Michael Pelinsky, 84, 503 W. Seventh St., died Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Fairview Manor.
He was born July 30, 1919, in Erie, son of the late John and Katryna Zalogha Pelinsky.
He retired from Kroger Co. and formerly owned and operated the Eighth Avenue Food Market. He was a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
He graduated from East High School.
Serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he served aboard the USS Franklin throughout the Pacific Theater. He was aboard the carrier when it was attacked 50 miles off the coast of Japan on March 19, 1945.
He was a member of the USS Franklin reunion committee. He also was a member of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian National Association.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Lichacz Pelinsky, in 1990; and four brothers, Alex, Andy, Bill and Joe Pelinsky.
Survivors include a daughter, Nadia Heimbold and her husband, Joe, of Erie; a son, Michael Pelinsky and his wife, Judith C., of Erie; two grandchildren, Geoffrey and Cara Pelinsky; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., including a Panachida service at 8 p.m., at A. Brugger & Sons Funeral Home, Pine Avenue Branch, 845 E. 38th St. A prayer service will be held there Thursday at 9 a.m., followed by a requiem funeral service at 9:30 a.m., officiated by the Very Rev. Protopresbyter Ronald A. Hazuda.
Burial will be at St. Nicholas Cemetery.
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Pedersen, Robert S. “Bob” Age 83, of Burnsville formerly of Webster, MN, beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend, passed away 6/23/07. Preceded in death by sisters Ester Pechacek and Mary Ersfeld. Survived by wife of 62 years, Dorothy; children, Mari (Dick) Carlson, Pete (Sheila), Gary (Ruth), Ron (Luz), Debra (Tim) Burns, Jeff (Linda); 13 grandchildren, Annelise Carlson (Andy Barnes), Jennifer Carlson (Mike Saros), Mendy & Karla Pedersen, Megan Eveland (Dan), Sara Sagedahl (Adam), Stephanie & Jonathan Pedersen, T.J. Burns (Katrina), Katie Burns, Mary Jo Futhey (Jay), Jeffrey & Matthew Pedersen; great-granddaughters, Sydney & Meckinzy; brothers, Verner and Ernst Pedersen. Bob served with the US Navy on the aircraft carrier, USS Franklin, during WWII. He married the former Dorothy Anderson on July 11, 1945. He was a steward of the land, farming in Rice, Scott and Dakota Counties for over 43 years. Bob served as President of the Mid America Dairymen & on its Board of Directors for many years. Bob is remembered for his independent spirit, strong sense of purpose, ability to make friends and kind sense of humor. His indomitable spirit & deep humility continue to be an inspiration for all who knew, loved and now miss Bob. Memorial Service at 11:00A.M. on Saturday, 6/30/07 at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419. 612-926-7651 Interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery Friday 6/29/07 at 1:15 PM Assembly Area # 4. Memorials preferred to the Mount Olivet Church, Cathedral of the Pines Scholarship Fund. Cremation Society of Minnesota 612-825-2435
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Julius Payak
Obituaries 11/02/07
PAYAK – Julius “Frank,” 83, Johnstown, died Oct. 30, 2007, at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. Born May 5, 1924, in Llanfair, Pa. near Portage, son of Mary and Anthony Payak. Brother of John and Tony. Frank is survived by wife of 62 years, Pauline Thomas; and his daughter, Bobbie Hall, married to Mark Hall; and grandchildren, Michael and Jenna Hall. Julius “Frank” was awarded the Purple Heart for service as a U.S. Marine aboard the carrier USS Franklin in World War II. He was one of 710 volunteers who remained on the ship for its last voyage home after an attack in 1945. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of the Knights of Columbus. He worked as a coal miner and a salesman for Stanley Home Products. Julius enjoyed his family and friends, golf, bridge, singing and talking to everyone. Member of Johnstown Retired Men’s Chorus. His love, dedication, outgoing manner and enthusiasm for life will be sadly missed. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Very Rev. Paul E. Turnball. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 576 Vine St., Johnstown, Pa. 15901 or a charity of your choice. Arrangements by John Henderson Co. Funeral Home.

