PAGE 4 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, February 28, 2010 OBITUARIES EVERETTS-Charles C., 79, of Beaumont, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at Geisinger Wyoming Val- ley Medical Center, Plains Township. Born on Feb. 14, 1931 in Dal- las, he graduated from Beau- mont High School in 1949. Prior to retiring, he was em- ployed by Friedman's Express, Hazleton, as a truck driver for many years. He was a member of the Beaumont Seventh Day Ad- ventist Church. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Wanda Belles; daughter, Ro- salie Fox, of Chambersburg; sons, Charles E. and Randy, both of Beaumont; Bradley, of Root Hollow; sister, Jessie (Bonnie) Jurista, of Bowman’s Creek; Do- ris Ide, of Mocanaqua; 10 grand- children; and nine great-grand- children. GALLAGHER - Beatrice, 74, formerly of Trucksville, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Born in Centermoreland, she owned and operated Bea’s Cus- tom Designs, Shavertown prior to her retirement. Surviving are her sons, Brian and David A.; daughters, Donna Brislin and Dawn Gallagher; brother, Willard; sisters, Alber- ta, Barbara, Dorothy and Betty; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. GILBERTSON - Theresa “Ter- ry” Helen, 71, of Dallas, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 at Geis- inger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Born on July 20, 1938 in Ne- wark, N.J., she worked as an ex- ecutive secretary for Sea-Land Containership Co. After she married, she moved to the Orient, specifically Japan and Hong Kong. After her hus- band’s death in 2005, she return- ed to Pennsylvania. She was a volunteer for many different types of organizations, including hospitals, libraries, and, most recently, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. She attended the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Dallas. Surviving are her daughter, Dr. Alison Gunn; son, Michael; two grandchildren, brother, Frank Frankovsky Jr.; great-un- cle, Albert Franklin; one niece and three nephews. KOZEMCHAK - Fannie M. “Fay,” 93, of Dallas, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 in the emergency room of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Larksville on Aug. 5, 1916, she attended Larksville High School and was a member of the former St. Andrews Or- thodox Church, Dallas. Surviving are her daughters, Barbara Cragle, of Dallas; and Karen, at home; son, Stephen, at home; sister, Pauline Haaf, of Parkridge, N.J., brother, Peter Mazur, of Plymouth; one grand- daughter; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, 591 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705. LOUGHNEY - John (Jack) Thomas II, 64, of Lehman Town- Born in 1945 in Pittston, he grew up in West Pittston and graduated from Wilkes Universi- ty before earning a doctorate de- gree in psychology from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. He was an agent for the United States Secret Service. He trav- eled the world and came to know kings, queens, presidents and other heads of state on a person- al level. Surviving are his wife of 26 years, Ellen; children, Elizabeth, of Pittston; Andrew, of King- ston; and Erin, of Boston, Mass. Memorial donations to Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge, 974 Lockville Rd., Dallas, PA 18612 or the McGlynn Learning Cen- ter, P.O. Box 842, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. PATTS - Martha “Joan,” of Dallas, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 at her residence. Born on June 8, 1935 in the Hanover section of Nanticoke, she was a member of St. Frances Cabrini R.C. Church, Dallas. She had been employed by various garment factories and, prior to her retirement, was food service manager in the Dallas School District. Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Frank T.; daughter, Joan Petro, Hunlock Creek; sons, Frank Jr.,, Sugar Notch; Russell, Hudson; Robert, Ha- nover Township; twins, Joseph, Harding; and James, Pittston; 16 grandchildren and six great- grandchildren. POSTUPAK - Brent, 26, of Dallas, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 at his home. Born in Kingston, he attended the Dallas School District. Surviving are his father, Bruce; mother, Donna Sakoski Palmentere; step-father, Charles Palmentere; maternal grandfa- ther, Charles Sakoski; step- brother, Peter Palmentere; step- sisters, Michelle Palmentere and Jennifer Oborski; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. ROSNICK - Mariann Rosnick, 65, formerly of Luzerne, died Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 in a Wash- ington, D.C. hospital. She graduated from Luzerne High School and received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Wilkes Universi- ty. She received her master’s de- gree from The University of Scranton. She taught school in the Lake- Lehman School District before moving to Alexandria, Va. where she was employed by the Fairfax County School System for 30 years, teaching kindergarten and first grade. She was a member of the Washington Farms United Methodist Church where she served as an usher and belonged to the United Methodist Wom- an’s Group. She was also an asso- ciate member of the Luzerne United Methodist Church. Surviving are her sister, Janet Evans; one niece and one neph- ew; great-nieces and great-neph- ews. Memorial donations to the Luzerne Methodist Church or the Washington Farms United SCHWARZBARTH - Gol- die Smulovitz, 96, of Harveys Lake, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 in the Jewish Home, Scranton. Surviving are her daughter, Mitzi Hepps; two grand- daughters; four great-grand- children; nieces and neph- ews; and brother-in-law, Rob- ert S. Capin. Memorial donations to the Mark Slomowitz Memorial Scholarship Fund, Wilkes University, 169 S. Main St., Suite 208, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. SCUTT - James Jr., 82, of Dallas, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 at his home. Born Dec. 12,1927 in Plains Township, he worked for BF Goodrich for 41 years until his retirement and then con- tinued working in landscap- ing for the next 12 years. He served in the Army during World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater. He was involved with the Plains Little League Associ- ation, serving as president and secretary Surviving are his wife, Flo- rence (Kania); sons, Robert and James; seven grandchil- dren, two great-grandchil- dren; brother, Peter Scutt; sis- ter, Mary Scutt. SHILANSKIS - William J. Sr., 77, of Taylor Lane, Sweet Valley, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 at his home. Born on July 7, 1932 in Har- veys Lake, he was employed as a tractor-trailer operator for many years. He served with the U.S. Ar- my from 1954 to 1956 and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 8317, Benton, for 35 years. Surviving are his daugh- ters, Nancy Lutz, Sweet Val- ley; Elise McRoy, Harveys Lake; Rosemarie Hines, Hun- lock Creek; and Teresa Cil- vik, Benton; a stepdaughter, Michele Furillo, Philadel- phia; sons, William J. Jr. and Thomas, both of Pikes Creek; and Louis, Glen Lyon; step- sons, Thomas Furillo, Lees- port; and James Furillo, Lau- reldale; 16 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; brothers, Edward, Broadway; and Albert, Texas. Memorial donations to the VEW post. Rossetti Art Exhibit opens March 7 at LCCC's Schulman Gallery The 29th Annual Suzanne Maria Rossetti Memorial Juried Art Exhibit will open from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 7, at the Schulman Gallery on the cam- pus of Luzerne County Commu- nity College in Nanticoke. The awards ceremony will follow at 4 p.m. in the James T. Atherton Gymnasium at LCCC. Joe and Sue Hand, of Dallas, have sponsored the Suzanne Maria Rossetti Memorial Juried Art Contest for the past 29 years in memory of the daugh- ter of Louise and the late Peter Rossetti of Saugus, MA. Artworks in pencil, pastel, wa- tercolor, acrylic, oil, ink, scratchboard, mixed media, fi- bers, photography, prints, minia- ture drawings and paintings, 3-D and applied design were created by seventh through 12th-grade students who reside in the Dallas, Lehman, Tunk- hannock and Northwest school districts. Entries were judged separate- The 29th Annual Suzanne Maria Rossetti, sponsored by Joe and Sue Hand, of Dallas, opens March 7 in the Schulman Gallery on the campus of Luzerne County Community College. ly on each grade level in 12 dif- ferent categories by two panels of three judges each. In addi- tion, a separate awards jury awarded over $5,000 in commu- nity-sponsored awards. The public is invited to view this exhibit of winning art works which will continue through Wednesday, March 24, at the Schulman Gallery. Gal- lery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For additional information, contact Heather Madeira at 675- 5094. CIVIC BRIEFS ‘Annie’ comes to Music Box “Annie,” the popular family musical, will be presented by the Music Box Repertory Com- pany Feb. 28, March 4-7 and 11-14 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. Curtain is 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. For information and reserva- tions, call 283-2195. Scout Sunday program planned at DUMC Pack and Troop 281 of Dallas United Methodist Church will hold a Scout Sunday program at 10:30 a.m. today, Feb. 28. All Scouts and leaders in uniform, as well as parents of Scouts, are asked to assemble at 10:15 a.m. Refreshments will be served in the Fellowship Room following the service. For further information, call Nancy McDonald at 675-3133. Prayer Day set