MASLEY, MIKE

Mike Masley, 73, of Oplinger Apartments, Nanticoke, died Sunday [December 28, 1997] at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, of lung cancer. He was born on April 8, 1924, in Forestville.

He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II and was employed by the Valley Crest Nursing Home, Plains Township, in the maintenance department.

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5267, Hanover Township; the American Legion, Ashley; and AMVets Post 59, Hanover Township.

Surviving are his wife, the former Thelma Strausser, Sugar Notch; a son, Mike, White Haven; and a daughter, Sharon.

Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family.

Interment will be in Veterans National Cemetery, Indiantown Gap.

There will be no calling hours.

Arrangements are by the James M. Desiderio Funeral Home Inc., 2 Academy Road, Marion Terrace, Hanover Township.