Haluska, John

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Birth

John Haluska was born Sept 29, 1914, in Newark, N. J. son of the late John and Mary Stempel Haluska. His brothers and sisters were:

  • Joseph Haluska of Loudonville
  • Frank Haluska of Loudonville
  • Charles Haluska of East Berne
  • Martha Garry of Knox
  • Dorothy Robinson of Voorheeseville
  • Emily Chase of East Berne
  • Helen Crooks, deceased
  • Elsie Mebas (Megas), deceased

Education

John Haluska attend the one-room Hungerford School in East Berne, Berne-Knox Central High School, arid Cornell University.

Military

During World War II, he was an ensign in the Coast Guard.

Occupation

A teacher, he retired after 36 years with the Marlboro (Ulster Co ) School District.

Marriage & Children

John Haluska married Joan Byron Haluska. Their children were:

  • John B. Haluska of Chatham
  • James D. Haluska of Chesapeake, Va.
  • Robert T. Haluska of Fort Wayne, Ind
  • David W, Haluska of Needham, Mass.

Death

John Haluska, 82, died Dec 5 (1997) at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie.

Obituary

John Haluska Obituary - Altamont Enterprise — January 9, 1997

John Haluska

MILTON — John Haluska, 82, died Dec 5 (1997) at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie.

Mr. Haluska was born Sept 29, 1914, in Newark, N J, son of the late John and Mary Stempel Haluska. In 1920, his father bought a dairy farm in East Berne, and moved his family there.

Mr Haluska attend the one-room Hungerford School in East Berne, Berne-Knox Central High School, arid Cornell University. During World War II, he was an ensign in the Coast Guard.

A teacher, he retired after 36 years with the Marlboro (Ulster Co ) School District.

He was a member of the NYS Retired Teachers Association and the Marlboro Yacht Club.

Survivors include his wife, Joan Byron Haluska, four sons — John B. Haluska of Chatham, James D. Haluska of Chesapeake, Va., Robert T. Haluska of Fort Wayne, Ind , and David W, Haluska of Needham, Mass., three brothers — Joseph and Frank Haluska, both Of Loudonville, and Charles Haluska of East Berne, three sisters — Martha Garry of Knox, Dorothy Robinson of Voorheeseville and Emily Chase of East Berne, seven grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Two sisters, Helen Crooks and Elsie Mebas, are deceased.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. James Church in Milton and entombment was in Cedar Hill Mausoleum in Newburgh.

Altamont Enterprise — January 9, 1997

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