`nutcracker' Enlivens The Holiday

Alex Wrobleski 
Dec. 17, 1994 
Alex A. Wrobleski, 73, Of North Gates Avenue, Kingston, Died Saturday In 
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston.

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Howard Hughes &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dec. 20, 1994 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maj. Howard H. Hughes, Salvation Army (retired), of Tamworth Drive, Taylor, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 died Tuesday in Community Medical Center, Scranton, where he was admitted &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Sunday. He had been in ill health for some timeBorn in Pittston, he was a
son of the late William and Catherine Hushbet Hughes. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He attended West Pittston High School and had been employed in the local
mining industry for several years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He served with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Borie during World War II. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He began his 33-year career with the Salvation Army as a volunteer and was
appointed an envoy in 1948, serving in Shenandoah, Carbondale, Huntington,
Milton and Shamokin. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He had been with the Mens' Social Service Centers in Shamokin and later in
Boston. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Following his promotion to auxiliary captain in 1966, he served at the
Mens' Social Service Center in Philadelphia and later at the Salvation Army
Corps at Irvington and New Brunswick, N.J. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was promoted to full captain in 1973 and to major in 1974, retiring in
1978. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He resided in Taylor for the past 13 years and was a member of the West
Pittston Salvation Army Corps. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He had been honored as "Corps Father" on Father's Day in 1994 by the West
Pittston Corps. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Major Natalie Litts
Hughes, in 1977, and four brothers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are his second wife, the former Janet Kerstetter, a former
Salvation Army officer; sons, Howard H., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Paul E., Toledo,
Ohio; daughter, Beverly A., at home; brother, Henry, and sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Zimmerman and Mrs. Alice Myrick, all of Pittston; six grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday from West Pittston Salvation Army,
214 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston, with Brigadiers Donald Lance and Henry Baker,
retired, Salvation Army, officiating. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Private interment will be at the convenience of the family in Kenisco
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at H. Merritt Hughes Funeral
Home, 211 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston, and from 10 a.m. until service time
Friday at the West Pittston Salvation Army Corps. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Memorial donations, if desired, may be made to the West Pittston Salvation
Army Corps, 214 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston 18643. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Howard Hughes 
Dec. 20, 1994 
Maj. Howard H. Hughes, Salvation Army (retired), Of Tamworth Drive, Taylor, 
Died Tuesday In Community Medical Center, Scranton, Where He Was Admitted 
Sunday. He Had Been In Ill Health For Some Time.

Howard Hughes Dec. 20, 1994 Maj. Howard H. Hughes, Salvation Army (retired), Of Tamworth Drive, Taylor, Died Tuesday In Community Medical Center, Scranton, Where He Was Admitted Sunday. He Had Been In Ill Health For Some Time.