Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Kolessar, John T. August 18, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com August 31, 2009, 9:46 am Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/20/2009 Kolessar, John T. John T. Kolessar MYERSTOWN John T. Kolessar, 81, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was the husband of Jennie M. Gargenes Kolessar. Born in Wilkes-Barre, on May 24, 1928, he was the son of the late Michael and Mary Goc Kolessar. He was a retired dock worker, having worked for Jones Motors in Lebanon and McQuaid in Bethel. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, Mary Gate of Heaven Church, Myerstown, and the Legion of Mary. He enjoyed car racing, professional wrestling, and reading. Surviving, in addition to his wife, Jennie, are a daughter, Therese, wife of Eric Poe of Wynne; two grandchildren, Tiana and Enjoli Segneri; one great-grandson, Dominic; two sisters, Helen McCormick of New Jersey and Sue Russell of Philadelphia; one niece, Kathleen DeSario of New Jersey; and a nephew, Anthony Colasurdo of New Jersey. Funeral mass will be Monday, August 24, at 11:30 a.m. from Mary Gate of Heaven Church, 188 W. McKinley Ave., Myerstown. Interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. Viewing hours are Sunday 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday 10 to 11 a.m. at Thompson Funeral Home, Inc., 126 S. 9th St., Lebanon. Recitation of the Rosary Sunday evening at 7:30. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mary Gate of Heaven Church. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/20/2009 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb