PAGE 4 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, December 12, 2010 OBITUARIES CARBOHN - Joseph A., 72, of Lake Township, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at the Hos- pice Community Care, Wilkes- Barre. He was born December 12, 1937, in Wilkes-Barre, and was employed as a master carpenter most of his life, retiring from Mellon Restorations, Hunting- don Valley, after 25 years of ser- vice Surviving are his wife of 50 years, the former Barbara Chamberlain; sons, Joseph A. Jr., of Hatboro; and Richard A. of Chalfont; two grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; brothers, Phillip, of Horsham; and Walter, of Noxen; sisters, Irene Gailey, of Warrington; Bertha Ely, of Noxen; and Nan- cy Schwartz, of Lansdale. GRIEVES - James K., 57, of Chalfont, formerly of Dallas, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010. He was born November 30, 1953, in Wilkes-Barre, and had served in the U.S. Marines upon graduation. Surviving are his mother, La- verne Grieves; daughter, Shilo Stewart, Mountain Top; two grandchildren; sisters, Gwen and Karen; brothers, John, Rog- er and Tommy, all of Tennessee; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 712 Keyser Ave., Taylor, PA 18517. KALETA - John E., 64, of Trucksville, died Monday, No- vember 29, 2010, at the Wilkes- Barre General Hospital shortly after admission. He was born in Kingston and was a graduate of Dallas High School. Before retiring, he was an equipment operator for the Kingston Township Road De- partment. He attended the Shavertown United Methodist Church and was a life member of the Trucks- ville Volunteer Fire Depart- ment. He was active in Back Mountain youth baseball, bas- ketball and soccer. Surviving are his mother, Cassie Woytanis Kaleta; his wife of 39 years, the former Deborah Bullock; children, Kimberly, Trucksville; Kristine Moss, Shavertown; Kathryn Hrivnak, Wyoming; Karen Ales- si, Mountain Top; Colleen, En- gland; Jeremy, William, Ashley and Malik, all at home; siblings, Daniel, Wyoming; Charlotte Mabhavits, Forty Fort; and Carol, Wyoming; five grandchildren. Memorial donations to the Shavertown United Methodist Church, 163 N. Pioneer Ave., Shavertown, PA 18708. MAJOR - Eric K., 51, of Leh- man, died Monday, November 29, 2010, at his home. He was born April 14, 1959, in Kingston, and had resided in Lehman all of his life. He was a graduate of West Side Vocation- al Technical School, Pringle. He was an auto body repair- man and was especially skilled in auto body paint designs. He was also employed by Indalex Aluminum Solutions Group, Mountain Top, for 10 years. Surviving are brothers, Ha- rold L., of Lehman; and George E., of Shickshinny; sister, Patri- cia Smith, of Orangeville; and his friend, Nancy Howe, of West Pittston. MATHERS - Frank Gordon ITI, of Trucksville, and Mayen, Germany, died Sunday, Novem- ber 28, 2010, at the age of 81. He was educated at Kingston Township schools, Wyoming Seminary and completed addi- tional studies at Pennsylvania State and the University of Mia- mi, Fla. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 through 1954, and served in Germany. He returned to the States and worked with his father in the road construction business. He was a member and presi- dent of the Dallas Kiwanis Club and also served as commander of the Dallas American Legion. He was accepted in the Wyom- ing Masonic Lodge, No. 468 as well as the Trucksville Odd Fel- lows Lodge. In 1970, the family returned to Germany where he was un- q MN der contract to the Military Ad- visory Group (MAG) of the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany, until his retirement in 1992. He was also an active mem- ber of the free Masonic Lodge “Zur Wahrheit und Treue” No. 469 in Neuwied, Germany. Surviving are his wife, Al- wine Susanne Mathers; two sons, Frank Gordon IV and Mi- chael Joseph. PEARN - Lillian H., 95, for- merly of the Midtowne Apart- ments, Wyoming, died Sunday, December 5, 2010, in the Mead- ows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas. She was born in Towanda and educated in the West Wyoming schools. She was employed at Emkay Manufacturing Co., for- merly of West Wyoming and was a member of the Grace Bi- ble Church of West Pittston. Surviving are her son, David, Franklin Township; nine