ET CTEST TT —— Sunday, February 3, 2013 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 5 OBITUARIES ASH - Jane P., 73, of Shaver- town, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, following a brief ill- _ NESS. She was born in Trucksville, ~on Feb. 12, 1939, graduated from Westmoreland High School and was a graduate of _ the Wilkes-Barre Business Col- e. She was employed by the as School District, Leslie * Fay and, most recently, by EMS Management Systems Inc., from which she retired in 2005. # She was a member of the Dal- “las, Chapter of the Order of the + Eastern Star and a former mem- ber of the Irem Temple Ladies Auxiliary 3 Surviving are her husband of £52 years, H. Robert Ash; son, ‘John R., Ph.D., Sweet Valley; | daughter, Pamela J. Hoffmaster- Sinking Spring; four grandchil- « dren; a nephew and two nieces. ¥ Fi ~ BUTRY - Kenneth N., 73, of - Harveys Lake, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at his home. © CRAWFORD - Leah Nicole ~ (Nikki) Wilson, 38, of Dallas, died Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, af- ~ ter a long and courageous battle - with lung cancer. She was born in Akron, Ohio, and graduated from Garfield gh School, Akron, Ohio, Class "1993, where she played soft- ball, volleyball and was a stu- dent announcer. She was a graduate of the University of Akron, Class of 1998, and a member of the “Ex- treme Team” for Cleveland Cav- aliers Basketball. A former on-air personality, she worked for several radio sta- tions in Ohio, including WZIP, WKDD and WQMZX. She also worked at WOGG, Pittsburgh. She was active in the Moms Meet Up group in the Wyoming Valley and attended Shavertown United Methodist Church. Surviving are her parents, Ri- chard S. and Susan Nigro Wil- son, of Akron, Ohio; her hus- band, John D. Crawford, Dallas; . sons; John A., 6; and Ryan A., 3; | stepdaughter, Madisson, 14; { brother, R. Scott Wilson Jr., Ak- ron, Ohio; sisters, Christine | Sansone and Susan Gonzalez; nieces and nephews. ~ Memorial donations to the Crawford Children’s Scholarship Fund C/O Wells Fargo Bank, 2124 Memorial Hwy., Dallas, PA 18612. DILLON - Margaret L., 86, of Dallas, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Mercy Center, Dallas. She was born in Wilkes-Barre and was a graduate of St. Ma- ry’s School, Wilkes-Barre. As a young woman during World War II, she traveled to Washington, D.C. to work for the Veterans Administration and later worked for Bell Tele- phone as an operator in Wilkes- Barre. She was a member of St. @ Church and its Altar d Rosary Society. Surviving are her husband, John, with whom she celebrated 65 years of marriage in Febru- ary 2012; six children, Margaret Dillon-Bowman, Carole Chap- ple, Maureen Soltis, Joanie, John and Michael; 15 grandchil- dren; 19 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; brother, Gerry Degnon. Memorial donations to the Mercy Center. DYMOND - Franklin Merlyn, 82, of Shavertown, died Thurs- day, Jan. 24, 2013, at Wilkes- Barre General Hospital. He was born in Plymouth and was a graduate of E. L. Meyers High School, Wilkes-Barre. He was an Army veteran, serving in the Signal Corps dur- ing the Korean War. He worked as a salesman for the American Greetings Corp. He was a former volunteer ir director and soloist at the roming Avenue Christian Church, Kingston. Surviving are his daughters, Daryl Knott, Lynchburg, Va; Leslie Marks, Belmont, Calif; two grandchildren; brother, Tomd; sisters, Sharon Smith and June DeSambre. GARRISON - Charles “Clark,” of Aldovin Road, Tunkhannock, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in the Abington Manor in Clarks Summit. He was born in Lemon Town- ship, Wyoming County, on Oct. 15, 1930, was a 1948 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was the owner of Garrlark Farms in Lemon Township. He was a school bus owner and op- erator for the Tunkhannock School District. He was a member of the Springville Baptist Church and of the Endless Mountain Bar-" bershop Chorus. Surviving are a son, Terry, Tunkhannock; sisters, Cindy Stephens, Methuen, Mass.; Pam Eyer, Newville; Kim, Milton; Becky