SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2013 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 5 OBITUARIES _ BROSH - Marilyn L., 67, of Spring * Hill Drive, Hunlock Creek, died Tues- day, March 19, 2013, at Wilkes-Barre . General Hospital. «She was born on April 3, 1946, in _ Nanticoke. Surviving are her son, Joseph Jr., at home; daughter, Angela, of Phoe- . nix, Ariz., brother, Robert Swinsky, - ‘of Hunlock Creek; sister, Tina Neely, a of Nanticoke; a grandson; nieces and é hephews. FAUX - William A., 80, of Tunkhan- nock, died March 19, 2013, at Lake- side Nursing Facility, Harveys Lake. He was born in Vernon on Oct. 28, 1932, graduated from Tunkhannock High School in 1950 and was a veteran of the Air Force, serving in Germany * during the Korean Conflict from 1952 to 1956. He worked at Bendix and the Pennsylvania Liquor Store. Upon retiring, he was the owner and operator of Faux’s Inn, Harveys Lake. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Sandra Montross Faux; son, William D.; daughters, Lori A. Faux Bennett, of Tunkhannock; Cody and Joyelle, both at home; 11 grandchildren; great-granddaughter; brothers, Joseph, Lemon; Art, Vernon; and David, Ari- zona, sisters, Ethel Kidd and Donna Robinson, both of Tunkhannock; step- grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, foster children and foster grandchildren. Memorial donations to the Eaton- ville United Methodist Church Church @- Tunkhannock, PA 18657 or the "Wyoming County Special Needs As- sociation, 636 29N Tunkhannock, PA 18657. FISHER - Mary Louise, 100, of Dal- las, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, . at Mercy Center, Dallas. She was born in West Pittston, was a graduate of West Pittston High School, class of 1931, and Bloomsburg State Teachers College, class of 1933. She was a teacher in the West Pittston School and then Wyoming Area School District, retiring in 1976. She was a life member of Luzerne Avenue Baptist Church, West Pittston, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school. After moving to Dal- las, she became a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, where she also was very active. ; _ She lived in West Pittston unti “moving to Dallas in 1979. She resided _ with her daughter and her family in Dallas before moving to Mercy Center Assisted Living and later to the Skilled Nursing since 2003. She had just celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Surviving is a daughter, Susan Butcher, Dallas; one grandchild. Memorial donations to the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas, PA 18612 or Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge, 974 Lockville Road, Dallas, PA 18612. HALL - Alfred B. “Fritz,” 71, of Crystal Lake, Clifford Township, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at his Crystal Lake home. He was born in Hallstead and served as president of Benton Foundry for more than 37 years. He was the past director of the American Foundrymen’s Society, the American Cast Metals Association, the Gray and Ductile Iron Foundry Society and the National Foundrymen’s Asso- ciation. He was a member of the Iron Casting Society’s Illustrious Order of Gates & Risers. A 1960 graduate of Blue Ridge High School, he attended Broome County Technical College. He previously served as president of Hallstead Lions Club, past board member of Peoples National Bank, Hallstead, and of United Penn Bank, Dallas. He was a member of Bluestone Lodge F&AM, Caldwell Consistory and Irem Temple. He served as an elder of Presbyterian Church USA, was past president of Dallas Rotary Club, past president and board member of Crystal Lake League and past board member of Crystal Lake Private Park Association. He was also a longtime member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Dallas, and a member of Clarks Summit Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife, JoAnn Todd Hall; his son, Jeffrey, Shavertown; his daughter, Kimberley Kindler, Dallas; grandsons; his mother-in-law, Claribel Todd, Crystal Lake; and a sister, Linda Adams, Key Largo, Fla. Memorial donations to the Pan- creatic Cancer Action Network at firstgiving.com/fundraiser/fritz-hall / KeeptheMemoryAlive, 1500 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, Calif. 90266. HART - Stephen P., 56, of Harveys Lake and formerly of Hillsborough, N.J., died Monday, March 18, 2013, in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born in Newark, N.J. and was a graduate of Hillsborough High School, class of 1974. He was a mem- ber of Our Lady of Victory Church, Harveys Lake. Surviving are his wife, Anna Taylor Romeo; children, Christopher, Galla- tin, Tenn.; Johnathan, Allentown; Tif- fany, Milford, N.J.; step-children, Dan- iel Chilson, Simi Valley, Calif.; Tara McGourty, Asbury, N.J.; 10 grandchil- “dren; brothers, Walter, Andover N.J.; ‘Thomas, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Michael, Manville, N.J.; sisters; Jan Temchus, Avenel, N.J.; Judy McMahon, Newton, N.J.; nieces and nephews. : HAZELTINE - Eunice, 85, of Wilkes-Barre and formerly of Jackson Township, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at home. She was born June 18, 1927 in Ceasetown and was a graduate of Ceasetown School. She was a member of the Valley View Union Chapel, the Red Hat Society and the Democratic Women’s Auxiliary. She