Joseph (Joe) Wiska

LEFT ST. AGNES AND TAPPAN ZEE IN 1955 AND WENT TO MACHINE & METAL TRADES H.S. IN NEW YORK CITY. QUIT HIGH SCHOOL FOR HALF YEAR AND WORKED FOR EAGLE ELECTRIC CO. (A UNION JOB - COULDN'T HACK IT SO I RETURNED AND FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL).

JAN - SEP 1958	WORKED FOR U.S. CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. AT 60 JOHN ST. N.Y.C. FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS AS AN IBM TAB OPERATOR.
1958 - 1962	JOINED USMC SEPT 1958 FOR 4 YEARS. MET SALLY, A WOMAN MARINE, GOT MARRIED JULY 1960, AND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 45 YEARS. WE HAD 5 CHILDREN - DENISE, THERESA, DEBRA, LORRAINE AND GREGORY (FINALLY GOT THE BOY!!). DENISE PASSES AWAY AT 8 MO. (CRIB DEATH) AND IS BURIED AT BEAUFORT NATIONAL CEMETERY S.C. THE OTHER 4 ARE STILL SURVIVING. HAVE 8 GRAND CHILDREN.
1962 - 1967	GOT OUT OF USMC AND PURCHASHED A MOBILE HOME IN MOONACHIE, N.J. GOT A JOB WITH U.S STEEL, 71 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, AS AN IBM TAB OPERATOR.
1967 - 1968	MOVED TO GREENWOOD INDIANA AND GOT A JOB WITH HAAG DRUG CO. AS IBM TAB OPERATOR.
1968 - 1973	QUIT HAAG DRUG AND WENT TO WORK FOR BRYANT HEATING & COOLING AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER FOR 5 YEARS. LEFT AS A SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER.
1973 - 1987	MOVED BACK TO NEWTON NEW JERSEY AND GOT A JOB WITH ITT AVIONICS IN NUTLEY, NJ AS A SENIOR SYSTMS SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER.
1987 - 2003	BOUGHT CARPET CLEANING/JANITORIAL BUSINESS IN BEAUFORT SC. ("CLEANMASTER SERVICES")
2003 - ????	RETIRED AT 63. EVERYTHING IS PAID FOR - HOUSE - 1984 MOTOR HOME - 1990 CONVERSION VAN - 1995 OLDS SILHOUTTE - 1993 MERCURY VILLAGER - AND LOTS OF OTHER CRAP THAT WE REALLY DON'T NEED. IT IS "GREAT" NOT TO HAVING ANY PAYMENTS OTHER THAN UTILITIES. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE YOUNGER WORKING PEOPLE FOR OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE THAT WE ARE NOW RECEIVING.