Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Witcoskie, George Joseph "Cork"  August 30, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News from 9/1/2009 - 9/2/2009 
  Witcoskie, George Joseph "Cork"    
   
   
  George J. Witcoskie LEBANON George Joseph "Cork" Witcoskie, 82, passed away 
  peacefully on Sunday, August 30, 2009, in the Hospice Unit at VA Medical Center 
  in Lebanon. He was born February 22, 1927, to the late Stanley and Sally Blasko 
  Witcoskie in Coal Township. He was a member of St. Matthews Evangelical 
  Lutheran Church. George was a WWII Marine veteran serving with the 4th Marine 
  Division in the Pacific, mostly in Hawaii. Prior to military service, he worked 
  in the naval shipyard of San Diego primarily as a welder on various submarines. 
  He retired in 1983 from the Lebanon VA Hospital with more than 35 years of 
  service. During the same time period he also worked a second job at other local 
  hospitals; Lebanon Valley General, Good Samaritan Hospital, and Hyman Caplan 
  Pavilion. He was a life member of the Lebanon Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
  Annville Legion, Friendship Fire Co., Lebanon Senior Center, and Northside 
  Civic League. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and was an avid golfer. One of the 
  things he was most proud of was overseeing the maintenance and care of the 
  former 18 hole golf course at the Lebanon VA Hospital. Surviving are son, James 
  L., spouse of Janie Witcoskie of Annville; daughter, Gayle, spouse of Edward 
  Steckbeck of Lebanon; sisters, Audrey Hemerka of Collegeville and Lorraine 
  Schmidt of Flourtown; brothers, Hubert Witcoskie of Shamokin and Leonard 
  Witcoskie of Oley; and grandchildren, Michael Witcoskie of Ewing, N.J., Kate 
  Hannum of Sparta, N.J., and Jason Steckbeck of Lebanon. He was preceded in 
  death by wife, Irene Schlegel Witcoskie on July 13, 1994; grandchild, Becky 
  Lynne Witcoskie in 1997; brothers, Clarence, Albert, Victor, and Robert; and 
  sisters, Gertrude Eckman and Eleanor Ruchko. Viewing is scheduled for Thursday 
  from 6 to 8 p.m. at Christman's Funeral Home, Inc., at 226 Cumberland St., 
  Lebanon. The funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday at St. Matthews 
  Evangelical Lutheran Church, 534 E. Lehman St., Lebanon. Burial will be at 
  Grand View Memorial Park. Contributions can be sent to St. Matthews Evangelical 
  Church, 534 E. Lehman St., Lebanon, PA 17046; or Lebanon VA Hospice Unit, attn: 
  Sheila Kendall, 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon, PA 17042 in memory of George J. 
  Witcoskie.
   Published in the Lebanon Daily News from 9/1/2009 - 9/2/2009  
  
  
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