Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gombas, Maria C. August 15, 2011 ************************************************ 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 18, 2011, 9:04 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News from August 18 to August 19, 2011 Maria C. Gombas CORNWALL Maria C. Gombas, 75, Cornwall, passed away Monday, August 15, 2011, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born August 16, 1935, in Budapest, Hungary, a daughter of the late Nandor and Maria KonzSzendrey. She was a resident of Lebanon for over 30 years. She had survived Nazi occupation during WWII, surviving many dangers related to war, and witnessed the death of many neighbors and friends from repeated bombings. In 1956 she escaped the communist regime during the Hungarian Revolution. She held a degree in secondary education and a Master's degree in Biochemistry and worked many years in cancer and joint replacement research. Maria is survived by her fiance, A. Robert Krueger, MAJ U.S. Air Force (Ret); two sons, William Bela C., a concert violinist, husband of Dawn Vitez, Cornwall; Wallace A. Vitez, Attorney at Law, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army JAGC, Lebanon; granddaughters, Christina M. Vitez, England and Samantha L. Vitez, CA. Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend Maria's funeral service Monday, August 22, 2011, at 1 PM from Quentin United Church of Christ with the Rev. Jacqueline Linglebach officiating. A viewing will be held Sunday, August 21, 2011, from 6 to 8 PM at Ruffner-Porterfield Funeral Directors & Cremation Services, 890 Isabel Dr., (next to Quentin Circle), Lebanon and Monday from 12:30 PM to time of service at the church. Interment will be held Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at 1 PM in the Junior Order Cemetery, Preston, MD. Published in Lebanon Daily News from August 18 to August 19, 2011 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb