*PAGE 6 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, August 31, 2008 ARITZ - Dominick J.,, of Trucksville, has died. Born August 14, 1942 in Swoyersville, he was raised in Swoyersville and was a graduate of Swoyersville High School. A United States Army veteran, he served in Maryland and Germa- ny. He was employed by Bisconti- ni and Acme warehouses as a tractor-trailer driver. He was a member of St. There- se’s Church, Shavertown, and the Teamsters Union 401. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Jean Kalla; daughter, Mi- chele Henry, State College; son, Frank A., Arizona; brother, Frank; and sister, Margaret Sieminski, both of Swoyersville; two grand- children; numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospi- tal, 501 Saint Jude Place, Mem- phis, TN 38105 or to the Luzerne County SPCA, 524 E. Main St., Fox Hill Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA CHALLENGES Continued from Page 1 to Harrington when he was a stu- dent in the sixth and seventh grades at Gate of Heaven School in Dallas. Now a senior at Holy Redeemer High School, Harring- ton fondly remembers his time with his favorite teacher. “The thing I loved about her class is it was interactive and we really absorbed the French cul- ture,” he said. The two still see each often as they both belong to Gate of Heaven Church in Dal- las. Harrington plans to use his half of the prize money for col- lege application fees. “Conor is an excellent role model for his peers and younger people,” his former teacher said. Finarelli married her high school sweetheart, Michael Fi- narelli, in June 2006. The couple was living in Annapolis, Md. where she taught Spanish at Central Middle School. She was seven months pregnant on the day of her stroke and had just See CHALLENGES, Page 9 Don 18702. DERBY - Ralph Robert Sr., 74, of Edwardsville, died Sunday, Au- gust 17, 2008 at Hospice Care of the VNA Wilkes-Barre. Born December 19, 1933 in Sorber Mountain, Lake Town- ship, he attended Luzerne High School. Prior to his retirement in 2006, he was an independent truck driver. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Church, Larks- ville. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Marie Gimble; daughter, Gloriann Rinus, of Kingston; son, Ralph, of Edwardsville; four grandchildren; three great-grand- children; siblings, Bernard, Lu- zerne; Frank, Wyoming; Norma Frazier, Larksville; Ted, Wyom- ing; Leona Shepanksi, Nanticoke; and Martha Casaldi, Dallas. Memorial donations to the Na- tional MS Society, 2040 Lingles- town Rd., Suite 104, Harrisburg, PA 17110. We Can Male Your OBITUARIES GORDON - Dorothea A. (Pudgie), 66, of Pikes Creek, died Monday, August 18, 2008 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Harveys Lake on Au- gust 31, 1941, she resided at Pikes Creek for most of her life. She graduated from Lake-Leh- man High School in 1959 and was employed as a secretary for the Charles W. Gordon Insurance Agency, Shavertown. She was a member of the Ma- ple Grove United Methodist Church, Pikes Creek; Harmony Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, Wyoming, was a faithful supporter of the Lake-Lehman Band Parents Association and was an Irem Transportation Unit Lady. Surviving are her husband of 39 years, Charles W. Jr; daughter, Terri Bynon, of Dal- las; son, Charles W. III, of Beaumont; five grandchil- dren; brothers, William Noth- off, of Tucson, Ariz.; James Nothoff, of Centermoreland; Donald Nothoff, of Harding; sisters, Marie Kern, of Dallas; Jeanette Nothoff, of Wilkes- Barre; numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Memorial donations to the Ma- ple Grove United Methodist Church, 5876 Main Rd., Hunlock Creek, PA 18621. PEROPAT - Michael Andrew, 52, of Broadway Road, Ross Township, died Tuesday, August 19, 2008 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born August 14, 1956 in New London, Conn., he was employed as a control electrician for Penn State Mechanical Contractors, New London, Conn. Surviving are his mother, Janet Scott Goss Peropat, Waterford, Conn.; his wife, the former Chris- tine A. Cumberland; daughter, April A. Peropat, Mocanaqua; one nephew; aunts, uncles and cousins. SHATROUSKY - Anthony, of Tunkhannock, formerly of Falls, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008, in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Luzerne Coun- ty on September 28, 1937. Surviving is a sister, Joan Wil- liams; nieces and nephews. SORBER - Marjorie L., 81, of Dallas, formerly of Noxen, died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Born in Forty Fort on Decem- ber 16,1926, she resided in Noxen most of her life. She was employ- ed by the former Natona Mills in Dallas for many years and also worked at St. Michael's School for Boys, Falls. She retired from the Noxen Dress Factory in 1988. Surviving are sons, Jack H., of Little Meadows; Chip and Ronald E., both of Loyalville; nine grand- children; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Virginia Gennetts, of Dal- las. Memorial donations to Hos- pice Community Care, 601 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, ) A) 18704. YARNAL - Reba A. Yarnal, 60, of Shavertown, died Sunday, Au- gust 24, 2008 in Kindred Hospital Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was a graduate of Wilkes College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and was formerly employed by Catholic Social Services as a so- cial worker. She was a member of Shavertown United Methodist Church. 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