BRADFORD ERA - April 24, 1993

William Grega, Sr.

     WELLSBORO - William J. Grega, Sr., 45, of RD 3 Wellsboro died unexpectedly Thursday at the emergency room of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital.
     He was born Jan. 27, 1948, in Kane, a son of the late John and Mabel Muir Grega. On May 6, 1967, he married Sally J. Lindquist, who survives.
     Mr. Grega lived in the Wellsboro area for 25 years. He was employed as a child care worker for Tioga County Juvenile Detention Services.
    He was a member of the Whitneyville United Methodist Church and the River Valley Country Club in RD Wellsboro. He was a PIAA volleyball and basketball official, and American Legion umpire and a volunteer Little League umpire.
     Surviving besides his wife are three sons, William J. Grega, Jr. of Wellsboro, and Robert L. Grega and Paul Grega, both at home; a daughter, Jayne E. Himes of Norfolk, VA.; four sisters, Dorothy M. Scholl of Allegany, NY, Marion G. Swanson of Buffalo, NY, Margaret A. Facs of Fremont, CA, and Kathleen C. Grega of Willows, CA; and several nieces and nephews.
     Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home where a funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev Eugene A. Charsky, chaplain of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro, officiating. Burial will be in the Tioga County Memorial Gardens, Charleston Township.