Sunday, October 7, 2012
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OBITUARIES
DGE -Irene J., 89, a for-
er resident of Dallas and Forty
Fort, died Sunday, September
23, 2012, at Saint Mary’s Villa
Nursing Center, Elmhurst
Township, where she was re-
cently a guest.
She was born on June 30, 1923
in Kingston and was employed
as an interior decorator most of
her life. For many years, she
owned and operated her own in-
terior decorating business
called the Arledge House in For-
ty Fort. Additionally, she also
worked for several interior-deco-
rating companies throughout
the Wyoming Valley.
She was a member of Gate of
Heaven Roman Catholic
Church, Dallas.
Surviving are her son, Mark,
of Madison Township; three
grandchildren; three great-
grandchildren; a sister, Con-
stance Peters, of Tunkhannock;
nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations to Meals
on Wheels of NEPA Inc., 541
Wyoming Ave., Scranton, PA
18509.
BOYKO - Donald “Donnie”
Jr., 55, of Culver Hill Road, Fran-
klin Township, died Sunday,
September 23, 2012, at Celtic
Health Care, Dunmore.
He was born in Allentown on
September 10,1957, and was the
owner and operator of Petro-
leum Equipment Sales and Ser-
vice in West Pittston.
Surviving are his father, Do-
nald G. Boyko Sr.; his wife, Cin-
dy Boyko; son, Jeremy; one
grandson; brothers, Carl and Er-
ic.
CIGARSKI - Joan Shea, 79,
Chase Road, Shavertown, died
Saturday, September 29, 2012, at
River Street Manor Nursing
Center, Wilkes-Barre.
he was born in Wilkes-Barre,
s affiliated with the bank-
industry for several years.
She was a member of St. There-
se’s Church, Shavertown.
Surviving are her daughters,
Elaine Williams, New Cumber-
land; and Eileen Cigarski, Sha-
vertown,; five grandchildren; sis-
ters, Shirley Krause, Wilkes-
Barre; Rita Thomas, Kingston;
Dorothy Peters, Luzerne; Anita
Petroski, Dallas; Donna Orrson,
Edwardsville, and Bernadette
Romiski, Wilkes-Barre; nieces
and nephews.
KRIEL - John, 94, of Harveys
died Wednesday, Septem-
® 2012, at home.
e was born ona farm in Cher-
ry Township, Sullivan County
and honorably served in the U.S.
Army in World War II.
A decorated war hero, he was
wounded in two separate battles
and survived a torpedo attack on
his ship while on his way to Afri-
ca.
He was awarded a Purple
Heart and Bronze Star among
many other commendations and
medals.
Upon his discharge, he and his
wife settled in Harveys Lake,
where they have lived for 62
years.
He owned and operated John-
ny’s Body Shop, an automotive
body repair business.
After his retirement, he
shared his time between Ta-
vares, Fla., and Harveys Lake.
He was a member of St. Vladi-
mir’s Orthodox Church of Amer-
ica in Lopez.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Julia Mehalick, with whom
he celebrated 67 years of mar-
riage on Sept. 2; brothers, Mi-
chael, Peter and Steven; sisters,
Mary Huray, Anna Borick and
Nettie Kriel Jaworski; 22 nieces
and nephews.
Memorial contributions to St.
Vladimir’s Church, P.O. Box 211,
Lopez, PA 18628.
MARANSKY - Peter A., 69, of
Sweet Valley, died Sunday, Sep-
tember 23, 2012, at the Mead-
ows Nursing Center, Dallas.
He was born on May 7, 1943 in
Kingston, graduated from
Northwest High School in 1961
and was an Army Veteran during
the Vietnam era. He retired from
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company, St. Louis, Mo.
Surviving are a brother, Tom,
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of Hunlock Creek; sisters, Alber-
ta Marshallek, of Clinton, Md.;
and Irene Cragle, of Sweet Val-
ley; nieces, nephews, great-niec-
es, great-nephews and cousins.
Memorial donations to the
Medical Oncology Prescription
Fund, 382 Pierce St., Kingston,
PA 18704 or the Sweet Valley
Volunteer Fire Company, P.O.
Box 207, Sweet Valley, PA 18656.
McDERMOTT - Mary R., 58,
of Dallas, died Friday, Septem-
ber 21, 2012, after a long battle
with dementia.