Williams, Clayton, N.C; eight grandchildren; three great- grandchildren. GUILA - Rose M., of Dallas, died on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at St. Luke’s Hospice, Wilkes- Barre. She was born May 26, 1928 in Plymouth and had many fond memories of her parents’ busi- ness on Orchard Street, “Wil- son’s Café.” After graduating from Ply- mouth High School in 1945, she lived in Trenton, N.J. She returned to the Wilkes- Barre area and pursued her teaching degree from Wilkes College, after which she taught in the business department at Meyers High School for many years. Surviving are her son, Grego- ry Novroski; her daughter, Ro- seanne Custer; two grand- daughters; a brother, Costic (Ike) Borsavage, of Holland; cousins, nieces and nephews. GUTSTEIN - Guyler Chad, 44, of Rochester Hills, Mich., formerly of Shavertown, has died. He grew up in Shavertown and attended Wyoming Semina- ry Upper and Lower Schools in Kingston. e was a member of Semina- ry’s soccer team and he accom- panied the team to the People’s Republic of China, where it was the first U.S. high school team to play in that country. He was a graduate of The University of Wisconsin and Thomas M. Cooley School of Law in Michigan and served as an editor of the Law Review. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, he worked directly with Pennsylva- nia Congressman Paul Kanjor- ski as a professional staff mem- ber. Surviving is his son, ack, 13. HART - Robert L. Sr., 81, of Harveys Lake, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at home. He was born in Bentleyville on Aug. 5, 1931, graduated from McKeesport High School and retired as a pipeline welder for Steamfitters Local 420, Philadel- phia. He was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict and Army Emergency Reinforcement. He was a 56-year member of the Tioga Lodge 373, F and AM; VEW Post 6753 in Knox- ville, and the Daddow-Issac American Legion Post 672 in Dallas. Surviving are his children, Rhonda Hart, Shavertown; Re- nee Squire, Enon Valley; and Robert Jr, Centermoreland; brother, John, Shiremanstown; 10 grandchildren; four great- grandchildren. Memorial donations to the Harveys Lake Fire Company, P.O. Box 56, Harveys Lake, PA 18618. RINEHIMER - Willard (Will) Clyde, 73, of Shavertown, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born in Askam and educated in Newport Township schools. He worked at the former Gen- eral Cigar Co. in Nanticoke and retired from Procter & Gamble Co. in Mehoopany. He was a member of Shaver- town United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife of 51 years, the former Florence Ol- iver; son, Will Jr, Bermuda; daughter, Kim Egleston, Long Valley, N.J.; five grandchildren; brothers, Irvin (Sonny), Robert (Bob) and William (Bill); sister, Jean Earl; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to Sha- vertown United Methodist Church, 163 N. Pioneer Ave., Shavertown, PA 18708.. THOMAS - Joan (Kern), for- merly of Shavertown, died on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 5, 1936, in Pittston. She grew up in Wyom- ing and graduated from Wyom- ing High School in 1953. She attended Nesbitt School of Nursing 1953 to 1955. She was active in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and Little League. She returned to school and graduated from the Wilkes- Barre School of Practical Nurs- ing in 1976. She worked at General Hospi- tal in the ICU from 1976 to 1981 and then for 16 years as a nurse for Surgical Specialists of Plains Township. Surviving are her children, Kathleen McCaffrey, Newport, R.I.; Diane, Swoyersville; Tho- mas, Hunlock Creek; and Ste- ven, Rosewell, Ga.; seven grand- children. Memorial donations to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. WESLEY - Sally Ann, 58, of Dallas, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born in Kingston on Aug. 23, 1954, received her as- sociate’s degree in accounting from Wilkes-Barre Business Col- lege and was employed as a loan officer at United Penn Bank in Wilkes-Barre. She also was a residence assistant at Meadows Manor Personal Care in Dallas. Surviving are her son, Brian, Idetown; brother, Greg Kuhnert, Queensbury, N.Y; sister, Sandra Kuhnert Morris, Loyalville; three grandchildren; nieces, ne- phews, great-nephews and great-nieces. Memorial donations to the American Diabetes Association, 63 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. SENIOR CENTER 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. The following is the menu for the week of Feb. 4: MONDAY: Pork (BBQ on side), chuckwagon corn, oven- browned potatoes, corn bread, peach cobbler, margarine, milk and coffee. TUESDAY: Bag lunch WEDNESDAY: Beef rollup, gravy, mashed potatoes, peas and pearl onions, whole wheat dinner roll, fruited gelatin, mar- garine, milk and coffee. THURSDAY: Herb pork roast, sauerkraut, mashed pota- toes, whole wheat dinner roll, chocolate cheesecake, marga- rine, milk and coffee. FRIDAY: Chicken Marsala, green and wax beans, whole wheat dinner roll, buttered noo- dles, Ppeaches and cream, mar- garine, milk and coffee. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION CELEBRATED AT ST. FRANCES CABRINI The Sacrament of Reconciliation was recently conducted at St. Frances Cabrini Church, Mount Olivet Road, Wyoming, for tl children of the parish. Father Vincent Dang announces that children from Ms. Jessica Kozemko's class have received the sacrament of Reconciliation and will now prepare for their First Holy Communion which will be celebrated on Saturday, May 4. From left, first row, are Chelcie Strobel, Serenity Solinsky, Mary Popielarz, Ashley Sweeney, Brianna Charney. Second row, Owen Harris, Alex Fine, Jack O'Donnell, Claire Lehane, Michael O'Donnell, Shane Macko. Third row, Jessica Kozemko, CCD teacher; Father Vincent Dang, pas- tor; and Florence Mociun, DRE. Books remember loved ones Baseball Team” by Audrey Ver- nick and “Baby Mammoth Mummy: Frozen in Time!” by Christopher Sloan In memory of Ben Zisselman, “Wagon Trains and Settlers” by Ellen H. Todras and “Lincoln’s Last Days” by Bill O'Reilly and Dwight Jon Zimmerman In memory of Don Linker, “The Monsters’ Monster” by Patrick McDonnell and “Oh, No!” by Candace Fleming In memory of my son’s loving dog Java, “Homer” by Elisha Cooper, “Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms” by Julia Rawlinson and “This Moose Be- longs to Me” by Oliver Jeffers HONOR In honor of June Jones on her 90th birthday, “Rocket Writes a Story” by Tad Hills, “How Rock- et Learned to Read” by Tad Hills and “Just Being Audrey” by Margaret Cardillo In honor of Cindy Lohmann, an artist who helps paint a sum- mer reading mural for the Back Mountain Memorial . Library Children’s Room, “Mouster- piece: A Mouse-Sized Guide to Modern Art” by Jane Breskin Zalben In honor of Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey on his re-election, “All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shov- el” by Dan Yaccarino, presented by Dr. John and Barbara Kol- chin “The Unexpected Houseplant” by Tovah Martin, presented by Rita and Noel Conrad In memory of Claire Shiner, “Lidia’s Favorite Recipes” by Li- dia Bastianich, presented by Timothy Carroll and “The Tuc- ci Cookbook” by Stanley Tucci, presented by John U. John In memory of Dick Evans, “Pig-Boy: A Trickster Tale from Hawaii” by Gerald McDermott and “Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems” by Kate Coombs In memory of Chardes D. Lemmond, “The Barbarous Years” by Bernard Bailyn and “US Coast Guard Training Cen- ter at Cape May” by Joseph E. Salvatore, presented by Anne Davies In memory of Kevin Miller, a little boy who loved to sing, “Charlie’s First Night” by Amy Hest and “Waking Up is Hard to Do” by Neil Sedaka, presented by Jay and Betty Ann Schmidt In memory of Rudy Mikow- ski, “The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Au- thors Tell the Tales,” “Son” by Lois Lowry and “A Leaf Can Be—" by Laura Purdie Salas In memory of Mercedes Leighton, “Llama llama Time to Share’ by Anna Dewdney and “The Secret Life of Money: A Kid’s Guide to Cash” by Kira Vermond In memory of Larry Sorber, “Brothers at Bat: The True Sto- ry of an Amazing All-Brother