Piestrak, Emil

Emil “Pete” Stanley Piestrak, Sr., 92 of Burlington, NC; formally of Aberdeen passed Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, NC; Mr. Piestrak was born December 19, 1918 in Peely, PA, to the late Roman Piestrak and Sophie “Fryn” Piestrak. A visitation will be held from 9 to 10Am, Friday, June 10th 2011, at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Southern Pines. A funeral mass will be held following the visitation starting at 10AM with The Very Reverend S. James Buchholz VF officiating. Rite of committal will be at a later date in the St. Mary‘s Cathedral Church of Immaculate Conception in Wilkes Barre, PA. Mr. Piestrak was a teacher at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, NC and a high school referee for five decades. Mr. Piestrak is survived by his wife of sixty six years, Nannie Louise Core Piestrak. A son, Emil Stanley Piestrak, Jr. and wife Norma of Sanford, NC; a daughter, Pamela Buchholz and husband Robert of Burlington, NC; a brother, Louie Piestrak of Danville, PA; three granddaughters, Audrey Frasca and husband Maximilian of Raleigh, NC; Stacey Marjoram and husband Jeffrey of Wilmington, NC; and Christina Buchholz of Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Piestrak was preceded in death by four brothers, Roman, Hank, Frankie, Eddie and two sisters Emily and Florence. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in memory of Emil Piestrak, Sr. to the Shriners Children‘s Hospital at 950 West Farris Road, Greenville, SC 29605