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2 The Dallas Post
Dallas, PA Wednesday, April 26, 1989
Obituaries
HAROLD BRITT
Harold B. Britt, 70, of Woodland
Hills Estate, LaRue, Texas, died
April 23, 1989 at the Doctor's
~ Memorial Hospital, Tyler, Texas.
Born in Carbondale, March 28,
1919, he was the son of the late
Herbert F. and Angie Mae Owen
Britt.
He lived in Sweet Valley most of
his life prior to moving to Texas
seven years ago.
He was employed as a hardware
salesman for the Back Mountain
Lumber and Coal Companies and
Whitesell Brothers, Dallas.
He was last employed in the
shipping and receiving department
for the Lake-Lehman School Dis-
trict, before retiring 10 years ago.
He was a member of the Sweet
b ~ Valley Church of Christ.
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Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Clara Mae Waters tripe; daugh-
ter, Alice Mae Fast, with whom he
resided; brother, Edwin H. Britt,
Sweet Valley; one grandson; two
great-grandchildren.
Interment will be at the Maple
‘Grove Cemetery, Pikes Creek.
|. FREDERICK
BROGHAMER
Frederick J. Broghamer, 69, of
Susquehanna Ave., Dallas, died
April 19, 1989 in the Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kingston,
shortly after admission.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was a
son of the late Charles and Bertha
‘Thieman Broghamer.
He was a graduate of GAR High
School, Wilkes-Barre.
Mr. Broghamer was a veteran of
World War II.
He has resided in Dallas the
past 24 years.
Prior to retiring, he was em-
ployed as a corrections officer at
the State Correctional Institute at
Dallas.
He was a member of Gate of
Heaven Church, Dallas; the Dis-
ho
abled American Veterans.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Lucille Schaefer; son, Fred C.,
at home; daughters, Lucinda
Broghammer and Bonita Plasco,
at home; Lucille Mudzik, Linden,
N.J.; brother, Dr. Edward
- Broghamer, Urbana, Ill; sister,
Marie Broghamer, Wilkes-Barre;
four grandchildren.
_ Interment was in Mount Olivet
Cemetery, Caryerton. :
LORETTA BURNAT
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Loretta Cawley Burnat, 78, of
Reservoir Road, Dallas, died April
18, 1989 at Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital, Kingston, following an
illness.
The former Loretta Cawley, she
was born May 3, 1910 in Forty
Fort, daughter of the late John and
Catherine Higgins Cawley.
A graduate of Forty Fort High
School, and resident of Forty Fort
most of her life, she resided in
Dallas the past 21 years.
~ She was employed at Sordoni
Construction Co. anumber of years
and at the time of her retirement,
was the secretary to the dean of
admissions at College Misericor-
~ dia, Dallas.
She was a member of St. Ther-
ese’s Church, Shavertown.
Surviving are her husband,
~ Josephd.; brother, Joseph Cawley,
5 Forty Fort; sisters, Mrs. Marie
Lambert, Beaumont; Mrs. Marga-
ret Kane, Forty Fort; numerous
nieces and nephews.
Interment was in St. John's
Cemetery, Dallas.
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ESTELLA KITTLE
Estella M. Kittle, 83, of Sweet
Valley, died April 18, 1989 at her
home.
Born in Sweet Valley, July 13,
1905, she was the daughter of the
late Harry A. and Grace Goss
Smith.
She was employed as a seam-
stress for the Sweet Valley Dress
Factory for 25 years, retiring in
1967.
Mrs. Kittle was a member of the
Sweet Valley Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Earl, in 1979; also
son, Ronald; daughters, Jean and
Lois O’Kefe; three sisters, three
brothers and a great-granddaugh-
ter.
Surviving are sons, Earl Jr.,
Theodore R., and Harry A., all of
Sweet Valley; James D. Dallas,
Texas; daughters, Faith Stoffel,
Wilkes-Barre; Joan Cornell, Pikes
Creek; Beverly Robertson,
Pittburgh; Louise Shaw, Sweet
Valley; Arlene Adams, Muhlenburg;
Phyllis Skoronski, Pringle; Nita
Kocher, Dallas; 15 grandchildren;
19 great-grandchildren; and four
great-great-grandchildren.
