John Orloski

John P. Orloski, “Pickles” 88, of Courtdale, passed away on July 16, 2020 at the Residential Hospice Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He was born May 1, 1932 in Kingston a son of the late Louis and Helen Telinda Orloski. He was a Marine Corps veteran and was employed for many years for the Boilermakers Union, Local 13. He was a member of V.F.W. Post 283, Kingston and enjoyed gardening, hunting and fishing. He always had the nicest garden in town. Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Rita Orant Orloski, daughters, Margaret Roberts and her husband, John, Jo Ann Elko and her husband Jacob, grandchildren, John Roberts and his wife Arianna, Eric Roberts, Jacob Elko Jr., Nicholas Elko, nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. from the Betz-Jastremski Funeral Home, Ltd, 568 Bennett Street, Luzerne. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am in Holy Family Parish. Interment will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Courtdale. Friends may call Tuesday from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or to Holy Family Parish, 574 Bennett Street, Luzerne, PA 18709.