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Wednesday, March 19, 2003 Page: 6A
Mark Handel
March 16, 2003
Mark D. Handel, 50, of Hudson Street, Plains Township, died Sunday at the
Department Of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Plains Township.
Born July 8, 1952, in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of Mary Lou (Brennan)
Handel, Wilkes-Barre, and the late Morris Handel. He was a graduate of Pocono
High School and served with the U.S. Coast Guard from 1970 to
1972. He was employed as a chef for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Phoenix, and
at Eddie’s Place, Plains Township. He was a member of American Legion Post
558, Plains Township.
Surviving, in addition to his mother, are sisters, Donna Loas and Laura
Swanson, Chicago; several nieces; fiancee, Kathy Kramer, Pittston.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday from the McLaughlin Family
Funeral Service 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass at 9:30 a.m.
at St. Mary’s Church Of The Immaculate Conception. Interment will be in St.
Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital,
501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105.