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Carl Clelland
March 6, 1999
Carl R. Clelland, 89, formerly of Philadelphia Avenue, West Pittston, died
Saturday at the home of his daughter, Janice Galloway, Delmont, PaBorn Nov.
20, 1909, in Hughestown, he was the son of the late Robert and Kathryn Stahl
Clelland.
He graduated from Hughestown High School, where he was first in his class.
He played high school basketball and was a member of the church baseball
league.
He was a retired parts manager for Roy Stauffer Chevrolet in West Pittston,
with 48 years of service. He was also a 22-year award member of the Chevrolet
parts and accessories sales managers.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Pittston, where he served as
treasurer and was a former deacon.
He was a devoted husband, loving father, proud grandfather and adoring
great-grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Parry Clelland, on Oct. 13,
1996; brothers, James, Russell and Paul Clelland; and sister, Gertrude
Falkinburg.
He was the beloved father of Janice Galloway, and her husband Richard, of
Delmont, with whom he resided; and Karen Elliott, Santa Ana, Calif. He was the
beloved grandfather of Lisa Monzo, and her husband Jeffrey; Rick Galloway, and
his wife Kathy; Evan and Paige Elliott; and great-grandson, Connor Monzo. Also
surviving are sisters, Margaret Clelland and Ruth Snyder, both of Hughestown.
Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Howell-Lussi Funeral
Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston, with the Rev. Don Weltmer, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Pittston, officiating.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Interment will be in Pittston Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the First Baptist Church, Water Street,
Pittston, 18640; or to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Center Street, Hughestown,
18640.