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Wednesday, September 27, 1995     Page:

Joseph Piontek
   
Sept. 25, 1995
    Joseph F. Piontek, 89, of Franklin Street, Old Forge, died Monday at Mercy
   
Hospital, ScrantonBorn in Old Forge, he was the son of the late Frank and
Catherine Kwiecien cq Piontek.
   
He was a lifelong resident of Old Forge and had worked for many years as a
coal miner.
   
Before retiring, he owned and operated the Club Diner, Wyoming Avenue,
Scranton.
   
He was a member of St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church, Old Forge.
   
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Mary Hodek, on Nov. 10,
1983; a grandchild; sisters, Anna, Mary Smith, and Tillie Borek; brothers,
Michael, and John.
   
Surviving are a son, Joseph, Edison, N.J.; daughters, Marianne cq Petrosky,
Sinking Spring; Barbara Connor, Trevose; 10 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; sisters, Frances Drzewiecki, and Victoria DiAndriola,
both of New Jersey.
   
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday from the Palermo & Zawacki
Funeral Home Inc., 409 N. Main St., Old Forge, followed by a Mass of Christian
Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church, with the Rev. Cyril
Rable officiating.
   
Interment will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Old Forge.
   
Friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday.