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Sunday, January 30, 2000     Page: 5A

January 29, 2000 lbert Zelinski, 86, of Thurston Hollow, Wyoming County, died
Saturday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born Feb. 21, 1913, in Kingston, he
was a son of the late Peter and Mary Zelinski. He attended Edwardsville
schools. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He worked in local coal
mines for the Woodward Colliery, and later worked for Hewitt & Robins Co.,
Passaic, N.J. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Centermoreland. He
was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Helen Akowicz; and two
brothers and one sister. Surviving are his wife of 19 years, the former Celia
Murach; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday from the Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home, Shavertown, with a Mass of
Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Frances Cabrini Church, with the Rev.
Joseph Weber officiating. Interment will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Dallas.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.