Name - James McNelis
Date of Death - morning of December 11,2014
Place of Death - home of his daughter in Wilton, Calif.
Date of Birth - 1924
Place of Birth - Beaver Brook,Pa
Father - Joseph P. McNelis
Mother - Katherine (Gallagher) McNelis
Education - graduate of Hazleton High School
Military Service - was a veteran of World War II. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater.
Occupation - worked for 20 years for Warden Asphalt of Harrisburg as a senior vice president and retired in 1994
Organizations - a lifelong member of Elks Lodge 200 of Hazleton, the Mahoning Valley Country Club and the Valley Country Club, Conyingham.
Preceded in Death by - a brother, William McNelis; a sister, Mary K. McNelis; and his former wife, Mary Theresa McNelis.
Comments - Jim had a Passion for life and deep lovefor family and friends
Survivors - His children, Eileen McNelis, San Diego, Calif; James McNelis and wife, Mary, Millersville, Md.;Ann Gors and husband, Ossama Mahmoud, Wilton, Calif.; and John McNelis and wife, Rosemary, Pittsburgh; and 11 grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Jean Rybarczyk, Conyingham; and Ester Simone, Hazleton.
Funeral - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. at Most Precious Church, Hazleton. Family will receive friends at the church Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m.
Interment - Private in St. Gabriel Cemetery
Funeral director - Conahan Funeral Home, Inc.,532 N, Vine St., Hazleton.
Donations - Memorial donations may be made to the Youth Committee, Hazleton Elks Lodge 200, 635 E. Broad St., Hazleton, Pa , 18201
Name - James McNelis
Date of Death - morning of December 11,2014
Place of Death - home of his daughter in Wilton, Calif.
Date of Birth - 1924
Place of Birth - Beaver Brook,Pa
Father - Joseph P. McNelis
Mother - Katherine (Gallagher) McNelis
Education - graduate of Hazleton High School
Military Service - was a veteran of World War II. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater.
Occupation - worked for 20 years for Warden Asphalt of Harrisburg as a senior vice president and retired in 1994
Organizations - a lifelong member of Elks Lodge 200 of Hazleton, the Mahoning Valley Country Club and the Valley Country Club, Conyingham.
Preceded in Death by - a brother, William McNelis; a sister, Mary K. McNelis; and his former wife, Mary Theresa McNelis.
Comments - Jim had a Passion for life and deep lovefor family and friends
Survivors - His children, Eileen McNelis, San Diego, Calif; James McNelis and wife, Mary, Millersville, Md.;Ann Gors and husband, Ossama Mahmoud, Wilton, Calif.; and John McNelis and wife, Rosemary, Pittsburgh; and 11 grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Jean Rybarczyk, Conyingham; and Ester Simone, Hazleton.
Funeral - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. at Most Precious Church, Hazleton. Family will receive friends at the church Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m.
Interment - Private in St. Gabriel Cemetery
Funeral director - Conahan Funeral Home, Inc.,532 N, Vine St., Hazleton.
Donations - Memorial donations may be made to the Youth Committee, Hazleton Elks Lodge 200, 635 E. Broad St., Hazleton, Pa , 18201
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