The following memorial/ honor books have been donated to the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library, 196 Huntsville Road, Dallas: In memory of Phyllis Eck- man, “An Irish Country Village” by Patrick Taylor, presented by Shirley Forney, “Consider the Fork’ by Bee Wilson, presented by Ocala Palms Residents Asso- ciation; “The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm” by Sam Beall, presented by The Wom- en’s Association of Huntsville Golf Club; “Flowers by Carolyn Roehm and “The Bathing Wom- en” by tie Ning, presented by Eleanor Kandler Rodda, Jenni Rodda Loory and Abby Aristeo; “Glittering Images” by Camille Paglia and “The Secret Keeper” by Kate Morton, presented by Nancy and Chuck Brown. In memory of Martin Balti- more, “The Sanctuary” by Ted Dekker (Book on CD), present- ed by Sheila and Donald McFadden and “The Liberator” by Alex Kershaw (Book on CD), presented by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Slocum In memory of Cecilia “CC” Besecker, “Ballet Beautiful” by Mary Helen Bowers, presented by St. Therese’s Liturgy Com- mittee In memory of Jerry Kammer, “Geronimo” by Robert M. Ut- ley, presented by The Village at Greenbriar In memory of Sophia Lucidi, or tea. Ash Wednesday CHURCH BRIEFS Lenten food held from 8 to 11 a.m. on Sat- urday, Feb. 9 at the Huntsville United Methodist Church, " sale scheduled 2355 Huntsville Road, Shaver- SEIVICES scheduled A Lenten food sale will be town. _ Rev. Kathleen Jamhoury, held on Ash Wednesday, Feb. Breakfast includes eggs, interim pastor of Trinity Pres- byterian Church, 105 Irem 13 by St. Frances Cabrini home fries, pancakes, sausage, Church. toast, juice, coffee and tea. Road, Dallas, has announced On the menu are clam Cost is $7 for adults while that the church will hold an chowder at $7/quart and ha- children and senior citizens eat Ash Wednesday Service at 7 lushki at $6/quart. Place your free. p.m. on Feb. 13. order by calling the church at The imposition of ashes and 696-3737 or Michele at 696- the Lord’s Supper will be ob- 2382 through Wednesday, Feb. P ancake Supper set served. 6. A Shrove Tuesday Pancake Orders can be picked up at Supper will be held from 5 to 7 . the church from 2 to 6 pm on p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Planni for World Feb. 13 at 585 Mt. Olivet Road, Noxen United Methodist D f Carverton. Church, Route 29. ay 0 rayer For a donation of $6, partici- A planning meeting for this pants will receive pancakes year’s World Day of Prayer will Breakfast buffet {plain or Puckwheal), il; be held at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 oppings, sausage or ham, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, planned at HUMC scrambled eggs, applesauce 105 Irem Road, Dallas. A breakfast buffet will be and dessert, plus juice, coffee A rehearsal will be held at WRGN plans special Valentine program 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 22. For more information, call 675-3131. Meditation during Lent at St. Peter's St. Peter’s Church, 3832 SR 6 East, Tunkhannock, will offer quiet music and meditation Wednesdays during Lent, Feb. WRGN’s Good News Library will host a special Valentine’s Story & Craft Time at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8 at the Christian radio station on State Route 118, near Pikes Creek. “Celebrate God’s Love” will be the theme for this activity for children ages 3-8 and will include a story time, craft ac- tivity and a snack time. The event is free; however, reserva- tions are required and a parent or guardian must accompany the child. One-year memberships are available for a $5 donation. For reservations, call 1-800- 245-3688 by Wednesday, Feb. Heather Madeira reads to children at the Good News Library 6. inside the WRGN studios. 20 through March 27, as a way of opening the “thin place” between God and people. Soup Supper will precede the service.Supper begins at 6:30 p.m. and the services begin at 7 p.m. For more information, call St. Peter’s at 836-2233 or Rev- erend Lou at 878-4670.
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