Sunday, July 22, 2012 THE DALAL AS POST PAGE 5 VIC BRIEFS venue ()' comes to Music Box Playhouse The Music Box Players will present “Avenue Q,” the 2003 Tony Award Best Musical, to- day, July 22, 27-29 and Aug. 3-5 at the Music Box Dinner Play- house, 196 Hughes St., Swoyers- ville. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays. For reservations, call 283- 2195. Bingo set at Northmoreland Hall Monday night Bingo will be held on July 23 at Northmore- land Township Fire Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. and early birds start at 6:30 p.m. Food and beverages are avail- able. For more information, call Marge at 3334095. Square dance set The Franklin Township Volun- teer Fire Company Ladies Auxil- iary will sponsor a square from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 28 at the Franklin Township Volun- teer Fire Company Hall, 329 Orange Road, featuring “Just Us Country Duo.” Admission is $6. Food and refreshments will be available. Doors and kitchen open at 6 p.m. The building is air condi- tioned. Singles, couples and begin- ners are welcome. For more information, call 333-4626 or 333-5912 Ham dinner slated The Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company will hold a family- style ham dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 28. Takeouts begin at 4 p.m. Cost is $9 for adults, $5 for children between the ages of 6 and 11 and free for children under 6 years of age. Alzheimer’s support ~ group sets meeting The Dallas Alzheimer’s Sup- port Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2 in the board room at the Meadows Nursing & Rehabilitation Cen- ter, 4 E. Center Hill Road, Dal- las, Barbershop chorus plans concert A “60 Years of Harmony” concert by the Wyoming Valley Barbershop Harmony Chorus will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12 at the Irem Temple Country Club Pavilion, Dallas. The concert is part of the Summer Sunday Free Perform- ances sponsored by Irem Tem- ple Country Club. For more information, call 287-2476 or 696-3385. Irem Ladies plan purse Bingo Irem Shrine Divan Ladies and Directors Staff Ladies will hold a Vera Bradley Purse Bingo at 1 p.m. on Aug. 25 at the Irem ‘Memories in the Making’ art club will exhibit work Aug. 26 The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will cele- brate the one-year anniversary of its “Memories in the Mak- ing” art club from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26 throughout the first floor of the nursing center. “Memories in the Mak- | ing” is a group of patients who have early to end stages of Alz- heimer’s disease. The program is designed to help residents express their thoughts and feelings. The program bypas- ses the dominant verbal as- pects of brain function and goes directly to the inner world of the person suffering from de- mentia or Alzheimer’s. mories in the Making assistant facilitator, prepare for an Aug. 26 exhibit at the Meadows. Shrine Country Club Pavilion. Coach purses and Silpada jew- elry prizes will also be available. Doors open at noon. Lunch and cocktails will be available for purchase. Admission is $20. Tickets are available at the Irem Shrine Office, Dallas, from any Divan or Directors Staff lady or by contacting Merlynn Morrow at 472-7072 or Bernice Richards at 706-5867. Charity Train Ride set for Sept. 9 The Greater Pittston Charity Train Ride will take patrons back in time on Saturday, Sept. 9 on the newly-restored Reading and Northern RR’s 1920 ERA open window coach pulled by a diesel locomotive to historic Jim Thorpe. Tickets are $65 per person and all proceeds benefit The Greater Pittston YMCA, The Pittston Memorial Library and The Care and Concern Free Health Clinic. For more information, call Gloria at 693-0766 or Tina at 407-0579. SENIOR MENU Senior Citizens Centers sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties offer hot noon meals Monday through Friday to people 60 years of age or older. Donations from partic- ipants are gratefully accepted and needed in order to expand this program. Menu for the week of July 23: MONDAY - Hot open face turkey sandwich, chunky gar- den vegetable soup, mashed po- tatoes, whole wheat bread, crackers, cookie bar, margarine, milk and coffee. TUESDAY - Chicken breast Florentine, peas and cauliflow- er, roasted red potatoes, multi- grain dinner roll, chocolate sor- bet, margarine, milk and coffee. WEDNESDAY - Pork bar- beque with mild sauce, ham- burger roll, corn on cob, baked beans, coleslaw, ice cream cups, margarine, milk and coffee. THURSDAY - Sauteed beef and broccoli, buttered egg noo- dles, wheat dinner