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Thursday, March 20, 2003 Page: 6A
John “Jack” R. Pelas, of the Hanover section of Nanticoke, died Tuesday
at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.
Born Dec. 27, 1926, in Nanticoke, he was a son of the late George and Mary
(Paulich) Pelas. He attended Nanticoke schools and operated the Pelas Candy
Store. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Church, Hanover section of Nanticoke,
and St. Francis Church, Nanticoke. He was a past member of the Lions Club,
Nanticoke.
Surviving are his brother, Martin, Bloomsburg; sisters, Mitzie M. Sakoski,
Helen R. Wentz and brother, Joseph Knapich, all of Nanticoke; and several
nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews and great-grand-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 8:45 a.m. Friday from the Stanley S. Stegura
Funeral Home Inc., 614 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian
Burial at 9 a.m. at St. Francis Church, with the Rev. William J.P. Langan
officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today.
Arrangements are by the Thomas E. Buczkowski Funeral Home, Hanover section
of Nanticoke.