Seldon Doclar Ohlsson, passed away in Jefferson, Louisiana, on Saturday, June 23, 2007.
Survived by his wife, Sallye; sons: George and wife, Jan, and Roger and wife, Karen; daughter, Catharine O. Gracia and husband, Rogers; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Son of the late Evelyn and Henry Ohlsson.
A Navy veteran of WWII and retired Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive engineer. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service to he held at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, 1600 N.Causeway Blvd., Metairie, LA on Monday, June 25, 2007, at 12:00 noon, with visitation at the funeral home on Monday from 10:00 AM until the service begins. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the charity of your choice.
Published in The Times-Picayune from 6/24/2007 – 6/25/2007

Rev. Eddie Nycum, age 74, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 1998. Rev. Nycum was a graduate of Corpus Christi High School, a graduate of University of Corpus Christi, and a graduate of Southwestern Seminary Ft. Worth, Texas. He was a World War II Veteran. He served in the US Navy on the USS Franklin and was one of the few survivors in his group. He felt that God had taken care of him because he had a special task for him. Rev. Nycum was the Music Director for Trinity Baptist, Windsor Park Baptist, Lindale Baptist, and Calvary Baptist, and he also filled-in in many other churches here in Corpus Christi. He was the Choir and Drama Instructor at Driscoll Middle School and he was the Pastor at First Baptist Pawnee Church for 3 1/2 years.
Rev. Nycum is survived by his wife of 49 1/2 years, Melba Nycum of Corpus Christi, Texas; four sons, Warren (Carolyn) Nycum of Prairieville, Louisiana, and Gary (Janis) Nycum, Daryl (Pat) Nycum and Phil Nycum, all of Corpus Christi, Texas; seven grandchildren, Joshua, Daniel, Rebecca, Leah, and Andrew Nycum, and Billy Nelson, and Joy Brophy; two great-grandchildren, Garrett Nelson and Abigail Brophy; and a sister, Yvonne Nycum of Davis California.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Natalie Nycum, and a daughter, Sharon Gayle Nycum.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 28, 1998 at Parkdale Baptist Church with interment to be held at Rose Hill Memorial Park.

If friends so desire, memorials in his name may be made to the Music Fund at Parkdale Baptist Church, 3875 S. Staples, Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 or to the Roloff Homes, Rt. 3 box 440, Corpus Christi, Texas 78415 or to a charity of one’s choice.
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Former Lake Crystal Mayor John Elliott Norman, 86, passed away on March 14, 2007 at the Lake Crystal Health Care Center after a long struggle with Parkinson’s Disease. He will be marked in death by the life he brought to so many people. His passing serves as a reflection on a world
that changed profoundly during his short stay. A memorial service will be held at 10:.30 a.m. Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the United Methodist Church in Lake Crystal, with Rev. Debbie King Quale officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Lake Crystal Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2007 at Lake Crystal Mortuary. John is survived by wife, Beth of Lake Crystal; seven children, John (Mary) Norman Jr. of Waconia, Tom Norman of Lake Crystal, Joyce (Charlie O’Connell) Norman of Hoffman Estates, IL, Judith (Jim) Hepworth of Lake Crystal, James Norman of Ramsey, Diane (Michael Flaherty) Norman of McFarland, WI, Robert (Leatha)
Norman of North Mankato; 17 grandchildren; 7 greatgrandchildren; three siblings, Ralph (Thelma) Norman of Lake Crystal, Joan (John) Roth of Lake Crystal, Mary (William) Mensing of Mapleton; nieces and nephews. He and his wife of 64 years, Beth were the cornerstone of life for his large family. John Elliott Norman was also mayor of Lake Crystal for 14 years – a responsibility he took extremely personally for a community that he loved and in which he spent his entire life. As mayor, he was committed to building a Lake Crystal for the future, helping build support for a new water treatment plant, road and highway improvements, and a number of community development projects. His weekly newspaper column, simply called “Mayor’s Column”, was his blunt reflections on life in Lake Crystal and his assessment of Lake Crystal’s progress and challenges. Born in Lake Crystal in 1920 in the farmhouse in which he was raised, John Elliott Norman began farming before electricity, harvesting corn by hand, tossing the ears into a
horse-drawn wagon. He milked cows by hand in lantern light, fought many cold winters and drought, and remembered fondly the county fairs and the 4-H competitions in which he participated. He saw America struggle through — and survive – the Great Depression, a World War, many downturns and upturns in the farm economy, and the modernization and mechanization of America. John Elliott Norman married Beth Mather in 1942 on her family farm in Madelia, just before leaving to enter the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific in World War II. He was
nearly killed when his aircraft carrier, the USS Franklin, was bombed, killing nearly 1,000 sailors and Marines. Norman survived and returned to spend the rest of his life farming and raising children on his farm near Lake Crystal.

