Leonard C. Straub, 83, of Glen Lyon, passed away Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born in Kingston on Oct. 15, 1933, he was the son of the late Joseph Sr. and Catherine Labatch Straub.
Len attended Kingston schools and he served in the U.S. Army from July 1956 to July 1958.
He was employed by Raymond R. Hedden Construction Co. and the Laborers Local 130 until his retirement.
Len was a member of Holy Spirit Parish/St. Adalbert's Church, Glen Lyon, and was a member of its Holy Name Society. He was a member of the Newport Twp. Consolidated Fire Company, the Italian American Sporting Club and was a founding member of the Newport Twp. Firemen's Community Ambulance.
He was an avid supporter of all the Greater Nanticoke area sports teams, an avid fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins, but mostly Len loved to spend his time with his beloved family.
He was preceded in death by his sisters, Florence O'Keefe and Elizabeth Frederick, and a brother, Joseph Straub Jr.
Surviving are his loving wife of 61 years, the former Betty Gavrish Straub; loving daughter, Jane Straub; brother, Thomas Straub; special family members, Daniel and Leona Kowalski; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday from George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., Glen Lyon.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in Holy Spirit Parish/St. Adalbert's Church, with the Rev. Louis Kaminski officiating.
Interment with military honors will follow in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Glen Lyon.
Family and friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday.
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Mrs. Straub and Jane,
So,sorry to hear of your loss. May you find peace as Mr. Straub's next passage is eternal life. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Carmella Brown
Friend
September 7, 2017
Family of Leonard Straub,
Very sorry to read of Len's death, no doubt with many years to live yet. Condolences on your loss of a very good man, remembered well after all these years.
Carl Hedden
September 6, 2017
Jane and Family!
So very sorry to hear of your Dad's passing. He was a true gentlemen! Loved when we sat upstairs for hockey and he would come up those stairs and always say to my cousin Dorothy and I, "Hello Girls". Such a nice man! RIP Mr. Straub!
Maryanne Stogoski
September 6, 2017
MRS STRAUB AND JANE,
I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I REMEMBER IN MY YOUNGER YEARS GOING SHOPPING ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WITH YOUR FAMILY....MR STRAUB WAS A SPECIAL MAN...PRAYERS TO YOU.
MARIBETH OBITZ
September 6, 2017
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