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Friday, February 05, 1993 Page: 3D QUICK WORDS: SHELLEY
George Shelley
Feb. 4, 1993
George J. Shelley, 72, of Poplar Street, Wilkes-Barre, died Thursday night
at homeBorn in Plymouth, May 10, 1920, he was the son of the late Marshall and
Lucy Shelley. He was a 1938 graduate of Plymouth High School.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of American Legion
Post 132, Wilkes-Barre.
He was employed for many years at the Tobyhanna Army Depot, retiring in
1982.
He was also a member of Musicians Local, Wilkes-Barre. He was a member of
St. Patrick’s Church, Wilkes-Barre, and its Holy Name Society.
He and his wife, the former Helen Charneski, celebrated their 28th wedding
anniversary on Sept. 17, 1992.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons, George Jr., at home; John,
Quakertown; brothers, Marshall, Plymouth; Thomas, Wilkes-Barre; several nieces
and nephews.
The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Saturday from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home,
Park Avenue and South Street, Wilkes-Barre, with a funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m.
in St. Patrick’s Church, with the Rev. Patrick D. Healey, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in St. Vincent’s Cemetery, Plymouth.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.