MANLEY M. SMITH
Manley M. Smith, 75, of RD 2,
Harveys Lake, died January 24 in
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Surviving are his sons, Manley Jr.
and Harry, both of Harveys Lake;
daughters, Mrs. Kathleen Bixby, of
Sorber Mountain; Ella and Nella
Smith, of Oxford, N.Y.; brother,
Robert Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio;
sister, Ella Whitney, Greene, N.Y.;
14 grandchildren; 18 great-grand-
children. His wife, Kathleen, died int
1981.
Funeral was held January 28 from
the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral
Home, Pikes Creek, with the Rev.
Lawrence D. Reed, pastor of
Assembly of God
Interment, Kocher Cemetery, Rug-
gles.
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JOSEPH F. RISH, SR.
Joseph F. Rish Sr., 73, of Meadow
Lake, Lehman Township, RD 2,
Dallas, died January 25 in Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital.
Surviving are his sons, Thomas,
Sweet Valley; Joseph Jr., Lehman;
brothers, John, Swoyersville;
Edward, Lehman; sisters, Ann
Fedor, Lehman; Helen Frace,
Headline clarified
An incorrect headline in the Janu-
ary 16 edition of The Dallas Post
listed Dr. Joseph B. Bittenbender as
being appointed to a band board.
Dr. Bittenbender, a resident of
Huntington Mills, has actually been
Shickshinny Office of the Wyoming
National Bank of Wilkes-Barre.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Reeda Kaschak, Ruth Korda, all of
Larksville; five grandchildren.
Funeral was held January 28 from
the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral
Home, Pikes Creek, with a Mass of
Christian Burial from Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silk-
worth. Interment, parish cemetery,
Lake Silkworth.
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AGNES ELSTON
Mrs. Agnes Estella Elston, 85, of
RD 1, Dallas, Kunkle, died January
21 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospi-
tal, following a long illness.
Surviving are her husband,
Ralph; daughters, Mrs. Dorothy.
Dodson, Kunkle; Mrs. Lana Birns-
tock, Clearwater, Fla.; sons, Gomer
and Gene, both of Kunkle; Marvin,
of Dallas; Wayne, Hollywood, Fla.;
21 grandchildren and 34 great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 25 from the Kunkle United
Methodist Church with the Rev.
Pegg Ainslie Richards officiating.
Interment, Nulton Funeral Home,
Beaumont.
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MARJORIE MARPLE
Mrs. Marjorie Marple, formerly
of 354 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre,
died January 22 in Carpenter Nurs-
ing Home, Dallas.
Surviving are her niece, Lillian
Straup, Wilkes-Barre; nephews,
Earl and Art Moore, both of Wilkes-
Barre. 2
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 24 from the Walter W. Lisman
and Son Funeral Home, Wilkes-
Barre. Interment, Hollenback Cem-
etery, Wilkes-Barre.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
House burns
Firemen from the Daniel C.
Ropberts Volunteer Fire Co.
and the J.R. Davis Volunteer
Fire Co. are shown here in
the top photo battling a
blaze in the Keefer Plot
development of the Outlet
section in Harveys Lake Bor-
ough. Larry West of the
Harveys Lake Fire Co. is
shown working with a hose
in the lower photo. The
building, unoccupied at the
time of the blaze, is owned
by Randy Boice. No injuries
were sustained but the
cause of the fire is under
investigation.
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ALTHEDA HOLCOMB
Miss Altheda Holcomb, 80, form-
erly of Shavertown, died January 21
in Leader East Nursing: Home,
Kingston, where she was a guest.
Formerly employed by Dr. Walter
Mokychic of Shavertown, she had
resided in the Back Mountain area
all her life.
There are no known survivors.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 24 from the Nulton Funeral
Home, Beaumont, with the Rev.
Pegg Ainslie Richards, pastor of the
Noxen United Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment, Warden Cem-
etery, Dallas.
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YVONNE ALTPETER
Mrs. Yvonne Altpeter, 55, of Pole
172, Harveys Lake, died January 27
in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Surviving is her daughter, Mrs.
Leigh Ann Becher, of Denver, Colo.
A Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated on January 29 in OUr
Lady of Victory Church, Harveys
Lake, with the Rev. George A.
Jeffreys as celebrant. Interment,
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.
New officers
ACS voiunteers
the Back Mountain,
Chairman.
At a recent meeting of the Cru-
sade Committee of the Wyoming
Valley Unit of the American
Cancer, Society, Leonard Falcone
announced that the Diner's Club
restaurant coupon book has been
one of the most successful projects
undertaken by the local unit. More
than 850 of 1000 books have already
been purchased in this area. Res-
taurants included in the book are
Andy Perugino’s, Brittany House,
Yesterdays, Coscia’s, Villa Roma,
Pickett’s Charge, Chapter V, The
Station, J. Clarke’s, Amigo’s, The
Woodlands, Wanda’s-on-the-Park,
Uptown, Galaida’s and Sabre Room.
A limited number of books are
still available at the local office of
the American Cancer Society and
may be obtained by calling 825-7763.
The cost is $30 for a book with a
Dorrance
appointed
to position
Stanley Dorrance, Dallas, has
been appointed therapeutic recrea-
tion director of Lourdesmont’s resi-
dential program. Lourdesmont is a
treatment center for teen-age boys
and girls. In making the announce-
ment, John A. Antognolfi, executive
director stated that Dorrance will
ation program using various exist-
ing community resources. He suc-
recently promoted to assistant and
director of the residential program.
honors from the Psychology Depart-
ment of King’s College which
awarded him a Bachelor of Science
education. :
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