Stanley M. "Duce" Gieniec

Stanley M. 'Duce' Gieniec

Stanley B. "Duce" Gieniec Jr., 76, of Lansford, formerly of Nesquehoning, entered into eternal rest on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Lansford. He was the husband of Marnie (Snowich) Gieniec.

Born in Coaldale, he was a son of the late Stanley B. Gieniec Sr. and Helen (Kiripolsky) Gieniec. He was raised in Summit Hill with nine siblings in a close, loving family, where faith and hard work blended with humor, traditions and joyous celebrations.

He graduated from Panther Valley High School and entered the U.S. Army in 1968, where he attained the rank of SP4 as a combat engineer attached to the 31st Engineer Battalion, and served in Vietnam and Cambodia, earning Vietnam Service and Campaign Medals.

Upon his return to the area, he became active in the Nesquehoning V.F.W., where he served in various positions including commander. He was active with the Lansford American Legion and the Carbon County Vietnam Veterans.

He also was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church in Nesquehoning.

Coal is in the Gieniec family blood. Stanley followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and father as a lifelong coal miner, beginning with Bethlehem Mines and retiring from Lehigh Anthracite after 45 years. Joining him in the profession were various family members, including his son. Concurrently, he was employed by Cerimele Catering for many years. Being an excellent chef, he was right at home in the kitchen and was often recruited as "head chef" in the motor homes taken to Penn State football games.

PSU, Phillies, hunting and picking mushrooms with friends and family were his interests. He will be remembered for his charismatic personality, one of a kind! A natural jokester and was a good friend to many.

Surviving in addition to wife, Marnie, are a son, Jarrod L. of Nesquehoning; brothers, Edward Gieniec and wife, Nancy, of Summit Hill, Ronald Gieniec and wife, Sharon, of Coaldale, Michael Gieniec and wife, Lisa, of Lansford, and James Gieniec and wife, Kathy, of Summit Hill; sisters, Margaret Pascoe of Summit Hill, Christine Feller and her husband, David, of Lehighton, Cecelia Hydro and her husband, Stephen, of Jim Thorpe, and Mary Helen Badowski and her husband, Richard, of Lansford; and nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.

He was also predeceased by a brother, Chester P. Gieniec; and a nephew, Edward Gieniec.

Service: Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Bruce A. Nalesnik Funeral Home, 57 W. Center St., Nesquehoning, with the Rev. Vasyl Chepelskyy officiating. Interment with military honors will be at St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Nesquehoning. Friends and family are invited to pay their respects and celebrate Duce's life during a visitation at the funeral home from 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday. Contributions in his name may be made to St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, c/o the funeral home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.nalesnikfh.com.