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Ralph E. Wasiakowski, age 80 of Sweet Valley, passed away Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center, Scranton.
Mr. Wasiakowski was born October 24, 1931 in Nanticoke and was the son of the late Teofil and Helen Krukowski Wasiakowski.
He attended Nanticoke High School and enlisted in the Army in 1948, serving in Korea where he was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart in 1950.
Upon returning to Nanticoke, he was employed as a printer in a box factory. He later became a member of the I.B.E.W. Local 1319 and worked locally and out of state until his retirement in 1993.
Ralph was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth and the American Legion Post 350, Nanticoke.
He loved the outdoors and especially hunting with his beagles and fishing Lake Oneida with his friends.
Beside his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Clement.
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, the former Patricia Piontkowski; and children, Helen, at home and Ralph and his wife, Nicole and grandson, Jack of Allentown; brothers: Bernard and his wife, Geraldine of Nanticoke, Joseph and his wife, Shirley of Yardley, and sister-in-law Dolores Washakowski of Saylorsburg; numerous nieces and nephews.
Ralph's funeral will be held Tuesday at 9:30 AM from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 & 118, Pikes Creek with a mass of Christian burial at 10:00 am from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth, with the Rev. Richard Fox officiating.
Interment will be in the Holy Trinity Cemetery, Sheatown.
Friends may call Monday from 7:00 - 9:00 PM.
The family would like to thank the staffs of the Keystone Garden Estates and the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center for their care and thoughtfulness extended to Ralph and his family during his illness.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be sent to the Alzheimer's Association, 57 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 or online at www.alz.org/pa/
Online condolences made be made at clswansonfuneralhome.com
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