Stanley Skok Jr. Obituary (1931

Stanley Skok Jr., 90 of Helmetta died Wednesday May 11th at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Jersey City, he was raised in Monmouth Junction and graduated from Middlesex County Vocational & Technical School, New Brunswick. He joined the Navy during the Korean War and served on a mine sweeper, attaining the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class. After the war he married Lorretta Violet Piorkowksi on June 2, 1956. They resided in Dayton, where they raised their three sons, Thomas, Jeffrey and Robert. Mr. Skok was employed for 35 years for P.S.E. & G., New Brunswick, retiring as chief lineman. After retirement, he and his wife moved to Sebastian, Florida, where they lived for 14 years before moving to Helmetta in 2004. He was a member of American Legion Star Post #127, Jamesburg, where he the post chaplain. He was a charter member of Polish Legion of American Veterans, Post 10, Vero Beach, FL. He was a past member of the Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Department, the Jamesburg First Aid Squad and past president of the South Brunswick Police Reserves. Mr. Skok was a parishioner and usher at Holy Trinity RC Church, Helmetta. Stanley was a volunteer at heart, willing to help anyone at any time. He was predeceased by his sister Helen Colletti. Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Loretta, his three sons Robert and his wife Michele of Vero Beach, FL, Thomas of Lady Lake, FL and Jeffrey of Roseland, FL, his two brothers Eugene Skok and his wife Leonia of Jamesburg and Walter Skok of Jackson Township, his three grandchildren Rebecca Grysko, Alysa Shanin and Robert Skok Jr. and his three great grandchildren Jack and Ryan Grysko and Savannah Skok. Services will begin 9:30 a.m. Tuesday May 17th at the Lester Memorial Home 16 W. Church St., Jamesburg followed by a 10 a.m. funeral liturgy at Holy Trinity RC Church, Helmetta. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Monroe Township. Visiting hours for family and friends will be Monday 5-8 p.m. and Tuesday 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the funeral home.