Whitonis
Miner’s First Name: Joseph
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Miner’s Last Name: Whitonis
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Birth Place of Miner: Ashley, PA
Miner’s Country: USA
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Joseph was my dad who worked in area mines in Luzerne County, PA, among them the Harry E. and the Huber Breaker. Joseph succumbed to black lung in 1963 from working in the mines. His father had also worked in the Maxwell Mine, where he perished in January, 1917, in a mine explosion.
Place & Manner of Miner’s Death: Black Lung; W-B General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Died: January 23, 1963
Birth Date: January 01, 1915
Married: June 14, 1941
Place Miner Was Married: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Wife’s Name: Wanda
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Wife’s Last Name: Sepnefski-Whitonis
Birth Place of Wife: Trenton, NJ
Wife’s Country: USA
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Place & Manner of Wife’s Death: Mooresville, NC; Stroke
Died: June 28, 1998
Birth Date: April 09, 1922
Number of Children: Five
Child Name 1: Eugene
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Child’s Last Name: Whitonis
Birth Date: December 13, 1937
Child Name 2: James
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Birth Date: August 01, 1942
Child Name 3: Dorothy
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Child’s Last Name: Whitonis-Smith
Birth Date: March 21, 1944
Child Name 4: Joseph
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Birth Date: May 29, 1949
Child Name 5: John
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Birth Date: March 27, 1954
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Author’s Name: John
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Author’s Last Name: Whitonis
Phone Number: 570-417-0792
Relationship to Miner: Son
Street Address: 2443 Church Road
City/Town: Mountaintop
State: PA
Zip: 18707
Email Address: fndrmndr@gmail.com