Obituary of Peter Leo Dragon

Peter Leo Dragon, Jr., age 83 of Harveys Lake, passed away Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Mr. Dragon was born in Kingston on May 31, 1932 and was the son of the late Peter Leo, Sr. and Mary Okraszewski Dragon. Peter was the youngest of 4 children who were born and raised in Luzerne. He graduated from Luzerne High School in 1950 and served in the U.S. Army as a 1st Lieutenant in Korea for 15 months with the 45th Thunderbird Division from Oklahoma. Peter was later reassigned to the 24th Division from Japan. Peter was employed as a food inspector with the U.S.D.A for 41 years. He served for 20 years on the board of directors for the Wyoming County Sheep and Wool Growers Association. Peter was a member of Our Lady of Victory Church, Harveys Lake and the VFW Post 283, Kingston. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Leo and Chester Dragon, and sister, Helen Petroski. Peter is survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Gertude Pilosi; sons, Mark A. Dragon and his wife Cheryl of Harveys Lake, Peter L. Dragon, III of Wilkes-Barre, and Matthew J. Dragon and his wife Ling-Ling of Lake Twp.; daughters, Mary Dragon Stavrinos of Dallas and Donna Dragon-Oschman and her husband Stan of Shavertown; 17 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 10:00 am from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corner of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with A Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 am from Our Lady of Victory Church, 16 Second St., Harveys Lake, PA 18618 with Rev. Daniel Toomey, officiating. Friends may call 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to be sent to Lock Haven University Foundation Wrestling, 224 Thomas Fieldhouse, Lock Haven, PA 17745 or the Lake-Lehman Wrestling Club, c/o Cheryl Dragon, 1319 Schoolhouse Road, Harveys Lake, PA 18618.