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John Papen &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dec. 18, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Papen, of Lansdale, formerly of Nanticoke, died Sunday at Meadowood
retirement community, LansdaleBorn in Duquesne, he moved to Nanticoke at the
age of 4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was the son of the late Stephen and Jennie Madzyhorsky Papen. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a graduate of Nanticoke High School. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 An Army veteran, he served for 28 years retiring in 1968 with the rank of
sergeant first class. He served during World War II in the European theater
and was a recipient of the Purple Heart. He also served for 15 years as an
artillery and weaponry instructor in Saudi Arabia. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Fairview Village,
American Legion Post No. 350 in Nanticoke, and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Shawnee Post No. 1425 in Plymouth. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are his wife, the former Gerda Marie Schenk, Kutzberg, Germany;
daughter, Daniela cq Papen Ziegler, Nuremburg, Germany; a granddaughter;
sisters, Wilma and Frances, both of Braddock; brother, Stephen, Tucson, Ariz.;
stepsisters, Anna Nice, Norristown; Mary Gross, Nanticoke; seven nieces and
five nephews. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at noon Wednesday in Maple Hill Cemetery Chapel,
Nanticoke, with his nephew, the Rev. Donald G. Nice, pastor of St. John's
Lutheran Church in Jersey Shore, officiating. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Nanticoke. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Maple Hill Cemetery
Chapel. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. John's
Lutheran Church, 229 S. Broad St., Jersey Shore 17740 or Trinity Lutheran
Church, P.O. Box 340, Fairview Village 19409. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Arrangements by Boyd-Horrox Funeral Home, Norristown. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

John Papen Dec. 18, 1994 John Papen, Of Lansdale, Formerly Of Nanticoke, Died Sunday At Meadowood Retirement Community, Lansdale.