“1 ‘Nov, 8, 2 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 14, 1990 Obituaries ALEX STRONOSKIi Alex Stronoski, of RR 2, Harveys Lake, died Nov. 11, 1990 in St. Luke's Hospital, Newburgh, N.Y. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late Alexander and Jo- sephine Krachman Stronoski. He was a member of St. Anthony's Church, Larksville. He was for- merly employed by the Blue Rib- bon Bakery, Kingston; and the United Foundry, Wyoming. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was also a member of the King- ston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 283. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Ann Fertel, in 1982. Surviving are a son, Alex, Troy, Mich.; daughters, Rita Turcan, Harveys Lake; Theresa Vidi, Newburgh, N.Y.; brothers, John, Kingston; Ralph, Fairfax, Va.; sis- ters, Florence Precone, Dallas; Holly Stronoski, New Jersey; Jean Zuckosky, Plymouth; Theresa Grescavage, Forty Fort; four grand- children. Funeral services will be Wednes- day at 9 a.m. from the Andrew Strish Funeral Home, 11 Wilson St., Edwardsville, with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Anthony's Church. Interment will be in the parish cemetery, Courtdale. HELEN ANTOS Helen Antos, of Kossack Street, Swoyersville, died Nov. 6, 1990, at Nesbitt Memorial Hosital, Kingston, where she had been a patient for ‘the past nine days. Born in Cairnbrook, she was raised in Central City, living most of her life in Swoyersville. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Kathryn Bizek Ference. She attended Central City schools. She was employed as a cook for the Sordoni family. Prior to retiring in 1987, she was employed as a cook for the Goldstein Delicatessen, Kingston. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Russian Ortho- dox Church, Edwardsville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Sr., in 1981; brother, Frank; sisters, Ann and Margy. Surviving are sons, Edward Jr., Exeter Township; John, Dallas Township; daughter, Catherine at home; brothers, Metro and Mike, Central City; Charles, Detroit, Mich.; George, Fairfax, Va.; John, Cléveland, Ohio: sister, dren. Interment was in Denison Ceme- tery, Swoyersville. ANNA CARBOHN Anna Carbohn of Noxen, died 1990, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born July 26, 1913, in Wilkes- ‘Barre, she was the daugher of the late Walter and Bertha Roskowski. She attended Wilkes-Barre ‘schools. She married Phillip Car- bohn on Jan. 6, 1932. She was a machine operator in a silk factory until 1961, when she moved to Philadelphia. Fifteen years agoshe moved to Noxen. She was a mem- ber of the Church of the Nativity, Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert, in 1988. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are sons, Phillip Jr., Horsham; Walter, Noxen; Joseph, Hatboro; daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Irene) Gayley, Warrington; Mrs. Stanley (Bertha) Ely, Noxen; Mrs. Richard (Nancy) Schwartz, Willow Grove; 18 grandchildren; 19 great- grandchildren. Interment will be in Orcutt / Cemetery, Noxen. ANNA POHORILLA Anna Pohorilla of Oak Drive, Lehman Township, died Nov. 10, 1990, at her home. | Born in Austria-Hungary, she was the daughter of the late Mi- ~ chael and Bertha Susla Petro. She ‘was a member of St. Mary's Byzan- tine Catholic Church, Kingston, and its Rosary Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael in 1929. Surviving are sons, Michael, - Berwyn; Emil, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Vincent, with whom she resided; sister, Mrs. Barbara Naylor, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; seven grandchil- dren; nine great-grandchildren. Interment will be in the parish cemetery, Edwardsville. ICRI Automobile and 5 1 ET ETES METER OTT (or:]/B Slocum Insurance Agency, Inc. 575 Memorial Hwy. DE ELH aR Ee 675-1167 An Independent Insurance Co. [4 X ps a k 1 Aid Ng ¥ CANT Mary. Stasko, Windber; three grandchil- MICHAEL DOMARASKY Michael Domarasky, of Richard St., Kingston, died Nov. 10, 1990, at his home. Born in Sagamore, he was the son of the late Michael and Eliza- beth Bordash Domarasky. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and a member of American Legion Black Diamond Post 395, King- ston. He was formerly employed by the Daugert Distributing Co., King- ston, and more recently as a fore- man with the Kingston Street Department. He was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, King- . ston. He was preceded in death by sisters, Mary Thorick and Anna Edmunds. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Eleanor Hudock; daughters, Rosemary Yadrnak, Forty Fort; Joan Luksa, Dallas; son, Michael T., at home; sisters, Elizabeth Domarasky, at home; Margaret Cienciva, Flemington, N.J.; Doroth Chisarick, Swoyersville; three grandchildren. Interment was in the parish cemetery, Edwardsville. DANA LEE Dana B. Lee, former Dallas resi- dent, died recently in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dana was born in Har- ding, just above West Pittston, in 1928; attended local schools in Dallas and Lehman; and gradu- ated from Wyoming Seminary, Kignston. For many years Dana resided in the Lee Farm and Lee family homestead on Machell Ave- nue, Dallas. After graduation from Wyoming | Seminary, Dana then studied architecture at the University of Stuttgart in Germany for a year, and then at Cornell University, where he received the Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1952 and a commission in the U.S. Navy by virtue of participation in the full four year Naval Reserve Officer Training Program. After graduation he served in the U.S. Navy as an Ensign aboard an aircraft carrier _in the Korean War. After resigning from the Navy in 1956 Dana settled in Southern California. In 1966 he participated in the formation of Photomat Cor- poration, the company which pio- neered photographic film salesand processing drop off from small kiosks located at the entrance to shopping centers. Dana served as executive vice-president and chief architect of Photomat until 1970, at which time he retired. Dana was active in the San Diego Opera Company and was a Fellow of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery of San Marino, California. He is survived by his brother Henry (Wyoming Seminary 1944) in Pasadena, Calif.; his mother May (Coughlin High School 1926) in La Jolla, Calif.; his Aunt Lettie Lee Culver in Dallas, Pa.; and his cousin Peynton Brotherhood Lee in Forty Fort. A descendant of early Dallas and valley settlers, Dana was a descendant of the Robbins and Schooley families who settled in the Dallas area in 1814 and the Lee family which settled along the Susquehanna and in the valley from 1725 onward. He was related to many other valley families: Buckman, Fairchild, Woehrle, Nicholson, Dietrick, etc. Lee Park in Nanticoke and Lee Mountain across the river from Nanticoke are named after the 18th century members of the Lee family. Emily Lee Post, the social arbiter, was also a descendant of the “Wilkes- Barre Lee's.” The difference between night & day Full-service brokerage with discounted commissions* First Affiliated FAS It, Securities, inc. INVESTMENT BROKERS John F. Gager 675-7200 Membr NASD and SIPC * Not applicable to prospectus items Hidden Acres, Dallas I CARL EVANS Carl “Puffer” Evans, 66, of Main Street, Dallas, died Nov. 11, 1990, in Valley Crest, Plains Township, where he had been a guest since January 1990. Born in Laurel Run, he was the son of Mrs. Sarah Morgan Evans, of Valley Crest, Plains Township, and the late Alben Evans. He was a graduate of Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre. He was employed in the trucking industry for most of his life and had been associated with R.A. Davis Coal Haulers, Wilkes-Barre; Newcomb Brothers, Forty Fort; George Trans- fer, Mountaintop; Shawnee Con- crete, Plymouth; and lastly for Northeast Express, Mountaintop, retiring in 1987. He was an Arm veteran of World War II. He was a former member of Luzerne Post 525, American Legion. While a Laurel Run resident, he attended Laurel Run Primitive Methodist Church. Surviving in addition to his mother, are