Services have been announced for Schuylkill County attorney Gary Marchalk, who was killed earlier this week. His son Michael is the suspect in the case.

Marchalk, 60, is survived by his wife of 10 years, Linda (Gallo) Marchalk; his sons, Michael and Matthew D. Marchalk; his sister, Mrs. Cathy Santee, wife of Scott; his grandchildren, Adam, Emmah, Chad, Kadyn, and Mackynzie; and his stepsons, David and Zachery Zerby.

Born in Austria into a military family, he was the son of the late Michael and Blanche E.(Chevinsky) Marchalk. His first wife, MaryAnn (Calabrese) Marchalk, who passed away on September 1, 1997, predeceased Gary as well.

A 1974 graduate of Tamaqua Area High School, Gary was an outstanding student and athlete, participating in football and track. He served our country honorably as a member of the United States Army. After attending and graduating in 1980 from McCann's School of Business, where he earned an Associates Degree in Accounting, he then pursued his Bachelors in Business Administration and Hotel Management, graduating magna cum laude in 2001 from New York Institute of Technology.

Gary was a legal administrator for the Law Firm of Cerullo, Datte and Wallbillich, PC in Pottsville while attending Widener School of Law in Harrisburg, where he completed in 2005 his law degree cum laude and, subsequently, passed the Pennsylvania State Bar Exam that same year.

Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to the E. Franklin Griffiths Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. of 655 East Broad Street Tamaqua.

A remembrance service will be held at 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 p.m. until the time of service.

Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorials in honor of Gary be made to Schuylkill Area Community Foundation, 216 S. Centre Street, Pottsville, PA 17901, with the memorials going towards Drug & Alcohol prevention and education.

For full obituary, see Friday's editions.