Joseph
Joseph J. Garboczi
Joseph J. Garboczi passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013, at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster PA. He had resided at Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim PA, for 11 years prior to his hospitalization.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre Township August 19, 1919, son of the late Nicholas & Madeline (Dobos) Garboczi. He resided in Kingston, PA from 1946 to 2002. He was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School and Wyoming Seminary Dean School of Business and had taken courses at Wilkes College.
Prior to his retirement he was employed by the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre for 33 years as chief of Purchase & Contract Section. One of the last contracts he supervised was the building of the new VA nursing facility in Wilkes-Barre.
Joe was a veteran of WWII in the South Pacific attaining the rank of Sergeant. He served in New Guinea, was wounded in New Britain, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Joe was a life-long member of the Hungarian Presbyterian Church on Bowman Ave, Kingston, PA, which was destroyed in the 1972 Agnes flood. Joe continued membership in Bennett Presbyterian Church in Luzerne PA where he served as elder and Treasurer. He attended chapel services at Pleasant View.
Surviving him are a sister-in-law, Dorothy (Sorber) Garboczi of Manheim PA; nephews: Joseph Ishley of Decatur, Alabama, John Garboczi of Lancaster PA, and David & Edward Garboczi both of Gaithersburg MD; a niece, Linda Garboczi of Alexandria VA plus seven grandnephews, two grandnieces, three great grandnephews, and one great grandniece.
He was preceded in death in addition to his parents, a sister, Elizabeth Ishley of Wilkes-Barre and a brother, Nicholas Garboczi of Lancaster PA.
The funeral service will be held Saturday February 23 at 11 am at the Hugh B. Hughes Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, PA with Pastor James Quinn officiating. Friends may call Friday evening at the funeral home from 6 to 9 pm and one hour before the service on Saturday. Interment will be in the family plot at Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville PA following the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Joe’s memory may be sent to Bennett Presbyterian Church, 501 Bennett Street Luzerne PA 18709.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre Township August 19, 1919, son of the late Nicholas & Madeline (Dobos) Garboczi. He resided in Kingston, PA from 1946 to 2002. He was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School and Wyoming Seminary Dean School of Business and had taken courses at Wilkes College.
Prior to his retirement he was employed by the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre for 33 years as chief of Purchase & Contract Section. One of the last contracts he supervised was the building of the new VA nursing facility in Wilkes-Barre.
Joe was a veteran of WWII in the South Pacific attaining the rank of Sergeant. He served in New Guinea, was wounded in New Britain, and was awarded the Purple Heart.
Joe was a life-long member of the Hungarian Presbyterian Church on Bowman Ave, Kingston, PA, which was destroyed in the 1972 Agnes flood. Joe continued membership in Bennett Presbyterian Church in Luzerne PA where he served as elder and Treasurer. He attended chapel services at Pleasant View.
Surviving him are a sister-in-law, Dorothy (Sorber) Garboczi of Manheim PA; nephews: Joseph Ishley of Decatur, Alabama, John Garboczi of Lancaster PA, and David & Edward Garboczi both of Gaithersburg MD; a niece, Linda Garboczi of Alexandria VA plus seven grandnephews, two grandnieces, three great grandnephews, and one great grandniece.
He was preceded in death in addition to his parents, a sister, Elizabeth Ishley of Wilkes-Barre and a brother, Nicholas Garboczi of Lancaster PA.
The funeral service will be held Saturday February 23 at 11 am at the Hugh B. Hughes Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, PA with Pastor James Quinn officiating. Friends may call Friday evening at the funeral home from 6 to 9 pm and one hour before the service on Saturday. Interment will be in the family plot at Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville PA following the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Joe’s memory may be sent to Bennett Presbyterian Church, 501 Bennett Street Luzerne PA 18709.
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