Jack G. Cromling, 81, of Bunola, died unexpectedly Wednesday, October 25, 2017 in the Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Jefferson Hills. He was born June 1, 1936 in Coy, the son of John Henry and Verletta A. Nold Cromling.
As a teenager, Jack worked at his father's store, Monongahela Hardware Inc. As time went on, he was employed as a barge supervisor at Ohio Barge Line and retired from Glassport Transportation as a riverboat captain. He was a member of the Stephen Bayard Lodge #526 F&AM in Elizabeth, where he was a 32nd degree mason and a former member of the Elrama Gun Club. Jack was quite the handy man, enjoyed woodworking, landscaping and cutting the grass.
He is survived by his wife, Julia Kowalchick Cromling with whom he celebrated forty four years of marriage on June 2, 2017; son, Jack G. Cromling, Jr. of Bunola; daughter, Christina and husband Ricky Voss of Leicester County, England; grandson, Jamie Wayne Voss; brother, Paul Cromling and fiance' Phyllis Poziak of Floreffe.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by grandson, William Jack Voss who died in infancy.
Friends will be received on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM in the Frye Funeral Home Inc., 427 West Main Street, Monongahela, where funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM with the Rev. Mark Woomer officiating. Interment will follow in Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh.