Linda J. (Allen) Sobieski

Linda J.(Allen) Sobieski, 68, Westmont, died October 8, 2016.  She was born May 24, 1948, in Johnstown, daughter of the late William J. and Jeane (Walker) Allen.  She is survived by her loving husband of 40 years, J. Thomas Sobieski; and children J. William Sobieski and Mary C. Crocker (H. Christopher); and grandchildren Brian, Eric, Bailey and Ellen Sobieski, and Henry and Olivia Crocker; also survived by brothers William J. Allen, Jr., Robert G. Allen (Linda), and David B. Allen; and numerous nieces and nephews.  Linda graduated from Westmont Hilltop High School (’66), and the Mercy School of Nursing (’69).  She was a Vietnam veteran, serving as a 1st Lt. in the Army Nurse Corps (’72).  After her service in the Army, she  worked as a Registered Nurse at Conemaugh Hospital, as supervisor of the IV team. After 33 years she retired, in 2002,  then she volunteered as a nurse at the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic.  She was a member of Sunnehanna Country Club and the Sunnehanna Ladies’ Bowling League.  Friends will be received at Picking-Treece-Bennett Mortuary, Inc., 921 Menoher Blvd on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8, and where services will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 AM, Fr. David Peles officiating.  Interment Grandview Cemetery where military rites will be accorded by Conemaugh Valley Detachment #287 Marine Corps League.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Linda’s memory, to the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic, 340 Main St., Johnstown, PA 15901.

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