Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Slabonik, William, Lt., Col. August 8, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 12, 2011
  Lt. Col. William Slabonik 
  
  SUSQUEHANNA TWP. Lt. Col. William Slabonik, Ret. USAF (Stix), 85, died Monday, 
  August 8, 2011 in Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Carlisle. He was 
  born on April 27, 1926 in Steelton, son of the late Marko and Agnes Zelko 
  Slabonik, and was the widower of Helen Gorse Slabonik. He is survived by his 
  children, Helen Marie and her husband, Hiram Richards, Kathleen Ann and her 
  husband, Paul Nenninger, William Mark and his wife, Patricia, James Richard, 
  Mary Slabonik Sill, Agnes, John Gorse and his wife, Margo, Barbara Jean and 
  her husband, Steve Reitz, Theresa Marie and her husband, David Salinger, Mark 
  Christopher and his wife, Maria, Frances Inez, Matthew Paul and his wife, 
  Linda, Anne Marie and her fiance, Ronald J. Myers, Jr., and Luke Joseph and 
  his wife, Kelly; grandchildren, Julie Bartels, Rebecca Nenninger, Joseph 
  Nenninger, David Slabonik and his wife, Rachel, Daniel Slabonik, Katherine 
  Slabonik, Angela Slabonik, Jessica Towson and her husband, Matthew, Erin 
  Brady, Jacob Slabonik, Stephanie Reitz, Katherine Steckbeck and her husband, 
  Adam, Jason Reitz, Michael Salinger, Hannah Salinger, Joshua Salinger, Tracie 
  and Sean Houston, Sara Slabonik, Emily Slabonik, Suzanne Slabonik and Nicole 
  Slabonik; great-grandchildren, Joshua, Jacob and Abriel Bartels, Ramona 
  Slabonik, Julia Rose Towson, Charlotte Towson, Lillian Towson, Trystan 
  Steckbeck and Brennan Houston; his sister, Mary Ann Sheriff; close family 
  friends, Gina Chiloro and Lori Richardson; longtime caregivers and nieces, 
  Cheryl and Krissy Slabonik; and many more nieces and nephews also survive 
  William. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Mark, Rudolf and James; 
  two grandsons, Kelly Lee Salinger and James William Salinger. William 
  graduated from Steelton High School and Penn State University, where he played 
  both football and wrestled. After high school, Bill enlisted in the Army Air 
  Corps and served as a tail gunner in the German Theater for one year. On his 
  return from WWII, he went to Penn State and participated in ROTC and graduated 
  with a commission and rank of Second Lieutenant. He was also Deputy Commander 
  of the US Military Advisory Group to the Vietnamese Air Force during the 
  Vietnam War, and spent a year tour of duty there. He was awarded the Bronze 
  Star upon his return. He served as Commander of Air Force Recruiting in New 
  Cumberland until his retirement. William spent a total of active and reserve 
  time of 27 years in the military and retired in 1970. He taught three years at 
  Dauphin County Vocational Technical School, where he was a History and Phys. 
  Ed. teacher and Dean of Students. He also retired from the State Dept. of 
  Welfare, and was co-founder and President of BWB Inc., until his retirement in 
  1999. William was a devout Roman Catholic and was a member of various groups 
  over the years-St. Aloysius Lodge No. 42, KSKJ, Knights of Columbus, Serra 
  Club, Catholic Men's Group, Pennsylvanians for Human Life, member of the 
  former St. Peter Roman Catholic Parish, Steelton, and a member of Prince of 
  Peace Roman Catholic Parish. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on 
  Monday, August 15, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. in Prince of Peace-Assumption of the 
  Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church with Rev. Msgr. James M. Lyons, his 
  Pastor, as celebrant. Burial will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, with 
  full military honors. A viewing will be held on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on 
  Monday from 9 to 10 a.m. in Wiedeman Funeral Home, 357 S. Second St., 
  Steelton. Recitation of the rosary Sunday 7:45 p.m. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 12, 2011 
  
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