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WEST RUTLAND — Frank A. Orzell, 82, of West Rutland, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, NH.
He was born in Ira, June 5, 1925, the son of John and Antoinette (Dydo) Orzell.
Frank was a graduate of West Rutland High School.
He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran serving in the Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operations.
Frank was married in 1949 to Bernice (Kempisti) Orzell.
He was employed at Staso Milling Co. and General Electric Co, retiring in 1987.
Mr. Orzell was a member of the American Legion Post #87, the V.F.W. Post #648, the Knights of Columbus, the Polish American Club and the Tin Can Sailors.
He enjoyed reading, gardening and four-wheeling.
Surviving are his wife of West Rutland; one daughter, Christine Julius and her husband Paul of Ira; two sons, David Orzell of Ira and James Orzell and his wife Mariann of Morris, CT; four grandchildren, Steve Hogan and his wife Katey, Stacey Studybaker and her husband Jason, Virginia Orzell and Abby Orzell; one great-grandson, Jack Hogan; four sisters, Mary Stafford of Sarasota, FL, Helen Konopka of Bristol, CT, Judy Sapinski of Mechanicsville, NY, and Theresa Grabowski of West Rutland; two brothers, John Orzell and Stanley Orzell of Bristol, CT; nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by a sister, Alice Pencikowski.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in West Rutland. Burial will follow in St. Stanislaus Cemetery.
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