Times Leader, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) - Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Richard L. McKernan, Sr., 82, of Woodbryne Drive, Mountain Top, died Monday in Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.
Born Oct. 14, 1920, in Ashley, he was a son of the late Leo and Elizabeth (Gaughan) McKernan. He graduated from St. Leo's High School, Ashley. He served in U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of St. Jude's Church, Mountain Top; American Legion Post 673, Ashley; and VFW Post 283, Kingston.
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Mary Coyle; infant brother, Joseph; and sister, Mary Carey.
Surviving are his son, Richard L. Jr.; daughters, Mary Joan Brenholts and Karen Vamos; and five grandchildren, all of Mountaintop; and brother, John, Newtown section of Hanover Township.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m. Thursday from the Leo P. Lehman Funeral Home, 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Jude's Church, with the Rev. Leo J. McKernan officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Richard L. McKernan, Sr., 82, of Woodbryne Drive, Mountain Top, died Monday in Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.
Born Oct. 14, 1920, in Ashley, he was a son of the late Leo and Elizabeth (Gaughan) McKernan. He graduated from St. Leo's High School, Ashley. He served in U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of St. Jude's Church, Mountain Top; American Legion Post 673, Ashley; and VFW Post 283, Kingston.
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Mary Coyle; infant brother, Joseph; and sister, Mary Carey.
Surviving are his son, Richard L. Jr.; daughters, Mary Joan Brenholts and Karen Vamos; and five grandchildren, all of Mountaintop; and brother, John, Newtown section of Hanover Township.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m. Thursday from the Leo P. Lehman Funeral Home, 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Jude's Church, with the Rev. Leo J. McKernan officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Times Leader, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) - Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Richard L. McKernan, Sr., 82, of Woodbryne Drive, Mountain Top, died Monday in Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.
Born Oct. 14, 1920, in Ashley, he was a son of the late Leo and Elizabeth (Gaughan) McKernan. He graduated from St. Leo's High School, Ashley. He served in U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of St. Jude's Church, Mountain Top; American Legion Post 673, Ashley; and VFW Post 283, Kingston.
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Mary Coyle; infant brother, Joseph; and sister, Mary Carey.
Surviving are his son, Richard L. Jr.; daughters, Mary Joan Brenholts and Karen Vamos; and five grandchildren, all of Mountaintop; and brother, John, Newtown section of Hanover Township.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m. Thursday from the Leo P. Lehman Funeral Home, 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Jude's Church, with the Rev. Leo J. McKernan officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Richard L. McKernan, Sr., 82, of Woodbryne Drive, Mountain Top, died Monday in Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.
Born Oct. 14, 1920, in Ashley, he was a son of the late Leo and Elizabeth (Gaughan) McKernan. He graduated from St. Leo's High School, Ashley. He served in U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of St. Jude's Church, Mountain Top; American Legion Post 673, Ashley; and VFW Post 283, Kingston.
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Mary Coyle; infant brother, Joseph; and sister, Mary Carey.
Surviving are his son, Richard L. Jr.; daughters, Mary Joan Brenholts and Karen Vamos; and five grandchildren, all of Mountaintop; and brother, John, Newtown section of Hanover Township.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m. Thursday from the Leo P. Lehman Funeral Home, 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Jude's Church, with the Rev. Leo J. McKernan officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.
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