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Nicholas Dereta

Posted: 23 February 2010 at 9:50 p.m.
Nicholas Dereta Photo1927-2010

LAYTON — Our beloved husband and father, Nicholas Dereta, left us today, February 13, 2010. He was born November 29, 1927, in Midland, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Milovan (Mike) Dereta and Bertha Cimesa Dereta.

He attended schools in Midland until his junior year of high school when he ...
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Paying Respects

Posted: 20 February 2010 at 11:45 a.m.

“Paying Respects….” 

When you sit down to write a President’s Letter, you often have many thoughts and how to collect them into a theme.  After two weeks of this process, “Paying Respects” came to me while staying overnight at my Aunt Ce and Uncle Jack’s Apartment/Home in ...

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