John E. Grzymski, 87 of Wilkes-Barre, and formerly of Nanticoke, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at Allied Services Center City, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Nanticoke on April 6, 1935, he was the son of the late Ignatz and Mary (Romanowski) Grzymski.

Jack was a graduate of Nanticoke High School, Class of 1953 and was a U.S. Navy Veteran, serving aboard the USS BOSTON (CAG-1), the first Guided Missile Cruiser, as a Radarman. He was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Church, and currently a member of St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke.

Surviving are his wife of 57 years, the former Shirley M. Pietrzyk, Wilkes-Barre, son Kevin Grzymski and his wife Rhonda, Shavertown, daughter Tracy Ann Naugle, Kingston, grandchildren Kyra, Gabrielle, and Ethan Grzymski, Dr. Robert Naugle, III, Erica, Amy, and Nathan Naugle, sister Theresa Kubek, Nanticoke, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, October 17, 2022 at 10:00 am at St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, 520 South Hanover Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634. Military Honors will be accorded by the United States Navy and the Plains American Legion, Post 558. Family and friends may call Monday morning from 9:00 am until 9:45 am at church. Arrangements entrusted to the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street, Plains, PA 18705.