Jerome F. Zelinsky

August 14, 2012

Jerome F. Zelinsky, 79, of the Shawanese section of Harveys Lake, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012, in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Plains Township, where he had been a patient.

Born January 30, 1933, in Luzerne, he was a son of the late Joseph W. and Rachel Janosky Zelinsky. He attended Luzerne schools.

Mr. Zelinsky was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict.

Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a truck driver for various local trucking companies. He was a member of the American Legion Post 967, Harveys Lake.

Prior to moving to Harveys Lake, he resided for many years on Murray Street in Forty Fort.

Mr. Zelinsky was preceded in death by his wife, the former Patricia Veronica Soboleski, in 1985. Also preceding him in death were brothers, Vincent D. and Joseph E.

Surviving are sons, Jerome Jr., Forty Fort, Paul, Exeter; daughters, Lisa Shiplett, Shickshinny, Marian Zelinsky, Plymouth; grandsons, Alan Shiplett Jr., Shickshinny, Ryan Zelinsky, Plymouth; sister, Mrs. George (Larayne) Alles, Dallas; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral for Jerome will be held Saturday morning at 11 a.m. from the Hugh P. Boyle & Son Funeral Home Inc., 416 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, with Deacon John E. O'Connor of St. Ignatius of Layola parish, officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Lithuanian Cemetery, Pringle. Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Memorial donations, if desired, may be made to Candy's Place Cancer Resource Center, 190 Welles Street, Forty Fort, PA 18704.