Interment was in Maple Grove
Cemetery, Pikes Creek.
The family requests memorial
contributions be sent to the Sweet
Valley Church of Christ, Main
Road, Sweet Valley, Pa. 18656.
GEORGE
KRASHKEVICH
George J. Krashkevich, 76, of
Machell Avenue, Dallas, died April
20, 1989 in Wyoming Valley Health
Care Center, Plains Township.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was
the son of the late Rev. John H. and
Mary Repa Krashkevich.
He was a graduate of Coughlin
High School and attended New York
University.
Prior to retiring in 1984, he was
employed as a mechanical engi-
neer by Lacey, Atherton and Davis,
Wilkes-Barre.
Mr. Krashkevich was an Army
veteran of World War II, having
served in India and Burma.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Eleanor Evans; son, David, at
home; sister, Miss Margaret
Krashkevich, Springfield, Va.
Interment was in Chapel Lawn
Memorial Park, Dallas.
' JEAN PEZZNER
Jean S. Pezzner, of Pole 199,
Harveys Lake, died April 23, 1989
at the Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital where she had been a patient
for the past three days.
Born in Russia, she was the
daughter ofhtelate Alexand Bessie
Saidman Steinberg.
She had resided in Wyoming
Valley for the past 66 years.
She was a member of United
Orthodox Synagogue and a mem-
ber of Leisure Lounge.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Blanche Frankel, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs.
Mary Wertheimer, Kingston; seven
grandchildren; five great-grand-
children; sister, Mrs. Esther Mas-
troff, Kingston; brother, Ben Stein-
berg, Wilkes-Barre.
She was preceded in death by
her husband Louis in 1987.
Interment was in the Ohav Zedek
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Shiva will be observed after the
Passover holiday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wertheimer,
98 Third Ave., Kingston, through
Wednesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
LESTER SQUIER
Lester B. Squier, 82, of Outled
Road, Lehman, died April 23, 1989
at the Meadows Nursing Center,
Dallas, where he had been a pa-
tient for one month.
Born in Nicholson, he was the
son of the late Marshall and Ber-
tha Brown Squier.
He graduated from Nicholson
High School and received a bache-
lor of science degree from Mans-
field State College.
Mr. Squier received a master's
in education from Penn State
University. While attending Mans-
field State, he was a member of the
varsity football, baseball and wres-
tling teams.
During his 42 1/2 years of serv-
ice in the public schools of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. Squier had held the
following positions: teacher in the
Nicholson Township Rural School;
principal of the Lehman Township
School; supervising principal of the
Nicholson Borough School; assis-
tant county superintendent of the
Wyoming County Public Schools;
supervising principal of the Lake-
Lehman School District and the
supervising principal ofthe West
Side Area Vocational-Technical
School.
Mr. Squier was a member ofthe
Pennsylvania State Education
Association, National Education
Association, American Education
Association of School Administra-
tors, American Vocational Asso-
ciation, Vocational Admnistrators
for Pennsylvania; and the Luzerne
County Chief Administrators As-
sociation.
He was active in both church
and community affairs. He has
served as trustee, lay leader, presi-
dent of the administrative board,
and Sunday School teacher at the
Lehman United Methodist Church.
He was a member of the
Nicholson Lodge 438, F & AM,
Caldwell Consistory, Bloomsburg,
Osage Lodge 712, 1.O.O.F., and
the Lehman Township Authority
Board.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Helen Montgomery; sons, Roy,
Port Richey, Fla.; Karl, Houston,
Texas.
Interment will be in Idetown
Cemetery, Idetown.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Memorial Fund of the
Lehman United Methodist Church,
P.O. Box 1, Lehman, Pa. 18627.
ERMA SUTTON
Erma V. Sutton, 66, of Chase
Road, Shavertown, died April 18,
1989 in the Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital, Kingston, following a brief
illness.
Born in Forty Fort, on Oct. 21,
1922, she was a daughter of the
late Elmer and Maude VanBuskirk
Rhone.
Mrs. Sutton resided on the
Conyngham Hillside Farms, Shav-
ertown, the past 43 years.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Warren H., in 1986;
brother, Daniel Rhone, in 1970.
Surviving are children, Mrs.
Erma Stark, Mrs. Louise Arnold,
Miss Tammie Sutton, Warren G.,
all of Shavertown; sisters, Mrs.
Dorothy Caparoni, Tunkhannock;
Mrs. Marilyn Nemetz, Shavertown;
10 grandchildren; two great-grand-
children.
Interment was in Chapel Lawn,
Memorial Park, Dallas.
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Amber's memorial service marked
by joy and warm remembrances
By JEAN HILLARD
Amber Nicely was an exceptional
little girl whose faith and courage
touched the hearts of friends and
strangers as she fought her battle
with cancer during the past 16
months.
The seven-year-old daughter of
Ed and Pat Nicely, Sterling Ave- |
nue, Dallas, never complained
about her illness or her pain, even
after losing one leg to the disease.
Instead, she would say, “Don't
worry Mommy, I'll get better,” or,
to others in similar straits, “Don’t
think about the needles, they don't
hurt so much.” But last week,
Amber said only, “Don't cry,
Mommy."
Throughout her struggle, Am-
ber's brother Adam, himselfa child,
was a source of strength for his
little sister. :
A memorial service held Sunday
afternoon in the Fellowship Evan-
gelical Free Church reflected the
strong faith and courage that
Amber, her parents and brother
exhibited throughout their ordeal.
The church, filled to capacity
with friends and loved ones, was
decorated all around with pink
streamers and white balloons,
reaching to the ceiling. On either
side of the balloons were flowers, a
guitar and Amber's two pastors.
Pastor Dwight Hodne had been by
Amber's side daily the past 16
months - always there through
every operation and in the ups and
downs. Assistant Pastor John
Butch had kept the daily routines
running smoothly throughout.
At 2:00 sharp, a tape started to
play “Lean on me”, and the service
began. The church was silent. The
two pastors stood, and as the words
to the song echoed through the
church, Amber's strength and
courage were felt by those present,
Amber Jo Nicely
as Amber's white casket, draped in
pink roses, was wheeled down the
center aisle. The Peacemakers, a
group of children from Dallas under
the direction of Mrs. Marilyn O'Con-
nell, sang “Everywhere God is Near
Me.”
Kurt Beardsworth, father of
Amber's best friend, read an essay
composed by Debbie Tomedi after
Amber died titled, “I watched.” In
the piece, “I” was God, as Debbie
saw Him watching over Amber then
and now.
A year ago, Pastor Hodne and
Amber sang asong in church called
“I am a promise”. They sang it
together when Amber was feeling a
special love and wanted to express
it with her pastor. Sunday, Pastor
Hodne played his guitar and sang
the song as he had before each
operation during Amber's illness.
Except this time, he sang it alone.
Chuck Olson, a retired pastor
and an elder of Amber's church,
was a special friend to her. She
called him “Grandpa”, and they
had a special bond of love. Chuck
expressed his love for this special
little girl who loved balloons. When
she was in the hospital, Amber
loved to receive balloons. When
Chuch had back surgery recently,
Amber walked to Chuck’s room,
gave him a balloon and told him
she was praying for him to get
better.
When Pastor Hodne opened the
service for sharing of memories, an
Episcopalian minister from Beth-
lehem spoke, saying he was pres-
ent out of love to represent his
church and express his gratitude
for the hope they received from
reading about Amber in newspa-
per articles. He said that Amber's
picture hangs in his office, and his
church had been praying for God's
will in her battle with cancer. His
congregation did not know Amber,
but felt they drew a special strength
from her.
