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Thursday, March 16, 2000     Page: 5A

March 14, 2000 nthony “Butch” Grigalonis, of Port Griffith, died Tuesday at
Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. Born Dec. 28, 1929, in Sebastopol, he was a son
of the late Joseph and Mary (Kazlauskas) Grigalonis. He was a 1947 graduate of
Jenkins Township High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He
worked for American Chain and Cable, West Pittston. He was a member of St.
Joseph’s Church, Port Griffith, and American Legion Post 1938, Port Blanchard.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Joseph, John, Frank and Albert; and
sisters, Frances and Helen. Surviving are his wife, the former Emily
Howanietz; sisters, Eveyln Chernowski, Ohio; and Jule Callahan, Moosic; and
several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Friday from the
Bednarski Funeral Home, 168 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, with a Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church, Port Griffith. Interment will be
in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m.
Thursday.