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Martin Hester &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 January 4, 1997 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Martin J. Hester, 70, of Barney Street, Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday at the &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-BarreBorn May 28, 1926, in Plymouth, he was the son
of the late Martin and Martha Rooney Hester. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He graduated from St. Vincent's High School in 1944, and attended Luzerne
County Community College. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was formerly employed by Thomas Hughes Limousine Service, Kingston, and
Frank Martz Bus Co., as a bus driver for 17 years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He resided in Wilkes-Barre for 49 years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was a member of St. Aloysius Church, Wilkes-Barre, where he served as a
Eucharistic Minister and a member of its Holy Name Society. He was also a
Third and Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council 302,
Wilkes-Barre, V.F.W. Slocum Post, and Shawnee Senior Citizens Club, Plymouth. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are his wife of 49 years, the former Margaret Walsh; sons,
Joseph, Burke, Va.; Martin J. Jr., Sterling, Va.; four grandchildren; sisters
and brothers, Agnes Simpson and Thomas Hester, both of Endicott, N.Y.; Ruth
Telfer, Owego, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday from the S.J. Grontkowski
Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth, with a Mass of Christian Burial at
9:30 a.m. in St. Aloysius Church, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A prayer service will be conducted on Monday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Martin Hester January 4, 1997 Martin J. Hester, 70, Of Barney Street, Wilkes-barre, Died Saturday At The Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-barre.