OBIT: Albert T. ZINOBLE, 2006, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mike Gifford Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ Albert T. Zinoble On Saturday, October 7, at 1:50 p.m., Albert Tony Zinobile passed away at his nephew, George John Drobnock's house at 16 East Milford Street in Mount Union. Mr. Zinobile died of natural causes. Funeral Liturgy will be held Thursday, October 19 at 11 a.m. at the Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Shade Gap. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Martin Brown Funeral Home, Orbisonia. Mr. Zinobile, known as Tony, was born November 30, 1921 in Orbisonia. He was the son of Donato and Antonia (Battistone) Zinobile. Mr. Zinobile was a bachelor. He was the fifth child of nine children. Preceding him in death are his parents and the following brothers and sisters: John Zinobile; Tony Zinobile; Rose Ann Drobnock; Amelia Smith; Homer Zinobile (infant); Virginia Imperioli; Elena Whitsel and Raymond Zinobile Mr. Zinobile attended Orbisonia High School in the academic program, and played high school football. He left high school in 1940. He began work at Harbison Walker Refractories in 1941 and stopped working in September 1942. Prior to working at Harbison Walker, he was employed as a carpenter's helper on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. On September 18, 1942, at the age 21, he was inducted into the United States Army, and entered into active service October 1942 in the 308th Medical Battalion with the 354th Infantry Regiment assigned to the 89th Infantry Division. His Separation Qualification Record, issued at his separation from the Army, March 1946, indicated that he served as an ambulance driver for 15 months in the European Theater of Operation. He was transferred in January 1945, to serve active duty in France, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria. He transported medical equipment and supplies up to two hundred miles under combat conditions, usually at night with lights blackened out. He assisted as a medical aidman administrating first. aid and transporting wounded personnel. He assisted with giving blood plasma, aid to wounded soldiers and assisting doctors. He received the American Campaign Medal, European American Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. Mr. Zinobile retired from Employment at the Harbison Walker Refractories in Mount Union. He was a member of the Madden-Wennick Post 518, American Legion, Rockhill Furnace. Please do not send flowers. Contributions may be sent to Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Shade Gap, PA. Valley Log, Orbisonia, Pa., October 11, 2006