John Pickle

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Appledore, Jack went on to take a job as a bus driver for the Greater Nanticoke Area School District. He touched the lives of many students and parents. He always strived to pay attention and truly care for the students on his bus and kept the students’ parents cares in mind.

In Jack’s final years at the Emmanuel Center in Danville he continued to work. He always looked out for the needs of the other residents and listened to the staff when they needed to talk. He became very close within that community and loved everyone there.

Oh, he also had a great sense of humor. He had a love for a great chili dog, fried chicken, RailRiders games and the New York Mets. Growing up as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan he hated the thought of the “fake Dodgers in California”. He always enjoyed getting back to New York to see his childhood memories and the ocean.

Pop Jack enjoyed every minute with his granddaughters, Isabella, Gretchen and Lucy. He was always proud of their accomplishments and loved witnessing events they were involved in. He loved them so much.

Jack was active in the American Legion; the VFW, serving as past commander; as well as Masonic Lodge, Irem Shriners in the Shepherds Unit, and the Scottish Rite, Bloomsburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lynwood and Virginia Pickle, and sister, Veronica.He leaves behind his brother, Arthur and wife, Terry; former wife, Virginia; daughter, Christine Kropiewnicki and husband, Jamie; granddaughter, Isabella; son, Brian Pickle and wife, Laurie; granddaughters, Gretchen and Lucy; and one niece, four nephews and their children.

Fair winds and following seas, buddy.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke, with interment in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Sheatown, with military honors.

In lieu of flowers, consider a donation to the ALS Association at donate.als.org. To leave Jack’s family a message of condolence or expression of sympathy, visit www.dinellifuneralhome.com