roll, orange, margarine, milk and coffee. FRIDAY - Barbeque riblet, summer succotash, biscuit, baked potato wedges, toasted coconut pudding parfait, mar- garine, milk and coffee OBITUARIES EECHAM - Dorothy V. @: of Masonic Retirement illage in Dallas, died Thursday, July 12, 2012. She graduated from West Scranton High School in 1947 and worked as a dental assistant after high school for many years, then for Topps gum factory. She also volunteered for the Scran- ton Red Cross for many years. Surviving are her husband, Bud, with whom she celebrated her 61st wedding anniversary on June 23, 2012; a brother, Char- les; four nieces and four neph- ews. RBULFORD - Lionel B., 78, for- chief of police of Lehman ownship and Harveys Lake Borough, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Wilkes-Barre Gener- al Hospital shortly after admis- sion. He was born July 3, 1934, in Tunkhannock. Moving to Dallas at an early age, he attended Dal- las Township schools and was a graduate of the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers Educa- tion & Training Commission. He was a member of the Lu- zerne County Chiefs of Police Association and the Northeast Pennsylvania Police Chiefs Asso- ciation. He was a lifelong resident of Briar Crest Road, Lehman Township and was a charter member of the Trinity Presby- terian Church, Irem Road, Dal- las. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Jenny Rita Birkbeck; broth- ers and sisters, Ernest, Barbara Stanczyk, William, Caroline Ri- dley, David, Carol Faust; step- brothers, John Ridley and David Ridley; stepsister, Ellen Van Lu- vender; stepchildren, Carol Du- laney, Robert John Pilger, Mark Pilger and James Pilger; four stepgrandchildren; one step- great-grandchild; his loving dogs, Bailey and Cody. ~ Memorial donations to the Jo- nathan R. Davis Fire Company, Idetown, PA 18612, or the SPCA of Luzerne County, Fox Hill Road, Plains Township, PA 18705. - CARTER - Sean Michael, 26, of Elkins Park, died Tuesday, Ju- ly 10, 2012 at his home. ~ He was born in Wilkes-Barre on November 29, 1985, was a graduate of Dallas High School and Lebanon Valley College, where he received a degree in psychology. He also attended Rork College where he received 5 degree in biology and cur- rently was attending Salus Uni- versity School of Optometry. ~ He was commissioned as an active Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. © He served an internship at : Children’s Cancer Center at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He was a former mem- ber of the Shavertown United Methodist Church. Surviving are his father, Do- nald Ebert Carter Jr. and his wife, Kathie; mother, Pamela Ruth Passarelli Yamrick and her husband, Michael; brothers, Do- nald Carter III, Steven Yamrick, Kristopher Carter, Byran Carter; maternal grandfather, Jerome Passarelli and his wife, Anna; maternal grandmother, Ruth Passarelli; paternal grandpar- ents, Donald E. Carter Sr. and his wife, Dorothy. GILMARTIN - Eugene A., 55, of Tunkhannock, died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at his home after a battle with brain cancer. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 15, 1956, and was a graduate of Dallas High School. He spent a year of col lege at Clemson University be- fore transferring to the Universi- ty of Maine where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Botany and Plant Sciences in 1981. After returning from college, he worked for many years at Wasserott’s Medical, Luzerne, in a variety of positions. He spent the next 15 years as Operating Room Materials Coordinator at Moses Taylor Hospital before joining Gilmartin Insurance Company to work with his fam- ily. Surviving are his parents, Eu- gene A. Sr. and Ruth Bowman Gilmartin, of Phoenix, Arizona; two sisters, Jane Shovlin, of Tuc- son, Ariz.; and Kate D’Andrea, of Ogdensburg, N.J.; nieces, neph- ews, grandnieces and grandne- phews. Memorial donations to the Northeastern Audubon Society, PO Box 711, Honesdale, PA 18431 or to The Center for Can- cer Wellness, Candy’s Place, 190 Welles St., Suite 120, Forty Fort, PA 18704. HANNIGAN - Robert W., 56, of Pikes Creek, Lehman Town- ship, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the Lehigh Valley Hos- pital Cedar Crest, Allentown, following an electrical accident while at work in Wellsboro on July 6, giving the gift of organ donation with his passing. He was born on July 26, 1955 in Wilkes-Barre. He graduated from Dallas High School in 1973 and attend- ed Penn State and Luzerne County Community College, af- ter which he followed his pas- sions into his lifelong career as electrician. As a proud member of IBEW Local 163, he was employed as an electrician by Lecce Electric Inc., Williamsport. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge 395, Kingston, and the Irem Shrine. Surviving are his mother, Lois Steltz Hannigan, of Pikes Creek; his daughters, Kristen, of Fair- banks, Alaska; and Kaitlin, of Shavertown; a brother, John M., of West Pittston; and a sister, Karen Christianson, of Madison, Wis. Memorial donations to the Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 5876 Main Road, Hun- lock Creek, PA 18621. JENNINGS - Sharon F., 63, of Plymouth, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Kingston, at- tended Dallas High School and University of Phoenix, earning her bachelor’s degree in Busi- ness. She was a data technician with the Social Security Admin- istration. She was also affiliated with the Democratic National Committee locally during the Carter years, was a member of the Back Mountain Jaycees and taught CPR for the Red Cross. She was a member of the Kun- kle United Methodist Church and received a service award last December from the church. Surviving are her husband, Lloyd “Butch” Jennings; a son, Bernard F. McDermott III, Hun- lock Creek; daughters, Tracy McDermott, Lehman Township; Donna Stang, Meshoppen; Jen- nifer Scales, Dallas Township; six grandchildren; brother, Nel- son Conden, Maryland; sisters, Marilyn Stevens, New Jersey; and Linda Barber, Harveys Lake. Memorial donations to the Kunkle United Methodist Church, Noxen. IXUBINSKI - Josephine Lillian, 90, formerly of Sweet Valley, died Monday, July 9, 2012, at the home of her grandson, Troy, and his wife, Donna, Nanticoke. She was born in Salem Town- ship, on February 25, 1922. She enjoyed family gatherings and especially enjoyed celebrating her 90th birthday at the Irem Temple Country Club on Febru- ary 25, 2012. : Surviving are her children, Yvonne Whitmoyer, of Millville; Walter, of Southgate, Mich., Sandra Lobacz, of Sweet Valley; Shirley, of Dallas; Carol Naylor, of Ephrata; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. MEYERS - Emilie O. (Flynn), 93, of Jacksonville, Fla., died on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, from congestive heart failure compli- cations. She was born September 7, 1918 in Hunlock Creek. She was an active member of the First Congregational Church in Hinsdale, Mass., where she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary. For a short time, she was em- ployed by Denno’s Jewelers, Pittsfield, Mass. She served as one of the coordinators for Hins- dale’s Food Pantry for many years. In addition to raising her own children, she accepted some 15 children under The New En- gland Home for Little Wander- ers foster care plan. These chil- dren ranged in age from one day old to 13 years. Surviving are two sisters, Be- tty Yeakel, of Warren, Ohio; and Patricia Bulkley, of Noxen; five children, Robert, of Windsor; Donald, of Deland, Fla.; Gerald, of Sandy, Utah; Sandra Mat- thews, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Tho- mas, of Alhambra, Calif; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grand- children; two great-great-grand- children; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to the First Congregational Church of Hinsdale, Mass., 01235. THINK. ¢13] SSD FOR YOUR OLD FRIDGE STARE Le “150 A YEAR ON ENERGY he units MISKIEL - Regina M., 86, of Shavertown, died Monday, July 9, 2012. She was born on October 25, 1925, and worked in the rectory of St. Mary’s Church of the Im- maculate Conception, Wilkes- Barre, for 28 years. She resided in Shavertown for more than 60 years and was a member of St. Therese’ Church, Shavertown. Surviving are her sons, Ri- chard J., Martinez, Ga.; Edward F., Dallas; one granddaughter; three great-grandchildren; sister, Marie Muchler, Luzerne. TURNER. - Florence, 93, of Noxen, formerly of Tunkhan- nock, died on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the Golden Living Cen- ter, Tunkhannock. She was born January 8, 1919 in Vernon and attended gram- mar school at both Vernon and Dallas. 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WHYTASHEK - Celia Barnes, 99, died on July 13, 2012, in the Golden Living Center in Tunk- hannock, where she had been a resident. She was born in Marstella on November 11, 1912, and moved to Glen Lyon at the age of 14 where she lived until she moved to Tunkhannock in 1971. Surviving are a daughter, Jan- ice Susz, of Tunkhannock; son, John, of Tunkhannock; seven grandchildren and 11 great- grandchildren. Energy to do more
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