She was born in Wilkes-Barre
on September 22, 1953, and was
a 1971 graduate of Wyoming Val-
ley West High School. She was a
member of First United Metho-
dist Church, Plymouth. She was
employed by Phillips Fuel, Ply-
mouth.
Surviving are her husband of
40 years, James McDermott, Sr.;
sons, James Jr., Plymouth; Sean
David, Dallas; daughter, Amy,
Pringle; six grandchildren; one
great-grandson; brother, Ken-
neth Roberts, Wilkes-Barre; sis-
ters, Joyce Cook, Pittston; Ruth-
ann Belles, Berwick; and Susan
Swope, Plymouth; her favorite
dog, Princess; nieces and neph-
ews.
Memorial donations to Manor
Care-Hampton House, 1548
Sans Souci Parkway, Hanover
Twp., PA 18706.
NEWBERRY -Helen B., 72, of
Dallas, died Monday, October 1,
2012, at Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
She was born in Kearney, N.J.,
and was a graduate of Northwest
High School. She had worked for
Commonwealth Telephone
Company as a customer service
agent until her retirement. She
also worked at the Irem Shrine
Office in Kingston until her pass-
ing.
She was a member of Trucks-
ville Cross Creek Community
Church and of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Chapter 396, Dal-
las.
Surviving are her husband,
Willard Newberry; son Kevin,
Acworth, Ga.; daughters, Cheryl
Belles, Hunlock Creek; Debbie
Noone, Wyalusing; and Karen
Patterson, Hunlock Creek; five
grandchildren; six great-grand-
children.
Memorial donations to Cross
Creek Community Church, 370
Carverton Road, Shavertown,
PA 18708.
PURCELL - Joseph “Joe” Pur-
cell, 55, of Harveys Lake, lost his
battle with bone cancer at home
on Thursday, September 27,
2012.
He was born May 3, 1957, at
Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre
and graduated from Lake-Leh-
man High School in 1975. ~
He received a BSN in nursing
from College Misericordia in
1984 and earned his license to be
a Nurse Practitioner in 1998.
He was a member of Our Lady
of Victory Church, Harveys
Lake.
His career started in Florida,
where he worked in oncology for
three years. He returned home
to Pennsylvania and furthered
his career in Philadelphia at
Thomas Jefferson and Hahne-
mann Hospitals.
He continued his career over-
seas in Saudi Arabia, working for
the Saudi government at the
King Fahd Military Medical
Complex.
After returning home, he re-
turned to pursue a Master’s De-
gree to be a Nurse Practitioner
while working nights for a home
health agency. Upon earning his
Nurse Practitioner’s License, he
worked at the State Correctional
Institution, Waymart.
His final employment was as a
Nurse Practitioner for Prison
Health Services, at the State
Correctional Institution, Dallas.
Surviving are his mother, Mar-
garet O’Boyle Purcell, Harveys
Lake; a brother, William F. Jr.,
Harveys Lake; James, of Coving-
ton Township; sister, Margaret
Smith, of Carlisle; nieces, neph-
ews, aunts, uncles, cousins.
Memorial donations to the
Medical Oncology Prescription
Assistance Fund, 382 Pierce St.,
Kingston, PA 18704.
ROBERTS - Arthur G. Ro-
berts, 81, of Newton Township,
formerly of Dallas, died Thurs-
day, September 27, 2012, in the
Allied Skilled Nursing Center af-
ter a battle with lung cancer.
He was born in Kingston, was
a graduate of Dallas High School
class of 1948 and a member of
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church,
Shavertown.
He was employed at Native
Lace and Textile Mill in Dallas
out of high school and retired af-
ter 30 years of service.
ollowing his retirement, he
became the proprietor of the
Narrows Flea Market and
opened the Narrow’s Coin and
Gift Shop in Edwardsville.
He held a lifetime member-
ship to the Steamtown National
Park in Scranton.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Louise M. Weiss, with
whom he celebrated his 62nd
wedding anniversary on May 3;
three sons, Arthur, Wilkes Barre;
Charles, Dallas; Gary, Newton
Township; eight grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; a
brother, David, Kingston; sis-
ters, Margaret Hadsall, Harveys
Lake; Evelyn Schultz, Dallas;
cousins, nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations to Hos-
pice of the Sacred Heart, 600
Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre,
PA. 18702.
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