 10]

Grave markers for Stanley F. Rompala in Saint Joachims Cemetery, Meshoppen (Wyoming county), Pennsylvania.

Stanley registered for the draft ca. 1941 and entered service on 25 September 1942 at Wilkes Barre, PA.  He was assigned to Hq Hq, 508th PIR.

Pvt Stanley F. Rompala, son of Mrs. Sophia Rompala, Meshoppen, is in combat training at Camp Mackall, N.C.  He joined the Army in October, 1942, and won his wings as a United States parachutist on February 5, 1943. Before entering the service, he worked for Sordoni Company at Forty Fort*.[The Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 03 Aug 1943, Tue, Page 6]
[Jumpmaster note: *Forty Fort is a borough in Luzerne County, PA]

In England Pvt Stanley Rompala, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rompala, Meshoppen, formerly of Alden, has arrived in England. He is a member of the Paratroopers. Pvt. Rompala is a graduate of Newport Township High School and was employed by Sardoni Construction Company. In a letter to local relatives, he told of meeting a group of Polish soldiers who escaped from Poland when the Nazis overran the country and the terrible deeds the Nazis committed against the populace.
[Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News Wilkes-Barre, PA, 12 Apr 1944, Wed, Page 17]