`congrats' On Surgery 
Score, General Hospital 
Executives At Local Hospitals Get Pretty Testy About Their Institution's 
Quality. ``we're As Good As Any Hospital In The State,'' They Bristle When 
Told Of Some Patients' Conviction That Big-city Hospitals Are Better.

Aarp Offers Tax Help 
To Qualifying Seniors

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Joseph Gronchick &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Feb. 5, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joseph F. Gronchick, of Vine Street, Edwardsville, died Saturday at Nesbitt &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Memorial Hospital, KingstonBorn in Edwardsville, he was the son of the late
August and Sophie Ambrose Gronchick. He was formerly employed by the Woodward
Colliery of the Glen Alden Corp., and as a roofer with the Roofers Union Local
124, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a member of St. Hedwig's Church, Kingston. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was preceded in death by brothers, Frank, John, Edward and Albert;
sisters, Bertha Stanko and Julia Milewski. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are his wife, the former Josephine Drust; sons, Joseph Jr. and
Jerry, both of Edwardsville; daughter, Joanne Benesky, Edwardsville; four
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Pauline Golightly,
Bridgeport, Conn.; several nieces and nephews. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday from the Kopicki Funeral Home,
263 Zerbey Ave., Kingston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St.
Hedwig's Church. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Interment will be in SS. Cyril and Methodius Cemetery, Pringle. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

Joseph Gronchick Feb. 5, 1994 Joseph F. Gronchick, Of Vine Street, Edwardsville, Died Saturday At Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston.