Claudia Rowlands
Miss Claudia Ann Rowlands, 17, of
127 White Birch Lane, Elmcrest,
Dallas, died April 21 in Community
Medical Center, Scranton, following
a lengthy illness.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, daughter of
Attorney Hopkin T. Rowlands Jr.
and Mrs. Ann Sweppenhiser Row-
lands, she had been a guest at St.
Joseph’s Center, Scranton, for some
time. She was a member of the
Church of Christ Uniting, Kingston.
Surviving, in addition to her par-
ents, are a sister, Helana Rowlands,
at home; paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Margaret Rowlands, Wilkes-
Barre; maternal grandparents, Dr.
and Mrs. C.B. Sweppenhiser, Ber-
wick; several aunts, uncles and
cousins.
Private funeral services will be
held today at the convenience of the
family from the Church of Christ
Uniting, Kingston, with The Rev.
Charles Johns, pastor, and the Rev.
Dr. Jule Ayers, pastor emeritus of
the First Presbyterian Church,
Wilkes-Barre, officiating. Interment
will be in Fern Knoll Burial Park,
Dallas. There will be no calling
hours.
James Bolger Ili
James L. Bolger III, 29, of 40
Midland Drive, Dallas, also of Res-
tertown, Maryland, died April 19, in
Kingdom, Nevada, as a result of
injuries received in an automobile
accident.
Born in New York, the son of
James L. Jr. and Jance C. Reilly
Bolger, he was a 1976 graduate of
Dallas High School and a 1980 grad-
uate of Mercyhurst College, Erie.
He was employed as manager of
the Ames Department Stores in
Restertown. He was a member of
Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas.
Surviving, in addition to his par-
ents, are sisters, Kathleen Watson,
Phoenix, Arizona; and Brianne
Bolger, Tallahassee, Fla.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at a time to be announced
from the McGlaughlin Funeral
Home, 416 Wyoming Ave., Kingston,
with a Mass of Christian Burial in
Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas.
Interment will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery, Carverton.
Walter Cannon
Walter J. Cannon, of RD 1, White
Haven, a native of the Back Moun-
tain, died April 19, in Wilkes-Barre
Mercy Hospital following a lengthy
illness.
Prior to retiring nine years ago,
he was employed at Wilmont Engi-
neering Co., White Haven, as a
crane operator. He was a member
of St. Patrick’s Church, White
Haven.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Stella M. Okrasinski; brothers, Wil-
liam, White Haven; James, Free-
land; Thomas, Wilkes-Barre; sis-
ters, Mrs. Grace VanHorn,
Warminster; Mrs. Mae Hamilton,
New Jersey; Mrs. Marion Oppen-
heim, California; nieces and neph-
ews.
Raymond Tilley
Raymond P. Tilley, of RD 1, Box
108, Harding, died at his home April
16, following an illness.
Born in Kingston, he lived in West
Pittston for several years before
moving to Harding 20 years ago. He
was formerly an employee at Topps
Chewing gum Co., Duryea, where
he was employed in the mainte-
nance department for several years.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Jeannette Jones Tilley, Pittston; his
wife, the former Eugenia Dovin;
son, Richard J., at home; brothers,
George, Woodbridge, Va.; Russell,
West Pittston.
Viola Llewellyn
Viola Llewellyn, 73, of 69 Abbott
St., Plains, a native of Noxen, died
April 16 in Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
She was a graduate of Plains
Memorial High School and Wilkes-
Barre Business College.
She was a member of the Plains
Presbyterian Church and a former
member of its choir. She was also a
member of the P.S. Class, the
mixed group and the Senior Citizens
of Plains Township. She and her
husband, Albert, celebrated their
47th wedding anniversary in Decem-
ber.
Surviving, in addition to her hus-
band, are a son, David, Wilkes-
Barre; daughters, Mrs. Anne Reidy,
Ashley; Mrs. Dorothy Ashton,
Mountaintop; 14 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; sisters, Mrs.
Eleanor James, Philadelphia; Mrs.
Irene Tockach, Plains.
Alice Yaple
Mrs. Alice M. Yaple, 79, of 41
Saginaw St., Dallas, died April 16 in
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kings-
ton.
Born in Kingston, she was a
graduate of Kingston High School,
Bloomsburg State Teacher’s College
and College Misericordia.
Prior to retiring in 1972, she was
employed as an elementary school
teacher in the Dallas School District
and had also taught in the Kingston
School District.
