`christmas Carol' Scrimps On Energy

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As The Final Hearing On Adopting 
The Streamlined Emergency Service 
Arrives, The Best Aspect Is Its Ease 
To Remember. The Worst Is The Jobs That Could Be 
Lost

Thursday, December 01, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 7A 





William Feszchak &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Nov. 30, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; William Feszchak, 76, of Wilkes-Barre died Wednesday at his homeBorn in
Plains Township on Sept. 18, 1918, he was a son of the late Metro and
Antoinette Mazula Feszchak. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was educated in the Plains Township public schools and received his GED
in 1967. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was employed as a young man in local area mines. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He also was employed for 38 years in the housekeeping department of the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, before retiring
in 1981. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In 1979, he received an award from the Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center for 35 years of service to the U.S. government. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the European Theater
of Operations. He was awarded a certificate of merit for his outstanding
service. He also was awarded the American Defense Service Medal with a star
and the European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Church, Plains. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was member of Lani cq Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6325, Hudson, where
he served as past commander from 1965 to 1966. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a member of the Plains American Legion Joseph E. Conlon Post 558. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Stella Kowalski on January
1989; sister, Anna Feszchak. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Helen Hursak, Jackson Heights, N.Y.; Mrs. Olga
Grivner, Bound Brook, N.J.; brothers, Andrew Feszchak, Milpitas, Calif.;
Nicholas Feszchak, Montague, N.J.; numerous nieces and nephews. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Saturday from the Simon S. Russin
Funeral Home Inc., 136 Maffett St., Plains, with a Mass of Christian Burial at
9 a.m. in Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Plains with the Rev. Joseph
Greskiewicz, pastor, officiating. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Interment will be in Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Plains. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A Christian Wake service will be Friday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

William Feszchak Nov. 30, 1994 William Feszchak, 76, Of Wilkes-barre Died Wednesday At His Home.