Annual event will take place at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. World Day of Prayer will take place at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 5, at Our Lady of Mount Car- mel Church in Lake Silkworth. The following people will take part: Mary Darling, Gate of Heav- en Church, Dallas; Janet Eddy, Lehman-Idetown United Meth- odist Church; Bina Holdredge, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, for March 5 town; Meryl Davis, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Dallas; Florence Juris, Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Dallas; Cathy Berkey, Shavertown United Methodist Church; Phyllis Bullock, Huntsville United Methodist Church; Bar- bara Negvesky, Our Lady of Vic- tory R.C. Church, Harveys Lake; and Joan Roginski, Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church, Lake Silkworth. Members of St. Francis Ca- brini R. C. Church, Carverton, and Alderson United Metho- ship, died Thursday, Feb. 18, Methodist Church. Dallas; Carole Paxton, St. dist Church will also participa- 2010. Therese’s R.C. Church, Shaver- te. tain have already been leased out meeting. Oram thinks the biggest Council HEATS Continued from Page 2 spoke at last month’s meeting, did not respond to questions that arose during the meeting until that morning. Fox said he did not have time to fully digest the infor- mation yet and wanted to do so before speaking about it. However, Fox did say about 15,000 acres in the Back Moun- for natural gas drilling. The acreage is broken down as follows: Dallas Borough, Fran- klin and Kingston townships - 0 acres; Dallas Township - 1,300 acres; Fairmount Township - 7,500 acres; Jackson Township - 2,400 acres; Lake Township - 2,600 acres; Lehman Township - 4,300 acres; and Ross Township - 4,300 acres. Brian Oram, a geologist and a professor at Wilkes University, addressed some of the questions that came up during last month’s WWW. protoBYiny com Portrait Session & 8x10 Print $59.95 + tax (5119 vakue) Limited availability Call Today for appointment ome restrictions may apply gogo issues with natural gas drilling will be moving water used for hy- draulic fracturing, also called fracking, getting the drilling companies to disclose their frack- ing materials and having Penn- sylvania third parties do the in- spections at the sites. “I don’t have a big fear of frack- ing a well,” Oram said. “I have a bigger fear of that truck tipping over and contaminating wells.” Economic Development (Sunday, March 7* 3 p.m. THE MUSIC BOX DINNER PLAYHOUSE 196 Hughes Street, Swoyersville, PA Presents: February 19, March 4 to 7, 11 to 14 - Family Day - Show - Only) CALL 283-2195 or 1-800-698-PLAY For Information and Reservations Lynn Banta, of the Back Moun- tain Economic Development Council, spoke to the BMCP about the council. Banta said the council was formed four years ago by the Back Mountain Business Associ- | ation as one of its committees. The council, comprised of volun- teers, has formed four of its own committees to work to attract businesses to the Back Mountain that will better the community. 20, 25 to 28 Alzheimer's support group meets The Dallas Alzheimer’s sup- port group will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, in the Chapel of the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 55 W. Center Hill Rd., Dallas. Guest speaker will be Jim Siberski, professor of Geriatric Care Management at Miser- icordia University. Contra dance slated The Chicory House and Folk- lore Society will sponsor a New England Contra dance with the music of Eileen Nicholson and Tom Hodgson and calling by Bob Nicholson at 7 p.m.on. Saturday, March 6, at the Church of Christ Uniting in Kingston, Sprague Avenue, Kingston. No partner or previous experi- ence is necessary. Admission is $9 for adults and $24 for fam- ilies. For information, call 333- 4007. Art display announced “Around the Looking Glass,” a display of artisan painted mirror frames by Dallas artist Cate Alderman, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, at Outrageous, 63 N. Main St., Shavertown. Health Fair planned at Meadows Center Cura Hospitality at The Meadows Nursing and Rehabil- itation Center will host its sixth annual Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, in honor of National Nutri- tion Month. Various health-related comp nies will join Cura Hospitality with information, brochures, samples, hearing screens, mas- sages, Daffodil Days pre-sales and more. A healthy lunch will be available for purchase and the community is invited free of charge. Round Table meeting scheduled The Wyoming Valley Civil War Round Table will hold its annual dinner meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, at the Lakeside Skillet, Harveys Lake. 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