She was a ‘member of the Dallas
United Methodist Church, the Nes-
bitt Hospital Auxiliary, Shavertown,
branch; the Luzerne County Retired
Teachers’ Association, the Blooms-
burg State University Alumni Asso-
ciation and College Misericordia
Alumni Association.
Surviving are a son, John Q. II,
Allentown; two granddaughters,
Debra and Jacqueline, Trucksville;
three nieces. Her husband, John Q.,
died in 1967.
Joseph Shalata
Joseph Shalata, 73, of Maple
Street, Noxen, died April 15 in Tyler
Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock.
Born in West Wyoming, he had
resided in Noxen for the past 55
years. He was employed by the
Armour Leaher Co., Noxen, for 26
years and the Roberts Oil Co.,
Bowman’s Creek, for 15 years, retir-
ing last year.
He belonged to the Independent
Bible Church, Noxen, and the Senior
Citizens Club of Tunkhannock. He
was an avoid bowler and baseball
player and belonged to the Back
Mountain and Bi-County baseball
leagues.
He and his wife the former Ange-
line Jones, celebrated their 52nd
wedding anniversary last July.
Surviving, in addition to his wife,
are sons, Joseph T., Evans Falls;
William J., Noxen; Thomas M.,
Dallas; daughters, Mrs. Joyce
Thomas, Hunlock Creek; Mrs.
Annette 'Koutnik, Harveys Lake;
Mrs., Judith Field, Jamestown,
N.Y.; brother, Frank, Wyoming;
sisters, Mrs. Anna Puchalsky,
Swoyersville; Mrs. Margaret Polk,
Wyoming; 16 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren.
Charles Naugle
Charles W. Naugle, 88, of Box RD
1, Wapwallopen, a native of Trucks-
ville, died April 15 shortly after
arrival a Mercy Hospital.
He attended Nanticoke public
schools and Mansfield State Teach-
ers College. For several years, he
Lumber of Nanticoke and at the
Truesdale Colliery of the Glen Alden
Coal Co. At the time of his retire-
ment in 1966, he had been employed
at the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethle-
hem, as an electrician for 25 years.
During World War I, he served
with the U.S. Army.
He was a life member of Nanti-
coke Lodge 541, F & AM; Caldwell
Consistory, Bloomsburg; Nanticoke-
Newport Barracks 2924, World War
I Veterans, of which he was a past
commander and trustee. He was
also a member of Rosemont Fire
Co. of Bethlehem and Fraternal
Order of Police Wyoming Valley
Lodge 36. He was a member of
Voyageur Militaire Voiture 296, the
American Legion Post 351, Nanti-
coke and Pond Hill, and the Lily
Lake Fire Company.
Surviving are his sons, Charles
Naugle, Wescosville; Robert
Naugle, Lee Park section of Hano-
ver Township; 11 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren.
Rose Marie Sabol
Mrs. Rose Marie Sabol, of Rd 3,
Dallas, died April 14, in Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kingston.
Born in Swoyersville, she was a
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member of St. Francis Cabrini
Church, Carvertown.
Surviving are her mother, Eliza-
beth O’Donnell; her husband, Fran-
cis; sons, Carlton, Wilkes-Barre:
Stephen and Gerald, at home;
daughter, Mrs. Rose Ann Thorek, at
home; sisters, Mrs. Martha Lulew-
icz, Wyoming; brothers, Gerald,
Exeter; John, West Wyoming;
Robert, Swoyersville; two grand-
children.
Melvin Mosier
Melvin Mosier, of Cape Coral,
Florida, a native of Dallas, died
April 11 in Florida.
Born in Dallas, he was the former
owner of the Forty Fort Dairy Bar,
which he ran until his retirement
when he moved to florida.
Surviving are his wife, Aline; four
daughters, Karen, Gail, Judy,
Molly; one son, Melvin Jr.; eight
grandchildren.
Harold Schooley
Harold L. Schooley Sr., 85, of
Morrisville, a native of the Back
Mountain, died April 16 at Graduate
Hospital, Philadelphia.
Born in Beaumont, he resided in
the Morrisville-Trenton area most
of his life. A former coal miner in
U.S. Fairless Steel.
Widower of Erma. Kocher
Schooley and father of the late
Margaret Kingsbury, he is surved
by two daughters, Betty Nafus,
Dallas; Gerri Parry, Levittown;
two sons, Harold L. Jr. and Ronald
L., both of Morrisville; a sister,
Mary Frantz, Hamilton Square; 15
grandchildren; 17 great-grandchil-
dren; several nieces, nephews and
cousins.
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