First Posted: 3/25/2012
Edmund J. Pendock, 84, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 31, 1927, a son of the late Benjamin and Anna Tomko Pendock. He was a graduate of Meyers High School. Ed was a U.S. Navy Veteran serving during World War II and the Korean War aboard the USS Philippine Sea and the USS Tarawa.
In 1947 he sailed to the South Pole with Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Prior to his retirement, he was employed for many years as a heavy equipment mechanic at Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company in Wilkes-Barre.
Ed was a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish, Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 44 years, Elizabeth (Betty) Kobeski Pendock in 1994. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Deborah Iorio; his son, Gary Pendock; grandson, Jason Iorio and by an infant brother, Chester Pendock. Surviving are son, Edmund Pendock and his wife, Rochelle, Wilkes-Barre; dear friend and companion Della Yevich, West Wyoming; sisters, Emily Pendock, Wilkes-Barre; Mary Evans, Dallas; Stella Kacmarski, Wilkes-Barre; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 20 from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial following in Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.
Interment will be in St. Mary’s Maternity Cemetery, West Wyoming.
Online condolences may be sent by visiting Edmund’s obituary at www.natandgawlasfuneralhome.com .