Riley H. Nestor, 78, of Portsmouth, OH, died March 5 2005. He was bornMay 7, 125 in St. George, a son of the late Alec Nestor and Ina Shahan Nestor. He is survived by his wife of 56 years Marjorie Lee Oppenhiemer; a son Jim (and Melinda) Nestor of Chillocothe, OH; a daughter V. Sue Nestor (and Neil) Meisner of Taos, NM; six grandchildren Christina (and Michael) Burnright, Emily (and Eric) Walsh all of Wilmore, KY, Ben, Nathaniel, Zachary and Lily Meisner all of Taos, NM; two great-grandchildren Jacob and Megan Burnright; two brothers Ellis Nestor of Richmond, VA and Ira Nestor of Canton, OH; brothers and sister-in-law Joe (and Beulah) Carroll, Lillian Brisker and Bill (and Gloria) Oppenheimer; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by four sister, Ruth, Elsie, Ruby and Bertha Nestor; two brothers Woody Nestor and Asa Nestor.

He was a 1942 graduate of Parsons High School.

He served in World War II, in the Navy aboard the USS Franklin. He was an active member of the Temple Baptist Church, a deacon and he lead a Bible Study group at Riverview Retirement Center. He was in business in Portsmouth for 45 years, owning and operating the Riley Nestor Company. He was a member of the Portsmouth Lodge of Elks and James Dickey Post 23 of the American Legion.

Services were held at the Temple Baptist Church, Portsmouth with Pastor John Gowdy officiating. Interment followed in Scioto Burial Park with graveside military rites by James Dickey Post 23 American Legion.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Ohio, 1248 Kinneys Lane, Portsmouth, OH 45662; or to Temple Baptist Church, 1148 Gallia St., Portsmouth, OH 45662.

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Saturday, December 13, 2003

E.J. Nangle Sr., 77, of Berwyn

Edward J. Nangle Sr., 77, of Berwyn, died Nov. 30 at Montgomery County Hospital in Norristown from injuries suffered when his car collided with a pickup truck in West Norriton Township, 15 days after his wife’s death. He was a former member of the Lower Providence Township police force and a retired SEPTA bus driver.
His wife of 52 years, Claire Lauth Nangle, 73, died Nov. 15 of heart failure at Montgomery County Geriatric Center in Royersford, where she had been a resident for six years. He visited her every day.
“They were devoted to each other,” their daughter Trish Luberda said. “The nurses would find them napping together every afternoon.”
Mr. Nangle grew up in Ardmore. At 15, he lied about his age and enlisted in the Navy. During World War II, he served on the USS Franklin and other aircraft carriers in the South Pacific. After his discharge, he was a bus driver for what was then the Schuylkill Valley Bus Co. in Norristown. His future wife was one of his passengers. She was commuting from Norristown to her job at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The couple were married in 1951.
In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for Montgomery County as a radio dispatcher in the District Attorney’s Office, and as a guard in the Montgomery County Prison. From 1964 to 1971, he was a police officer in Lower Providence Township before going back to work as a bus driver for SEPTA. He retired in 1992. Mrs. Nangle, who grew up in Jim Thorpe, worked as a sales clerk for Sears Roebuck & Co. in Norristown and at other part-time jobs after her children were grown. She loved to play Bingo, Luberda said, and to go bowling and dancing with Mr. Nangle.
Mr. and Mrs. Nangle were longtime residents of Trooper before moving to Berwyn in 1992.
The couple are survived by another daughter, Barbara D’Antonio; sons Edward Jr. and Craig; and 11 grandchildren. Mr. Nangle is also survived by three brothers.
A Funeral Mass for Mrs. Nangle was Nov. 19 at St. Colman Roman Catholic Church, Lancaster Avenue and Argyle Road, Ardmore, Pa. 19003. A Funeral Mass for her husband was said Tuesday at St. Colman’s. They were buried in St. Denis Cemetery in Havertown.
Memorial donations may be made to the church.

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Charles B. “Chick” Mosier
Charles B. “Chick” Mosier, 88, of North Platte passed away Dec. 17, 2007, at Sutherland Care Center. He was born June 28, 1919, to Bradley and Rena Kelin Mosier at Blanca, Colo. Charles graduated from York High School and married Hillys “Sally” Dodds on Dec. 21, 1941, at South Mills, N.C.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War and in the reserves for more than 34 years. He worked for NPPD for 32 years, retiring in 1981. Charles enjoyed woodworking, and building and refinishing furniture for his children and grandchildren. He was a member of the VFW and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife Sally of North Platte; sons Gary (Linda) of Santa Ana, Calif., and Charles of Orange, Calif.; daughters Marge (Chuck) Stone of North Platte and Laura (Jay) Williams of Meridian, Idaho; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Kenneth, three brothers, a sister and daughter-in-law Linda. Online condolences may be shared at http://www.carpentermemorial.com. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Dec. 22 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in York with military honors graveside. Arrangements are with Carpenter Memorial Chapel.

First published in The North Platte Bulletin print edition on
12/19/2007

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Donald R. Mockrud, age 85, died Saturday, May 26, 2007, at City View Nursing Home, Madison. Donald was born on March 28, 1922, in Westby, the youngest child of Oliver and Sara Mockrud. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Stanley, Arthur, Lee, Paul and Harry and a sister, Alice Nimz. He is survived by his special friend of many years, Mary Loui and his guardian, Diane Loui, both of Madison. He is further survived by two sisters-in-law, Mary Mockrud of Viroqua and Carmen Mockrud of West Bend; as well as nieces and nephews. Don served his country honorably as a Navy fighter pilot in World War II. He entered active service on Dec. 15, 1942, in the V-5 Program, Madison. He was commissioned on Feb. 19, 1944, as a fighter pilot. He served on the U.S.S. Franklin from Feb. 9, 1945 to March 19, 1945. His date of separation was May 16, 1946. He piloted one of the Hellcat fighter planes based aboard the U.S.S. Franklin carrier when it was attacked by Japanese bombs on March 19, 1945, off the coast of Japan. He was awarded the Victory Ribbon for World War II, American Theater Ribbon and an Asiatic Pacific 1 Star. He attained the rank of Lt. j.g. A1 in the U.S. Navy Reserves. In later years, Don participated in the Voluntary Service Program at the VA Medical Center in Madison. He was honored in 1998 by the Department of Veterans Affairs in appreciation for his 10 years and 4081 hours of service to fellow veterans. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at 11 a.m. at the CRESS FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 3325 E. Washington Ave., Madison, with the Rev. Bryan Peterson officiating. A time of gathering will be held on Thursday at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. Private burial will be held at a later date in Westby. In lieu of flowers, donations made in Don’s memory to a charity of your choice would be appreciated. Cress Funeral and Cremation Service 3325 E. Washington Ave (608) 249-6666 http://www.cressfuneralservice.com
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