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Albert Gashi &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 February 17, 2003 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lbert L. Gashi, 76, of West Union Street, Nanticoke, formerly of
Bloomingdale, died Monday at home. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Born July 24, 1926, in West Wyoming, he was a son of the late John and
Rosalee (Nidna) Gashi. He attended West Wyoming Schools. He was a U.S. Navy
veteran of World War II and served in the Merchant Marines. He owned and
operated a saw mill in Bloomingdale and was an excavator. He was employed as a
mechanic at American Asphalt, Chase, Jackson Township and in the coal mines. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was preceded in death by brothers, Frank, Tom, Adam, Anthony and Henry;
and sisters, Mary Yatsko and Anna Jatkowski. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are his wife of 15 years, the former Joan Akers; son, Albert J.,
Bloomingdale; daughter, Evelyn Gashi, Center Moreland; stepson, Charles
Franklin, Berwick; stepdaughters, Wanda Haggerty, Islip, Long Island, N.Y.;
Joyce Rae Emel, Nanticoke; 10 grandchildren; sister, Leona Mitchell, Fairmount
Springs. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday from the Davis-Dinelli Funeral
Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with the Rev. Timothy G. Hall, officiating.
Interment will be in the Nanticoke Cemetery. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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