William J. “Pud” Mccarthy, Jr.

William J. “Pud” McCarthy, Jr., 69 of 456 West Saylor St., Atlas passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.

Born in Ashland on December 15, 1949 he was the son of the late William J. McCarthy, Sr. and the late Mary M. (Quinn) McCarthy.

Pud was a 1967 graduate of Our Lady of Lourdes High School.

He retired from Mittal Steel, Steelton and was employed for many years by their predecessor, Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

On July 25, 1980 he married the former Eileen M. Bartos who survives.

Pud was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, the Atlas American Legion Post 804 and the United Steelworkers Union. He was a life member of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 1149, Shamokin.

He was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed watching football and was an avid Notre Dame and Washington Redskins fan.

Surviving in addition to his wife of 39 years, Eileen M. McCarthy are his son, Jason M. McCarthy and his wife Lisa of Paxinos; his stepdaughter, Lisa Fiamoncini and her husband David of Atlas; his step-son, David Berry and his companion Jennifer Bozza of Mt. Carmel; six grandchildren, Nicole, Dylan and Miranda Fiamoncini, Nicholas and Margaret McCarthy and Gabriella Trocki; his sister, Kathleen McMahon of California; nieces nephews, cousins, many friends and his dog “Jack”.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 11:00 am in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church with the Rev. Francis J. Karwacki, Pastor as the celebrant. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery, Ralpho Township. A visitation will be held on Wednesday morning from 10:00 am until 11:00 am at the church. Joseph J. Stutz, Inc. Funeral Home, Joseph J. Stutz, III Supervisor has been entrusted with the arrangements.