Alphonsus Marsincavage, 83, of 517 W. Market St., Mahanoy City, died Friday at Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs.

Born in Mahanoy City, Feb. 6, 1926, he was a son of the late Alphonsus and Josephine Barney Marsincavage.

He attended St. Mary Slovak Catholic School for eight years and Mahanoy City High School class of 1944.

He served in the Army during World War II.

He lived in Mahanoy City most of his life and worked in the local collieries. From 1960 to 1973, Al worked as an assembler mechanic for Tenney Engineering, Union, N.J. From 1973 to 1989, he worked for Sealey Spring, Delano, from which he retired.

He was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church, Mahanoy City.

He was a member of American Legion Post 74, Mahanoy City; Mahanoy Area Senior Citizens, West End Fire and Rescue companies, Mahanoy City.

Surviving are a sister, Yvonne O'Connell, Lancaster; nieces, Debby Ewing, Absecon, N.J., Tracy Cable, Pottstown, and Tina LaBeaume, Basking Ridge, N.J.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Louis D. Truskowsky Funeral Home, Mahanoy City. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. in Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Sky-View Memorial Park, Hometown, where a white dove will be released in his memory.