Luzerne County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shiber, William Herman August 20, 1986
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Times-Leader. August  21, 1986
William H. Shiber, 67, of 48 McCarragher St., Wilkes-Barre, died Wednesday 
morning in Geisinger-Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, where he 
had been a patient the past three days.
   
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Feb. 27, 1919, son of the late Charles and Sadie 
McClusky Shiber, he was a graduate of GAR High School. For many years, Mr. 
Shiber owned and operated Shiber Housemoving Contracting Co. and before his 
retirement in 1983 was employed as a heavy equipment operator for 17 years by 
Foster Wheeler Corp., Mountaintop. He was a WW II veteran, serving in U.S. 
Army Air Corps in New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Philippines. Mr. Shiber 
served with the 100th bomb group and was decorated for six major engagements 
in the Pacific Theater. He was a member of Albright United Methodist Church, 
Wilkes-Barre.
   
Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Rizek; daughter, Mrs. James 
(Denise) Trevethan, Wilkes-Barre; son, Charles, Dalles; six grandchildren; 
sister, Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) Rhines, Whites Ferry.

Funeral will be Saturday at 11 from the Luther M. Kniffrn Funeral Home, 465 
S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with Rev. William K. Locker, pastor of Albright 
United Methodist Church, and very Rev. Herbert G. Nahas, pastor of St. Mary's 
Antiochian Orthodox Church, officiating. Internment will be in Oak Lawn 
Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. 
Memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to Albright United Methodist 
Church or St. Mary's Orthodox Church.

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