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September 4, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday September 8, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday September 7, 2008 from 3-7 PM.
Joseph A. Mistrick age 83 of Wayne, died at home on Thursday September 4, 2008 while surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, Joe graduated from East Vandergrift High School with the class of 1942. Shortly after graduation, he joined the US Army and served throughout Europe from 1943 to 1946. Joe was a Sergeant in the Army and served under General Patton as a medic on the Normandy beachhead, in the areas of Northern France, and throughout Germany and central Europe. Joe shared many stories about the fun he had during the war. He learned to water ski on the Riviera and toured Austria – describing it as the “most beautiful country he had ever seen”. He would always finish his war era stories by saying; “all compliments of my uncle…Uncle Sam!”
Joe’s children recall how hard he worked when they were younger. He held three jobs during most of their childhood so that he could provide for them – especially Christmas presents. He would take his family each year back to Vandergrift, Pennsylvania where he and his wife Sophie grew up. It was an annual pilgrimage that the family always looked forward to. Somehow though, Joe never relaxed much there and he would involve himself in projects around the house, such as painting or the like.
Joe was also a big sports fan, primarily of the Yankees and Pittsburgh Steelers. He was an avid golfer for many years and was particularly good at bowling and softball. Joe’s greatest love of all however, was his wife Sophie. They were neighbors and sweethearts since childhood and their children describe them as a “good team”; “Joe & So”. Joe was completely devoted and dedicated to his beloved Sophie. He took great care of her during her illness and was by her side every day until she passed in 1996. They had enjoyed forty four years of loving marriage together.
Joe is survived by two daughters; Patricia Frost and her husband Gregory of Wayne and Loretta Molczyk and her husband John of Wayne, one son; Robert Mistrick and his wife Patricia of Pompton Lakes, two sisters; Mary Ann Harold of E. Vandergrift, PA and Patricia Kolon of Florida, two brothers; George Mistrick of Leechburg, PA and Larry Marcin and his wife Shirley of Vandergrift Heights, PA. and two grandchildren; David and Daniel Molczyk of Wayne. He was predeceased by his wife Sophie of forty-four years in 1996.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 291, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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Funeral services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday September 8, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday September 7, 2008 from 3-7 PM.
September 4, 2008
Services
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 AM on Monday September 8, 2008 from the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne then to Annunciation RC Church, 45 Urban Club Road, Wayne, where at 9:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Sunday September 7, 2008 from 3-7 PM.
Joseph A. Mistrick age 83 of Wayne, died at home on Thursday September 4, 2008 while surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, Joe graduated from East Vandergrift High School with the class of 1942. Shortly after graduation, he joined the US Army and served throughout Europe from 1943 to 1946. Joe was a Sergeant in the Army and served under General Patton as a medic on the Normandy beachhead, in the areas of Northern France, and throughout Germany and central Europe. Joe shared many stories about the fun he had during the war. He learned to water ski on the Riviera and toured Austria – describing it as the “most beautiful country he had ever seen”. He would always finish his war era stories by saying; “all compliments of my uncle…Uncle Sam!”
Joe’s children recall how hard he worked when they were younger. He held three jobs during most of their childhood so that he could provide for them – especially Christmas presents. He would take his family each year back to Vandergrift, Pennsylvania where he and his wife Sophie grew up. It was an annual pilgrimage that the family always looked forward to. Somehow though, Joe never relaxed much there and he would involve himself in projects around the house, such as painting or the like.
Joe was also a big sports fan, primarily of the Yankees and Pittsburgh Steelers. He was an avid golfer for many years and was particularly good at bowling and softball. Joe’s greatest love of all however, was his wife Sophie. They were neighbors and sweethearts since childhood and their children describe them as a “good team”; “Joe & So”. Joe was completely devoted and dedicated to his beloved Sophie. He took great care of her during her illness and was by her side every day until she passed in 1996. They had enjoyed forty four years of loving marriage together.
Joe is survived by two daughters; Patricia Frost and her husband Gregory of Wayne and Loretta Molczyk and her husband John of Wayne, one son; Robert Mistrick and his wife Patricia of Pompton Lakes, two sisters; Mary Ann Harold of E. Vandergrift, PA and Patricia Kolon of Florida, two brothers; George Mistrick of Leechburg, PA and Larry Marcin and his wife Shirley of Vandergrift Heights, PA. and two grandchildren; David and Daniel Molczyk of Wayne. He was predeceased by his wife Sophie of forty-four years in 1996.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Wayne First Aid Squad, PO Box 291, Wayne, NJ 07470 would be appreciated.
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