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Sunday, February 07, 1999     Page:

STEVEN KOBOSKO
   
February 5, 1999
    Steven H. Kobosko, 72, formerly of Center Avenue in Plymouth died Friday at
the home of his companion, Josephine Tilletski, in WanamieBorn Oct. 2, 1926,
in Glen Lyon, he was the son of the late Steven and Lottie Supek Kobosko.
   
He was a resident of Glen Lyon for most of his life and of Center Avenue in
Plymouth for the past 28 years.
   
He was a graduate of Newport Township High School, class of 1944.
   
Before his retirement in 1981 he was employed by Pepsi Cola Company in
Wilkes-Barre as a delivery driver.
   
He was a World War II veteran in the Air Corps, serving with the U.S. Army
with the 3384th company in Baltimore, Md., from 1944 to 1945. He enlisted in
the Reserves from 1950 to 1956.
   
He was a member of St. Mary’s Church in Wanamie and the Italian Club in
Glen Lyon.
   
He was a former member of the American Legion Post 539 of Glen Lyon.
   
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Arlene Tennesen, in April
of 1983; brothers, Thomas and Henry Kobosko.
   
Surviving are his step daughter, Jean Krauser, Shickshinny; brothers,
Bernard Kobosko, Reisterstown, Md.; Anthony Kobosko, Aurora, Colo.; Leonard
Kobosko, Landing, N.J.; step grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
   
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday from the George A. Strish,
Inc., Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., Glen Lyon, with a Mass of Christian
Burial at St. Mary’s Church in Wanamie.
   
Interment will be in St. John’s the Baptist Cemetery in Glen Lyon.
   
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today.
   
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Mary’s Church,
203 Bellas Road, Wanamie, or to Mercy Home Health Hospice, 25 Church St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 18765.—–