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William "Bill" Burrell '69 July 11, 2014 2:40 PM
Published in (Wilkes Barre PA) Citizens' Voice on July 11, 2014
William J. (Bill) Burrell
William J. Burrell (Bill), 68, of Drums passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at home surrounded by his loving family. Bill successfully battled a very rare form of leukemia, only to succumb to complications of a stem cell transplant that followed his cancer remission.
Born in Tamaqua to the late Edgar J. and Margaret Burrell, Bill was a 1964 graduate of Hazleton Area High School. He earned a degree from the GM Institute in Detroit, Mich., and went on to earn his master's degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. He then served in the Air Force during Vietnam, stationed in Thailand.
Bill was employed by Fairchild Semiconductor in Mountain Top as a device engineering manager for 35 years until retirement in 2008.
Bill was a true outdoorsman and passionate about the sport of hunting, as evidenced by the abundance of mounts he accumulated from all over the country. He loved golf, Phillies baseball, and watching and attending NASCAR racing events where he cheered his favorites, Dale Earnhardt Sr., and then Jr. He was a true family man; a devoted husband, father and grandfather who will always be remembered in particular for his patient, loving nature and affection towards his wife and beloved granddaughters.
He is survived by his wife, Marian, Drums; son, Joseph Plaviak; daughter, Dawn Marie Aigeldinger and husband, Robert, and granddaughters, Olivia and Carly Aigeldinger, all of Mountain Top; sisters, Kate Yenshaw and husband, Steve, Hazleton; and Mary Margaret Higgins and husband, Frank, Schnecksville; aunts, Lil and Ruth Bartkus, Hazleton; several cousins, two nephews and a niece.
He was preceded in death by his nephews, Charles Knies and Zach Fey.
Services will be held at McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top, at 9:30 a.m. Monday. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
William J. (Bill) Burrell
William J. Burrell (Bill), 68, of Drums passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at home surrounded by his loving family. Bill successfully battled a very rare form of leukemia, only to succumb to complications of a stem cell transplant that followed his cancer remission.
Born in Tamaqua to the late Edgar J. and Margaret Burrell, Bill was a 1964 graduate of Hazleton Area High School. He earned a degree from the GM Institute in Detroit, Mich., and went on to earn his master's degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. He then served in the Air Force during Vietnam, stationed in Thailand.
Bill was employed by Fairchild Semiconductor in Mountain Top as a device engineering manager for 35 years until retirement in 2008.
Bill was a true outdoorsman and passionate about the sport of hunting, as evidenced by the abundance of mounts he accumulated from all over the country. He loved golf, Phillies baseball, and watching and attending NASCAR racing events where he cheered his favorites, Dale Earnhardt Sr., and then Jr. He was a true family man; a devoted husband, father and grandfather who will always be remembered in particular for his patient, loving nature and affection towards his wife and beloved granddaughters.
He is survived by his wife, Marian, Drums; son, Joseph Plaviak; daughter, Dawn Marie Aigeldinger and husband, Robert, and granddaughters, Olivia and Carly Aigeldinger, all of Mountain Top; sisters, Kate Yenshaw and husband, Steve, Hazleton; and Mary Margaret Higgins and husband, Frank, Schnecksville; aunts, Lil and Ruth Bartkus, Hazleton; several cousins, two nephews and a niece.
He was preceded in death by his nephews, Charles Knies and Zach Fey.
Services will be held at McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top, at 9:30 a.m. Monday. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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