August C. Timinskas (Thomesky, Thomensky) died Friday at Mercy Hospital with his family by his side. He was 82 years of age.

He was born January 7 , 1908 in Scranton, the son of the late Anthony and Julia Bubelis Timinskas. He attended Van Buren School (No. 31), was active in the Van Buren Tigers (a semi-professional football team), labored in Brigg's coal mine, and served his country proudly in the United States Army during WW2 as a Private First Class. During the war he was assigned to the copper mines (he had Badge #90 in the Isle Royale Copper Company) in Michigan returning with an honorable discharge to work for DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (aka I. E. du Pont de Nemours Co.) as a black powder maker until his retirement in 1973. August is listed in the National WW2 Registry of Remembrance. His name is inscribed on the Coal Miner's Remembered monument, Blakely Borough 

August "Gus" Timinskas has a WW2  military plaque engraved with his portrait and biography installed at the Archbald Veterans Memorial Patk, 511 Kennedy Dr., Archbald, Pa. 18503.

 Uncle Gus was a lifetime member and supporter of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Lithuanian Church in Scranton and was always ready to help Sr. M. Amadeus C.J.C., Administrator, of St. Mary's Villa Nursing Home in Elmhurst, Pa. with TV repair. His interest in electronics turned testing and replacing television tubes into a hobby. He was gifted in Photography and developed hundreds of pictures in his lifetime. Gus had beautiful cursive handwriting and practiced penmanship daily. He loved watching all sports especially the Olympics. He was also a great storyteller and took pride in his 1951 Packard Patrician 400 bequeathed to his nephew, Edward J. Timins Jr..  Gus's  life and stories have been retold and honored by Lackawanna County Commissioner Patrick M. O'Malley on Electric City Television.

An amazing life-size black and white photo of August holding a wooden shovel is on display at the Hagley Museum and Library, 200 Hagley Creek Road, Wilmington, DE 19807.  During the mid-1970's, the photography was done at the DuPont Powder Mill in Dupont, Pa. where Gus was employed for over 40 years and selected to represent the Company.  The exhibit depicts the tools used by workers making black powder.  Gus was also featured in an article in the Monthly DuPont Magazine.

 Religion, holidays, and family were very important to him. He was a decent, thoughtful, generous man who will always be remembered for going out of his way to be kind to others. The highlight in his life was becoming a Godparent along with Mrs. Josephine Alexis, Garwood, N.J., for his niece Bonita L. Timins in 1951.

In addition to his parents, August was preceded in death by brothers Anthony (1915), Edward Joseph Timins Sr. (1987), Peter Timinskas (1990), and sister-in-law Anne (1990). He will fondly be remembered by his sister-in-law Mary Timins R.N. with whom he resided and Bonita who lovingly cared for him until his passing. Also surviving are nieces, nephews, extended family and many friends. He was also preceded in death by uncle Justin Timinskas , a World War 1 Private First Class U. S. Army Infantry veteran and aunt Teckla Narusaitis Repshas.

A funeral mass was  held Monday at 11 a.m. from the Thomas J. Hughes Funeral Home, 1240 St. Ann St., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann's Monastery Church officiated by Rev. Richard Molka C.P. Interment Cathedral Cemetery, Section 12.

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