grand- children; several great-grand- children; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to Meadows Nursing and Rehabil- itation Center Residents Activ- ity Fund, 55 W. Center Hill Rd., Dallas, PA 18612. ROBERTS - Chester, 85, of Oakdale Drive, Hunlock Creek, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010, in Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, Hospice Commu- nity Care. He was born December 2, 1924, in Plymouth, and gradu- ated from Harter High School. He served in the U.S. Army and served directly to General Pat- ton in World War II. He was a member of the Oak- dale United Methodist Church, Hunlock Creek. He was retired from Procter & Gamble. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, the former Joan Gregory; daughter, Donna Edwards, Millstowne Township, N.J; three grandchildren; one great- granddaughter. STRYJEWSKI - Vincent J., of Hunlock Creek, died on Thurs- day, November 25, 2010, at home. He belonged to the Team- sters Union, was an entrepre- neur, worked as a contractor building log homes and played professional baseball. He coached baseball for Lake-Leh- man, the Little League Teeners and at the college level. Surviving are his mother, Es- telle Stryjewski, Huntsville; his son, Jacob, North Carolina; his wife, Colleen, Hunlock Creek; sister, Louise Henry, Hunts- ville; a step-daughter, Nichole Steltzer, Forty Fort; one grand- daughter; nieces. WEISS -Marion Covert, died Saturday, December 4, 2010, at ManorCare, Kingston. She was born in Trucksville, on July 22, 1915, and had resid- ed in Kingston and Luzerne. Prior to her retirement, she was employed by Blue Ribbon Bak- ery in Kingston for 20 years. Surviving are great-nephews, great-nieces and her caregiver, Sharon Romanoski. WOLVERTON - Helen Frick, 89, formerly of Shavertown, died Friday, November 26, 2010, at the Golden Living Cen- ter - Summit in Wilkes-Barre. She was born in Mt. Rainier, Md., and was a graduate of For- ty Fort High School and She- nandoah Conservatory of Mu- sic (now Shenandoah Universi- ty) in Winchester, Va. She had worked as an elementary teach- er at the Gate of Heaven Ele- mentary School in Dallas. She was a member of the Huntsville Christian Church where her father had served as a pastor for many years and where she served as a Sunday School teacher and a soprano soloist. She studied horticul- ture for one year at the Universi- ty of Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Orpheus Choral Society and the Eastern Star. Surviving are her son, John Charles, of St. Simons Island, Ga.; daughters, Lorraine (Rog- er) Heydt, of Ashley; and Jea- nette Martin, of Dallas; six grandchildren, nieces and ne- phews. The Robert Dale Chorale will present the 27th Annual Messiah Sing-Along at 3 p.. on Sunday, Dec. 19 in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Chorale will lead Annual Messiah Sing-Along The Robert Dale Chorale will present the 27th Annual Mess- iah Sing-Along at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 19 in St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 35 S. Fran- klin St., Wilkes-Barre. Members of the Chorale will sing the so- los while the audience and the full chorale will sing the chorus- es. Tickets are $15 general ad- mission, $12 for seniors and WVIA members and $7 for stu- dents. The featured soloists from the Chorale are Catherine Car- ter and Kathleen Shucosky, so- pranos; Larry Hickernell, tenor; and Llewellyn Miller, bass. The Chorale will also be joined by two special guest so- loists: Ellen Rutkowski, alto; and Charles Unice, bass. This year the Chorale wel- comes guest conductor Natha- niel F. Parker who will share conducting duties with the Cho- rale’s music director, Dr. Steven Thomas. Dr. Parker is Director of Or- chestral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Mary- wood University. At Marywood, he serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Marywood Or- chestra and teaches courses in conducting, instrumental meth- ods, and musicology. For. more information about the Robert Dale Chorale, to re- serve tickets or to order a copy of the Chorale’s CD, contact the Chorale office at 586-3921 or visit ~~ www.robertdalechorale- .or1g. ROSS TOWNSHIP Twp. office will close Dec. 13-31 Supervisors announced the township’s office will be closed from December 13 through De- cember 31. At their Nov. 29 meeting, su- pervisors announced the closing of the municipal office is due to personnel reasons but anyone with township business can call 256-3703 and leave a detailed message. One of the three town- ship supervisors will respond to the messages. The office closing will not af- fect the year-end meeting sched- uled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 28 when supervisors will vote on the $499,080 proposed 2011 bud- get. During last month’s meeting, Chairman Stan Davis said the mill rate of .23 will remain the same. A mill rate is $1 for every $1,000 assessed tax value. The municipality does not have a per capita tax. In other news, the re-organiza- tional meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 3 and the next regular monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 4 in the municipal building. - Eileen Godin PEOPLE BRIEF Sem student delivers baskets Omeed Firouzi, of Shaver- town, a ~senior at Wyoming Seminary, joined his fellow stu- dent government members in delivering dinner bas- kets to ar- ea homes for Thanksgiv- ing. The an- nual Thanksgiv- ing basket project, a tradition for 43 years at Sem, began with fundraising appeals sent to students, parents, facul- ty and staff. In addition, student government members solicited donations at the school’s Thanksgiving chapel. This year, about $800 was raised, funding dinners for seven local families as well as a large food donation to the St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen in Wilkes-Barre. FIROUZI PACK 281 WEBELOS COMPLETE SCIENCE BADGE The Webelos of Pack 281, chartered by the Dallas United Methodist: Church, recently com- pleted the requirements for their science badge. Mr. Leo Carr led the instruction at the Science Lab of Misericordia University. The Webelos, under the leadership of Aric Gingo, Randy Perry and Wendy Barberio, began by learning the scientific principal. They also explored Bernoulli's Principle, Pascal's Law and Newton's laws of motion. ! Carr provided many examples and workshops for the Scouts to see those scientific laws in practice. The Scouts finished their afternoon by exploring the effects of air pressure and mo- tion by launching soda bottle rockets using bicycle pumps. : From left, first row, are Joey Chacke, Garret Pall, Scott Alexander, Kyle Ripa, Alex Perry, Matthew Metzloff, Josh Bacon, Nick Matcho, Ethan Kolojejchick. Second row, lvan Gingo, Adam Barberio, Drake Dettore, Kyle Zern, John Macey, Elijah Chester, Michael Krakowski, Tyler Stiv- ers and George Davies. KIWANIS, STUDENTS DECORATE MEADOW@® LLL i ar With help from the Dallas Kiwanis, a senior project student and the Dallas High School Key Club, the holiday season has arrived at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dal- las. Christmas trees were assembled with lights and all the trimmings and the multi-purpos room at the center is ready for holiday festivities. From left, are students Vinnie Parente, Ma Martin, Jenna Davis, Kelsey Calvey, Nick Evans, senior project coordinator; and Kirsten Freder- ick. Second row, Kiwanis members Lee Fett, Beverly Atherholt, Harold Stout and Lloyd Ryman. Absent at the time of the photo was Kiwanis member Susie Dabash. PEOPLE BRIEF Eschenfelder named to post at University of Scranton Verna Eschenfelder, Ph.D., has been named lecturer of oc- cupational and physical ther- apy at The University of Scran- ton. Eschenfelder previously taught occupational therapy courses at Misericordia Uni- versity, The University of Al- berta, Edmonton, Canada, and Texas Woman's University, Houston, Tex. She was previously employ- LZ ed as a pediatric occupational therapist at Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, and Conroe Independent School District, Conroe, Tex.; a rehabilitation occupational therapist at The Methodist Hospital, Houston; and a mental health therapist at the University of Texas Med- ical Branch, Galveston, Tex. She earned a bachelor’s de- gree in health care administra- tion from University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and master’s and doctoral de- grees in occupational therapy from Texas Woman’s Universi- ty. |
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