¢ \ Sunday, October 28, 2012 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 5 OBITUARIES @:- —~ Ronald, of Tunkhan- nock, died on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at his residence. BRUCHER - Henry C., 69, of Harveys Lake, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, in Commonwealth Hos- pice. He was born on July 25,1943, in Wyoming, and was self-employed in the construction business. Surviving are his sons, Mi- chael, Hunlock Creek; Christian, Harveys Lake; sisters, Joanne Pavlick, Margaret Goy, Donna Sheckler; seven grandchildren; his companion, Rosemary Ben- der. Memorial donations to the Sweet Valley Volunteer Ambu- lance Association, P.O. Box 207, Sweet Valley, PA 18656 or Com- monwealth Hospice, 80 E. North- ampton St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. COSGROVE - Ann M.,, 88, of Dallas, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, + 2012, at Mercy Center, Dallas. She was born in Ashley, was a graduate of Ashley High School and had resided in Mountain Top for many years before moving to Dallas. Surviving are her son, Joseph P., Shavertown; daughters, Mary Pensak, Northampton, Mass.; Ann Paddock, Providence, R.L; sisters, Mary Petrosky, Tuscon, Ariz.; Margaret Thomas, East Stroudsburg; brother, George Botsko, Elizabeth, N.J.; six grand- children; two great-grandchil- dren. Memorial donations to Mercy Center. ; GUNTON -John G., 81, of Nox- en, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in the Commonwealth Hospice Inpatient Unit at St. Luke’s Villa, Wilkes-Barre. ; He was born in Luzerne, and @ a graduate of Beaumont High >hool, Class of 1949. He was a eteran of the U.S. Air Force dur- ing the Korean War and was sta- tioned in Japan. Prior to his retirement, he was employed at Procter & Gamble as a forklift operator. He was a member of the Noxen United Methodist Church. Surviving are children, Char- les, Mountain Top; David, Noxen; Cynthia Bosak, Hunlock Creek; Joanne Kvashay, Luzerne; five grandchildren; one great-grand- son; three step-grandchildren; sister, Margaret Holmgren, Nox- en; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to the oxen United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 3390 SR 29S Noxen, PA 18636, or Common- wealth Hospice, 900 Rutter Ave., Forty Fort, PA 18704. PARRISH - William R., 65, for- merly of Shavertown, died Thurs- day, Oct. 18, 2012, at the Mercy Center, Dallas. . He was born in Wilkes-Barre, was a graduate of Kingston High School, Class of 1965, and Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre campus, where he earned an asso- ciate’s degree. He had been employed at Wilkes-Barre Iron and Wire, Air Products and Chemicals, Hanov- er Township, and worked as an es- timator for Dunbar Builders and Hardware, Wilkes-Barre. For a number of years, he was active in the Back Mountain youth programs, coaching base- ball and soccer. He was a member of Shaver- town United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife of 43 years, the former Joanne Bullock daughter, Michelle Meade, Sha vertown; son, Mark, Middle Riv- er, Md.; four grandchildren. Memorial donations to the Mercy Center, 370 Lake St., Dal- las, PA 18612, or to the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore Dr., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. PATTON - Robert (Bob) Tho- mas, 84, of Dallas, died Wednes- day, Oct. 17, 2012, at home. He was born in Larksville in 1928, graduated from Saint Ma- ry’s High School, Wilkes-Barre, Class 0f1947, and attended Mans- field State Teachers College and Scranton University. Upon gradu- ation from King’s College in 1953, ' he entered the United States Ma- ‘rine. Corps Officers Candidate : School in Quantico, Va. VITO & GINO’S LIKE NEW USED TIRES & BATTERIES $20 & UP 288-8995 e Forty Fort He served during the Korean War and remained in the USMC Reserve Unit, attaining the rank of captain. Later, he worked at GAC Cor- poration in Allentown and be- came vice president in 1966. In 1970, he joined the Wyoming Na- tional Bank of Wilkes-Barre and became senior vice president. He served on various boards, including the Greater Wilkes- Barre Chamber of Commerce and its government liaison, legis- lative - research and evaluation committees. He was a former member of the Board of Gover- nors for the Wyoming Valley Country Club; College Misericor- dia Board of Trustees, its busi- ness advisory board and Cam- paign for Excellence; Board of Di- rectors of the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross and its personnel commit- tee. He was a past board member and faculty member at King’s College and worked with its Busi- ness Division Advisory Council Cum Laude Campaign and was the 1981 Chairman of King’s An- nual Campaign. He was a former instructor for the American Institute of Bank- ing, a former member of the Westmoreland Club and its mem- bership committee; former board member of the Wilkes-Barre Ca- tholic Youth Center and a former member of the marketing com- mittee of the Third District Auto- mated Clearing House Commit- tee. : He was formerly involved in the commerce and industry divi- sion of the United Way of Wyom- ing Valley and was a past team leader in its fundraising agency; he sat on the advisory board for the Diocese of Scranton, St. Pius X Seminary and was a synod member. He was a former chair- man of the Board of Trustees for Luzerne County Community College and past president of Lu- zerne County Community Col- lege Foundation. He was former chairman of the Luzerne County Human Services Advisory Committee; a former lay advisory member of the Lu- zerne County Law and Library Association; past treasurer and member of the Presidents Advi- sory Council for the Economic Development Council of North- eastern Pennsylvania, a former contact banker for the Pennsylva- nia Bankers Association, assign- ing legislators on banking affairs. He was on the Business Adviso- ry Committee for the Luzerne In- termediate Unit, a past member of the board of trustees and trea- surer for WVIA Public TV and FM Radio and a former board of trustees member and treasurer for Clear Brook Inc. Drug and Al- cohol Rehabilitation Center. He was a member of Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Patrice Dougherty; sons, Robert, San Diego, Calif.; John, Kennesaw, Ga.; Jerry, Swoyers- ville; Joseph, at home; daughters, Carol La Rose, Centerville, Va.; Mary Ellen Schall, Kingston; nine grandchildren; brothers, Tho- mas, Las Vegas, Nev.; Edward, Kingston; niece and nephews. Memorial donations to Mercy Center, 370 Lake St., Dallas, PA 18612. PHILLIPS - Leonard Paul Sr., 92, of Sweet Valley, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born in Kingston, and attended Kingston High School. He was a welder at Allied Steel, Delaware, and had been employ- ed by The Dupland in Kingston. He was a member of the Hunts- ville United Methodist Church. Surviving are sons, Leonard Jr., N.Y.; daughter, Sandra Cooper, Shavertown; brother, Paul, Sugar Notch; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Memorial donations to Hunts- ville United Methodist Church, 2355 Huntsville Road, Shaver- town, or to the SPCA, 524 E. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. RE - Karen Robin, 54, of Har- veys Lake, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Commonwealth Hos- pice, St. Luke’s Villa, Wilkes- Barre. She was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., educated in Maroneck High School and was self employed in the delivery business. Surviving is her brother, Mi- chael W., Fla. SANDS - Pauline P., 89, of Tunkhannock, died October 18, 2012, at Geisinger CMC, Scran- ton. She was born on Russell Hill, and, with her husband, Clifford, operated a registered Holstein dairy farm in Benson Hollow. She was trained by Penn State Univer- sity as a milk tester in her young adult years. She attended the Dimock School, graduated from Tunk- hannock High School and Keys- tone Junior College, where she was a blue ribbon runner on the track team. She was on the State Women’s Committee, a member of the Pa. Farmers Association with her husband and also a member of the Pa. Holstein Association with him. She was a member of the Eat- onville United Methodist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Marjorie Galloway, of Tunkhan- nock; three granddaughters; four sisters, Angelique Harding, Cece- lia Taylor and Barbara Jaquish, all of Tunkhannock; and Carol Strea- ter, of Harveys Lake. Memorial donations to the Wyoming County Humane Socie- ty, 9 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, PA 18657. SAXON - Brunilda, 79, of Trucksville, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at home. She was born in Bejuco Repub- lic of Panama, and attended Pana- ma City, Panama schools. She met her husband, George Saxon, while he was serving his country in Panama. They were married and she returned to the U.S. with him and raised a family. She was a member of St. There- se’s Church, its Altar and Rosary Society and of the Trucksville Volunteer Fire Company Auxil- lary. Surviving are her husband of more than 54 years, George; a RK First Liberty www. firstlibertybank.com Gas Rights? We're the natural choice. 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She lived in Cairo for the past year as a foreign ex- change student and had the op- Fahmy speaks to The Irregulars Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy, left, and Elena Habersky attended the Irregulars Think Tank breakfast. portunity to travel throughout the Middle East. She shared her observations that it is definitely younger people leading the rev- olution. The 14-minute trailer of the movie that made a mockery of Islam and was reported to have sparked riots, protests and vio- lence at U.S. diplomatic mis- sions in Libya and Egypt was discussed. ; son, Francis, Pittston; daughters, Rhonda Adams, Wilkes-Barre; Georgine Meyers, Courtdale; eight grandchildren; a brother, Diogenes; sisters, Aida, Mer- cedes; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to the Al- tar & Rosary Society of St. There- se’s Church, Davis Street, Trucks- ville. SIRACUSE - Carl F,, 86, of Dal- las, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at home. He was born April 4, 1926, and was a graduate of Swoyersville High School. He attended The University of Scranton on a bas- ketball scholarship, leaving col- lege to join the U.S. Navy, where he served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was a bricklayer for many years before retirement and built the grotto outside the Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas. He later became the business agent for the Bricklayers Union Local 30. He was a member of Gate of Heaven Church and its Holy Name Society. He was also a coach for the Gate of Heaven Ga- tors boys basketball team. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, the former Eileen Scott; son, Francis, Dallas; daughter, Maureen Jones, Hampstead, N.H.; two grandchildren; brother, Vincent, Middletown, N.Y.; sister, Rosealie Amato, Dallas; nieces and nephews Memorial donations to Gate of Heaven Church or Hospice Com- munity Care. SPONSELLER - Thomas D., 53, Dallas, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. 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WINSKI - Marion H., of Cover Road, Tunkhannock, died Thurs- day, Oct 18, 2012, in the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. She was born in Scranton on Ja- nuary 14, 1943. Surviving are her husband of 48 years, David Winski; son, Jo- seph, of Warner Robins, Ga.; daughters, Donna Valoroso, of Towanda; Marie Winski, of Tunk- hannock; seven grandchildren. Memorial donations to Triton Hose Co., P.O. Box 765, Tunkhan- nock, PA 18657 or to the Tunk- hannock Ambulance Associ- ation, P.O. Box 322, Tunkhan- nock, PA 18657. WRIGHT - Norma C., 78, of Shavertown, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Hospice Community Care Geisinger South Wilkes- Barre. She was born in Shavertown, and was a graduate of Lake-Leh- man High School. She had worked in the dietary department of River Street Manor until her re- tirement. She was a member of the Huntsville United Methodist Church and of the Huntsville United Methodist Women’s Club. She was an active volunteer den mother when her boys were young. 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