sons, Alben, Luzerne; Joseph, Exeter; Robert, Wilkes- Barre; daughters, Mrs. Frank (Jeanette) Killian, Kingston; Mrs. Joseph (Carlene) Bennett, Hanover Township; Mrs. Larry (Margaret) Barnes, Sayre; brothers, Harold and Ernest, both of Dallas; sister, Mrs. Andrew (Mary) Vojcik, Schwenksville; nine grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Wednes- day from the H. Merrit Hughes Funeral Home, 451 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre with Rev. A. James Cara, pastor of the Bennett Pres- byterian Church, Luzerne, offici- ating. - 3 ~ WILLIAM FOX William J. Fox, Sr., 79, Swan- son Road, Bear Creek Township, formerly of Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne, died Nov. 9, 1990, at the Wilkes-Barre Veterans Administra- tion Center, after a lengthy illness. Born in Luzerne, he was the son of the late John and Clara Abbey Fox, and attended Luzerne Bor- ough schools. He was an Army veteran of World War II and had been employed by the Glen Alden and Lehigh Valley Coal companies for most of his life. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. William (Clara) Bogert and Miss Frances Fox; both at home; sons, William J. Fox, Jr., Wilkes-Barre; James Fox, Edwardsville; Clyde Fox, Kingston; sisters, Mrs. Clara Baglioni, Dallas; Mrs. Leona Smith, Burbank, Cal.; 18 grandchildren; 19 great- grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Interment was in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. AUBREY WEAVER Aubrey F. Weaver, 89, of Yankee Road, Quakertown, died Nov. 10, 1990, at his home. Born in Vernon, he was the son of the late William and Alice Snyder Weaver. He attended the Beaumont and Vernon schools, and had been a resident of Courtdale for 30 years, prior to moving to Quakertown five years ago. Surviving in addition ot his wife, are sons, Elmer W., Dover, N.J.; Aubrey F., Jr., of Big Bear, Calif: Harry J. Quakertown; daughters, Lois Snedker, Quakertown; Eliza- beth Williams, Dade City, Fla.; Interment will be in Mount Margaret Harmon, Nixa, Mo.; 26 grandchildren; 45- -great-grandchil- dren. Interment was in Marsh Ceme- tery, Centermoreland. Greenwood Cemetery, Trucksville. ELSA BOEHME Elsa F. Boehme, formerly of Dallas, died Nov. 7, 1990, at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, where she had been a patient for 10 days. Born in Germany, she moved to this country as a teenager. She had resided in Dallas for most of her life, prior to becoming a guest at the Carpenter Care Center, Tunkhannock, 10 years ago. Prior to her retirement, she was em- ployed at Natona Mills, Dallas. She was a member of the Dallas United Methodist Church. She was an Army veteran of World War II. She was also a member of the American Legion, Post 672, Wom- ens’ Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter, Sept. 13, 1965. Surviving are a son, Harry, Santa Margarita, Calif; three grandchildren; five great-grand- children; one brother in Germany. Interment will be in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas. Adopt-a-pet- Gray boy is a black and white male cat with gray markings. He is about one or two years old and is looking for someone to take him home and be good to him. ~~ Won't you stop in and take him home, give him the affection he is looking for. Stop at the SPCA, Fox Hill Road, Plains, Wilkes-Barre or call 825-4111 for more informai- ton. os ' L 5 he WoRld js AT: | COME ANd S€e op 2 y Selection of Toys ANd gitTS top Cig : 200 W. Main Street, Dalton, Penns 8 phys 56322087 ‘o of oy >a, oie ‘thru Saturday 10 AM til 5 hoo Of 184142. A The Perfect Gift : Diamond Ring Enhancers Osfar ROTH fervelon 659 N. Memorial Hwy, Dallas, PA HOURS: Mon., Tues., Wed. 9 am. - 5 p.m. Thurs. & Fri. 9 am. - 6 p.m. Sat. 9am. -4pm. Sun. 1-4 p.m. LENA NEVEL Lena P. Nevel, 87, of the Sweet Valley Mobile Home Village, Sweet Valley, died Nov. 8, 1990, at home. Born in Hunlock Township, on Sept. 9, 1903, she was a daughter of the late Fletcher and LuElla - Hummel Whitesell. She resided in Roaring Brook most of her life prior to moving to Sweet Valley 18 years ago. Mrs. Nevel was a member of the Roaring Brook Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, in 1965; brothers, Frank, Stanley, Amos, Harmon; sisters, Erma Whitesell, Violia Whitesell, Lovelia Cragle and Hilda Burman. Surviving are sons, Richard, Whitney Point, N.Y. Donald, Broadway; daughter, Pearl, with whom she resided; brother, Ly- man, Endicott, N.Y.; sisters, Katie Culver, Bloomingdale; Mary Bound, Conklin, N.Y.; Carmen Wilcox, Chenango Falls, N.Y.; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchil- dren. Interment will be in Oakdale Cemetery, Hunlock Township. JOSEPH RETZEL Joseph J. Retzel, 70, of Laurel Drive, Oak Hill, Dallas, died Nov. 11, 1990, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Dudley, he was the son of the late Alexander and Helen Stermansky Retzel. He was a graduate of Huntington High School. He was a resident of Ide- town for the past 32 years. Prior to his retirement, he was Lieutenant of the Guards at the State Correc- tional Institution, Dallas. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a life member of Standing Stone Post 1754, Veterans of For- eign Wars, Huntington. He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha H., on Oct. 19, 1988. Surviving are a brother, Wil- liam, Darby; several nieces ang. nephews. i Funeral services will be Wednes? day, 9:30 a.m. from the Richard H. Disque Funeral Home, 672 Memo- rial Highway, Dallas, with a Mass of Christian Burialat 10a.m. in St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown. Interment will be in Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas. Lehman board to discuss teachers, computer grants By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer ; Newly-appointed District Super- intendent Nancy Davis presided over Lake-Lehman's school board work session Thursday night when the directors discussed with her well as the average increase of the teachers’ salaries. Dr. Steve Boston, supervisor of curriculum reported on district- wide test results and also reported that the state is planning a new type of testing within the next two years. Superintendent Davis said items coming up at the regular she would like to take a look at the. } board meeting to be held Tuesday, tests the district has in place be- | Nov. 20, at the Lake-Lehman High fore any decisions are made to give School. additional or different tests to the Action will be taken on the students. Board member Dr.John appointment of three teachers to Presper said he does not want more the substititute list. The individu- testing but he would like to be sure als are William Unsworth, King- all studnts are getting the same ston; Mary Roginski, Sweet Valley type of tests. and Virgina Bishop, Dallas. Other subjects expected to Davis told board members their appear on the board meeting approval will be requested on an agenda are the Lehman-Jackson ITEC grant for the junior high PTA playground project, Lake- language arts lab being written by Lehman budget status, a construc- Sandy Weyman and Molly Mal- tion project and the results of dis- pass. The grant if approved would cussion with the transportation - be used to purchase computers for contractors as well as a food serv- the Junior High. ice report, ei Raymond Bowersox, business ‘The directors ddjotithed tomeet managér, told the directors thathe in executive session to discuss“ will be ready to present them with personnel and labor relations the salary comparison ofthe teach- which are excluded from the open ers to what they were a year ago as meeting requirement. : . : AL) J. Tee SI )ALLASC[P0ST 309-415 Plaza, Dallas, PA 18612 675-5211 PROBLEM WITH A STORY? It is the policy of the Dallas Post to correct all errors of fact and to clarify any misunderstanding created by articles. Questions should be directed to the News Desk at 675-5211. HAVE A NEWS TIP? Monday through Friday 8:30 to 5:00 p.m. CALL THE EDITORS: Se The Dallas Post welcomes news tips, letters to the 2p editor, feature ideas, and comments on the accuracy, fairness or adequacy of news coverage. 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