Northumberland County    Family History    Nark

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     Doctor John A. Nark was born in Shamokin, PA on 26, 

July 1902.  He first attended Saint Rose Academy (now 

Sacred Heart H. S.) in Carbondale and then Minersville H. 

S., where he graduated in 1920. He had been captain of the 

basketball team at Minersville. He went on to Saint Joe's 

College in Philadelphia and later transferred to Temple Medical 

School where he graduated in 1927. In the early 1930s he 

opened his medical practice at 1904 E. Allegheny Ave. He 

married Mary T. McAleese, a long time friend at Ascension 

Church in Kensington in Feb. 1934. They had their only 

child, John A., Jr., on 2 July 1935.

     Mary Nark passed away in 1947 and Dr. Nark in 1957.

     His son John went on to serve in the US Army retiring 

in 1958 as a Lieutenant Colonel.



Submitted by:

John A. Nark Jr.,: dinotales1@aol.com

Delran, NJ