John Wisnieski, 85, of Thomastown, Tyrone RD4, died Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at his home.
\nHe was born September 15, 1919 in Thomastown, a son of Steve and Lydia (Zapatha) Wisnieski. On July 19, 1948 in Huntingdon he married Mary Anna Brenneman. She died January 18, 2003.
\nSurviving is a niece Tina L. Calderwood who was raised in the home, a sister Helen Heyman, Mansfield, Missouri, two nieces Shelly L. Halloran of Tyrone and Amy Jo Hoff of Thomastown and three great-nephews, Shawn Michael Holloran and Wyatt and Corey Hoff. He was preceded in death by a niece Judith Calderwood Hollen who was raised in the home, a sister Cecelia and two brothers, Edward and Robert.
\nMr. Wisnieski retired in 1963 from Pennsylvania Railroad, Juniata as a trackman following 17 years service. He was a member of the Grazierville United Methodist Church and the Anderson-Denny VFW, Tyrone.
\nHe was a US Army Veteran of WWII serving with the 818th Engineer Battalion in Europe and earned five bronze stars.
\nJohnny enjoyed his church, his dog Jack, animals and spending time with his family.
\nFuneral services will be held Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 11 a.m. at Feller Memorial Home with Rev. Michelle Somerville officiating. Burial will be at Blair Memorial Park. Friends will be received today at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
\nMemorial gifts may be made to the Grazierville United Methodist Church or to the Central Pa. Humane Society, 1837 E. Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona, PA 16601.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Wisnieski, 85, of Thomastown, Tyrone RD4, died Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at his home. He was born September 15, 1919 in Thomastown, a son of Steve and Lydia (Zapatha) Wisnieski. On July 19, 1948 in Huntingdon he married Mary Anna Brenneman. She died January 18, 2003. Surviving is a niece Tina L. Calderwood who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}