Darlak Ii, Joseph J Obituary

Darlak Ii, Joseph J attended North Tonawanda High School in North Tonawanda, NY. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Darlak Ii, Joseph J.

Graduation Year	Class of 1949
Date of Passing	Oct 16, 2017
About	JOSEPH JOHN DARLAK II MARCH 18, 1931 – OCTOBER 16, 2017 Col. Joseph John Darlak II, M.D., Retired, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2017. Dr. Darlak was born in North Tonawanda, New York on March 18, 1931. He graduated from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1956 after receiving a degree in Chemistry from the School of Arts and Sciences. He interned at Boston City Hospital and trained in Diagnostic Radiology at Madigan General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He served his residency at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. In 1975, Dr. Darlak received a fellowship in Special Procedures while attending the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC, where he also served as Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology at Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Darlak served in the US Army Medical Corps for 22 years and was stationed abroad in Germany, Lebanon and Japan. While overseas in Japan, Dr. Darlak served as Chief Consultant in Radiology to the Commanding General and to the Army Medical Command where he was instrumental in building a thousand-bed hospital in Yokohama for Vietnam casualties. Back in high school in North Tonawanda, New York, he was the first in his Boy Scout troop to ever earn the Eagle Scout rank. He is survived by his daughters, Laurie A. Keese of Poolesville, Maryland, Jeanne M. Charlebois and her husband Jean-Pierre, sons, Joseph J. Darlak III and his wife Laurie of Dallas, Texas, and Jeffrey E. Darlak; six grandchildren, Madelyn, Katelyn and Mackenzie Keese, Jake and Ella Darlak and Simone Charlebois; brother, John, Eugene, Thaddeus and Dr. Robert Darlak and sister Delores Koszelak. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 44 years, Gloria Jean Ross Darlak, as well as his first wife, Sharon Johnston Darlak, his mother Stephania (Stella) Darlak and his father John J. Darlak. Visitation will be held at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, Louisiana, 70124, on Monday, October 23rd from 9:00am-11:00am followed by a Catholic Funeral Mass beginning at 11:00am. Interment will immediately follow at All Saints Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, the family would like you to please send donations to the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org).