As the 300 to 400 people pres-
ent left the church, each was
handed a balloon and asked to
gather in the parking lot. As Pas-
tor Hodne led the group in one of
the family’s favorite songs, the
balloons were released, and the
service ended with everyone “look-
ing up” toward the heavens and
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the hundreds of balloons floating
on a brisk wind over the Back
Mountain.
Ed, Pat and Adam Nicely had
wanted a service that Amber would
have liked. It was a day of rejoicing
for them, for Amber is out of her
pain, out of her illness and has
gone home to her Lord.
Amber Jo Nicely loses fight to cancer
Amber Jo Nicely was only eight
years old but she shared more love
and joy with others than most
people share in a lifetime. A beau-
tiful, dark-haired child she had a
smile that lighted her face, hiding
the suffering she felt from the
cancer she fought bravely to over-
come.
Those who knew her before 1987
remember Amber asa petite young:
ster,'who enjoyed her fathily and
playing with friends on the Nicely's
big porch on Main Street, Dallas; a
youngster who loved life and smiled
and laughed a lot.
Amber never lost that love nor
did she lose the love for her family-
her mother, father, and brother,
Adam. She had a special kind of
love that brought out the best in
the people around her, hundreds
of them, who followed Amber's
courageous struggle against can-
cer for 16 months.
She was the one who would turn
to her mother and father and tell
them not to worry, that she knew
the surgery would make her bet-
ter. It was Amber's courage and
her faith that held the family so
close together when she was suf-
fering the most.
Edward and Pat Nicely are a
devoted Christian family and dur-
ing Amber's illness they turned
their faith into a strong love for
Amber to make her days as happy
as possible.
On her seventh birthday,
Amber's parents took her to the
Dallas Elementary School where
she joined her classmates in a
birthday party and later with the
other students was entertained by
clowns in the school gym. Sitting
on her father's lap, she smiled
brightly during the program and
reached from time to time to hold
her brother Adam's hand.
Amber's death last Thursday
morning was a shock to residents
throughout the Back Mountain,
who never gave up hope for her
recovery. They prayed with the
Nicely family that the eight-year-
old would wih her fight against
cancer. Ironically, Amber's death
did not come as a result of the
cancer but because her heart could
no longer stand the strain of the
chemotherapy and medicine she
had received over the past 16
months. Amber died the way her
parents prayed she would if it had
tobe, quickly and without too much
pain.
The Nicely's had hope for their
daughter until the end and they
want people who have cancer to
keep fighting and never give up.
It's possible they might win.
Amber Jo Nicely, Sterling Ave-
nue, Dallas, died Thursday, April
20, 1989, at Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
The daughter of Edwin O. and
Patsy Day Nicely, Amber Jo was
born Feb. 16, 1981, in Wilkes-
Barre. She was a second grade
student at Dallas Elementary
School and was active with a
Brownie troop and was a cheer-
leader with the Back Mountain
Wrestling Club. Amber attended
‘the Fellowship Evangelical Free
Church in Dallas.
In addition to her parents, she is
survived by a brother, Adam E.
Nicely, at home; maternal grand-
mother, Goldi Day, Glen Rock;
paternal grandmother, Florence
Nicely, Dallas.
Funeral services were Sunday,
2 p.m., in the Fellowship Evangeli-
cal Free Church, Hildebrandt Road,
Dallas. Interment was in Chapel
Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas.
Memorial contributions, if de-
sired, may be sent to the Fellow-
ship Evangelical Free Church,
Hildebrandt Road, Dallas, Pa.
18612.
Matthew R. Collura, Luzerne
County Maintenance manager, has
announced the following work
schedule for department forces for
the week of April 24.
Brush Cutting - Country Club
Road and Lake Street in Dallas
Road repairs scheduled
in Kingston Twp.
Twp.; SR 4011 in Fairmount and Ross Twp.
Huntington Twps.
Ditch Cleaning - SR 1059 in
Lehman Twp.
Drainage Repair - Manor Drive
Pothole Patching - SR 4021 in
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