George Anthony Zitkus Jr. ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: K4KR-JSS.

  General Notes:

His parents came from Lithuania. ³

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded at 504 East Centre Street: George Zitkus, coal miner, 36, living with wife Agnes, 31; George, 8; Hellen, 6; and Mary, 1. The parents and their parents were born in Lithuania. George immigrated in 1904 and Agnes in 1908. They became U.S. citizens in 1916. The children were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1940 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded renting at 539 W. Centre Street: George Zitkus, laborer in coal mine, 28, living with wife May, 27; and daughter Mary, 6. They were born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same place in 1935.

3. Census in 1950 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹¹ The 1950 census recorded George Zitkus, coal miner, 38, living with wife Mae, 36; daughter Mary, 17; and son Albert, 9. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Residence: on 31 Oct 1969 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁵

5. Residence: 514 East Mount Vernon St., Shenandoah, PA on 19 Apr 1970 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁸

6. Obituary: Evening Herald: obituary of George A. Zitkus on 20 Apr 1970 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ⁸ George A. Zitkus, 514 East Mount Vernon street, Shenandoah, died on arrival Sunday at Locust Mountain Hospital. He had attended the funeral of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Anna Neumeister, on Saturday.
Born in Shenandoah, son of the late George and Agnes Zitkus, he wa a retired miner and worked last at Knickerbocker Colliery. He was a member of St. George's Church, the UMWA and Shenandoah Fish and Game Club.
Surviving are his wife, Mae (Beacher), a son Albert Zitkus, Shenandoah; one daughter, Mary, wife of Richard Whitman in California; a brother, Andrew Zitkus, Lebanon; a sister, Nellie, wife of Julius Stremba Sr., Shenandoah; three grandchildren.
Funeral Thursday at 8:30 a.m. from the Oravitz Home for Funerals, Solemn Requiem Mass 9 a.m. in St. George's Church. Burial parsh cemetery. Viewing Wednesday 2 to 10 p.m.
J. A. Oravitz and Sons in charge.

George married Mae C. Beacher, daughter of John Jacob Beacher and Anna Sverha, on 18 Nov 1932 in , Schuylkill, PA.¹ (Mae C. Beacher was born on 24 Feb 1913 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA,^{2 12 13} died on 30 Jan 2002 in Hazleton, Luzerne, PA ^{2 12} and was buried in Shenandoah: Our Lady of Dawn Cemetery, Schuylkill, PA ^{2 12}.)