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| Kazimierz P. Lukasiewicze, | Born 1854 | Died 5-6-1915 |
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Worked as a miner for a few years, then decided to
change his name from Lukasiewicze to Lucas, he decided to open a Polish General
Store, located at Third & Maple Streets, in Mount Carmel, the present site of
Wachovia Bank, as a side line he made picture frames and was a cabinet and
casket maker. In 1891 Charles P. Lucas attended Eckels School of Mortuary
Science in Philadelphia to become a licensed funeral director, which at that
time was a three-week course. In that year he opened the Charles P. Lucas
Funeral Home at the Third & Maple Streets location. In 1909 the funeral home was
relocated to its present location at 27 North Vine Street, Mount Carmel, PA
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| Charles J. Lucas, Sr. | Born 10-16-1892 | Died 11-29-1971 |
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| In 1913, he attended Eckels School of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia. | |||||||||||||||
| Charles J. Lucas, Jr. | Born 11-3-1914 | Died 11-28-2003 |
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Graduated from Eckels School of Mortuary Science
in 1936, that same year he married the former Virginia Olshefski. In 1936,
Virginia & Charles, Jr., branched out the Lucas business and opened a funeral
home at 1053 Chestnut Street, Kulpmont, PA where they reside today. In 1947
Virginia attended Eckels School of Mortuary Science and graduated in 1948 and is
currently the supervisor in Kulpmont.
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| Charles J. Lucas, III | Born 1-23-1941 | ||||||||||||||
| Graduated from Eckels School of Mortuary Science in 1961, worked the business until 2002 until his retirement. | |||||||||||||||
| Charles J. Lucas, IV | Born 9-27-1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Joined the staff of the C.J. Lucas Funeral home, Inc., in the fall of 1992 after receiving his degree in mortuary science from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. A 1987 graduate of Mt. Carmel Area High School and a 1991 graduate of Lock Haven University with a bachelor of science degree in clinical psychology. He has expanded the operations of the funeral home to include pre-arranging funeral services. Upon the retirement of his father, he took ownership of the business in 2002 | |||||||||||||||
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