Dallas, PA ~~ Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12 The Dallas Post Jeff Teske h d with roadsid lal ell leske honored with roadside memoria Ile The staff of the PennDOT * District 4-0 office in Dunmore | gathered recently to pay trib- ute to a fellow worker, killed in the line of duty. PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration, Mike Ryan, joined the office staff to dedi- cate a special memorial to Jeff Taske of Shavertown. ~ * Teske was a Transportation 7 he. 4 Construction Inspector at PennDOT. On the morning of October 20, 1997, he was part of a PennDOT crew installing a new traffic signal sensor at the intersection of Route 118 and 29 in Lake Township, Luzerne County. Teske was reported to be standing in a marked area be- 2 8 neath the light and was step- ping back motioning to the other workers when he was hit by a delivery truck. The truck was in ; headed east on Route 118. The = driver told police he swerved to 'Lake-Noxen PTO hosting flea market My The Lake-Noxen Elementary PTO is hosting a flea market and craft trailer that was trying to turn ~~ Pastor Charles Naugle of the Trucksville United Methodist Church offers a prayer during a fair Saturday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m Table reeservations are onto Route 29. memorial dedication service at the PennDOT District 4-0 office in Dunmore. The memorial is in now available. For more information call 639-5207 or 639-2541. Jer ihe hi by amb honor of Jeff Teske of Shavertown. The PennDOT construction inspector was killed in an on the job Pictured are members of the planning committee for Lake-Noxen or Rua > ag accident in October of 1997. | D Elementary flea market and craft fair. Standing from left, Kathy helicopter was waiting to fly From left, Pastor Charles Naugle, Trucksville United Methodist Church; PennDOT District Engineer | po Sukaloski and Karen Laskowski, PTO president. Seated from left him to the hospital. But Jeff Chuck Mattei; Robert Jenkins, Jeff's uncle; Jennie Jenkins, Jeff's aunt: Sarah Teske, Jeff's sister are Linda Schuler and Amy Butchko. Missing from the photo is passed away before crews were Nancy Schwartz, Jeff's aunt; Sal Donato, PennDOT road coordinator (behind Schwartz); Mike Ryan, Anita Koziol. able to get him into the helicop- PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration; Ted Zurla, PennDOT Wayne County ter. Jeff Teskewas4Oyearsold Maintenance District; Marie Bishop, PennDOT Highway Safety Engineer. : when he died. DHS back-to-school night rescheduled Some of Jeff's co-workers at in Dunmore recently created a shrubs were planted, and a end Charles Naugle, pastor of Back-to-school night will be held Wednesday, Sept. 22, beginning at the PennDOT District 4-0 office memorial in his honor. Lynne memorial stone was installed the Trucksville United Method- 7pm. nh Dallas igh Scho! auditorium, The cent was posiponcd A ; : . ’ EN 3 > because of last week's storm, Parents are encouraged to atiend: Officer, ‘and the memory of Jeff Teske who a co-worker and ie friend of ° re - 1 1 M1 kre died in the line of duty October Jeff, spoke about the loss he Dance benefits Red Cross disaster relief Gallagher, 20, 1997”, and the entire PennDOT staff On Sunday, Sept. 26, the Northeast Pennsylvania Square and Roadway Dozens of PennDOT District felt when their fellow worker Round Federation will host their 2nd annual Modern Western Square Specdialist, 4-0 staff members gathered on was tragically taken away. Dance for the benefit of the Red Cross Disaster Fund. The dance will were joined by a drizzling morning recently for PennDOT Deputy Secretary beheld ni the cateloria of the Tunkhannock High School, located just other District the dedication of the Jeff Teske = Mike Ryan was the District En- : h il start with eariv rounds 4-0 staff mem- memorial. Among the honored gineer in Dunmore when Jeff off Route 6 in Tunkhannock. The program will start with e yro bers in the ef- guests were members of Jeff's Teske was hired in June of from 2:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. A Plus program of Square Dancing will be fort. A section family including Sarah Teske, 1986. Ryan said, “Jeff was well conducted from 3 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., with an Advance tip at 5:30 of lawn that his sister; an aunt, Nancy respected by his supervisors p.m. The calling and cueing will be by the callers and cuers of the separates the Schwartz; Robert Jenkins, Jeff's and fellow workers. His tragic [¢5 @ member Federation Clubs. office parking uncle and Jennie Jenkins, an- death was a terrible shock for Additional information can be obtained by calling Andy Glowach, lot from the other aunt. all of us in the department. We 696-1093 or Dane Niess 434-2453. ; — nearby road- District Engineer Chuck all miss Jeff. This memorial is : Members of the PennDOT District 4-0 staff way was. Mattei welcomed the family dedicated in his honor; we hope stood at a special memorial that pays tribute to cleared. Wild- members and paid tribute to it will remind all who see it | Tell our advertisers you saw them in The Dallas Post. 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