and her husband, Robert, owned and operated Hazeltine Gulf Gas Station on Larksville Mountain and she also worked in a dress factory. Surviving are her children, Suzanne Bealla, Dallas; and Mary Smith; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters, Enid Rogers, Sheatown; Bon- nie Brader, Ceasetown; brother, Keith Cragle, Ceasetown. HUDACK - Mark Francis, 52, of Benton, died Friday, March 22, 2013, in the emergency room at Geisinger- Bloomsburg Hospital. He was born March 13, 1961, at Nanticoke State Hospital and gradu- ated in 1979 from Northwest Area High School, where he was a manager of the basketball team coached by Ed- die Gayeski. He first worked at the former Nanticoke State Hospital. He also worked on the family farm and for 20 years he worked at the Texaco service station in Benton. For several years, he worked for Shaffer Disposal, Benton, and the Benton Beer Barn. He was a member of Holy Spirit Par- ish/St. Mary’s Church, Mocanaqua, and a former member of Ascension Church, Mocanaqua. Surviving are his mother, Mary Elizabeth (Banick) Hudack, of Still- water; two brothers, Thomas J. Jr., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Christopher, of Stillwater; two sisters, Rosemary Smith, State Line; and Paula Pulli, Telford; nephews and a niece. Memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. KRAPF - Marcella “Jean,” 83, for- merly of Hunlock Creek, died Satur- day, March 16, 2013, at home after a long illness. She was born in Newark, N.J., on Sept. 16, 1929. She was a member of the Izaak Walton League, Fairmount Springs chapter. Surviving are her husband, Ray; her sons, Richard G., St. Petersburg, Fla.; Thomas G., Freeland; nine grandchil- dren; eight great-grandchildren. LEVI - Joseph Stephen, 84, of Myr- tle Beach, S.C., formerly of Shaver- town, died on March 21, 2013. He was born in Pennsylvania. Before moving to Myrtle Beach in July 2004, he owned and operated the Chase Nursery.in Shavertown for 43 years before retiring, He was a Navy veteran of the Korean conflict and belonged to the Daddow-Issacs Post 672 American Legion in Dallas and the Elks Lodge 1771 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Jean Isopi Levi; three children, Mary Ann Michaels, of Myrtle Beach, S.C; Joseph, of Charlotte, N.C.; Debra Yankovich, of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; four grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or www.stjude.org/tribute or 800-873- 6983. LORD - James F., 82, of Shaver- town, died Sunday, March 24, 2013. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on Nov. 24, 1930, graduated from Kingston High School, Class of 1948, and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict. He was employed as an electrical engineer, retiring from Loral Control Systems, Archbald. He was a member of the board of directors and chairman of the Technical Program Committee of the Electrical Manufacturers Coil Winding Association. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, the former Grace Barrall; daughter, Vernanne Duermit, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; son, James, of Kingston; four grandchildren; cousins, nieces and nephews. MIZDIAL - Leona F., 91, of Mizdail Road, Hunlock Creek, died Monday, March 18, 2013, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born Nov. 28, 1921 in Hun- lock Creek, was a graduate of Harter High School, West Nanticoke, class of 1938, of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth. Prior to her retirement, she had been employed as an assistant chief of the Philadelphia Procurement Division of the U.S. Army Electronics Com- mand. In 1967, she was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award by the Department of the Army. Surviving are sisters, Margaret Schrama, Hunlock Creek; Hedwig Kupersmit, New York City; Frances Castiglioni, Stanford, Conn.; Marie Mark, Hunlock Creek; nieces and nephews. REINERT - Attorney James M., 82, of Shavertown, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at The Meadows Nursing Center in Dallas. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, graduated from Kingston High School in 1947, earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from King’s College in 1951and a Juris Doctorate from Dickinson School of Law in 1954. He served as preceptee of the late David Yelen, Esq., in 1954 and 1955. He graduated from Officer’s Candi- date School and the School of Naval Justice and served as a member of the Judge Advocate Generals Corps in the U.S. Navy from January 1956 until May 1959 and received an honorable discharge with the rank of lieutenant. He maintained a private law practice in Luzerne County beginning in 1959. He served as chairman of the Luzerne County Board of Review from 1960 to 2005, law clerk to the late Judge Jacob Schiffman in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, Eleventh Judicial District, from 1961 to 1970; chief public defender of Luzerne County from 1970 to 1976; and solici- tor for the Shavertown Fire Co. and Franklin Township. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2006. He was a board member and presi- dent of the Dallas Rotary Club and was a humble recipient of the Rotary International Paul Harris Award, a board member of AAA Mid-Atlantic and a board member of the Harveys Lake Yacht Club. He served as an adjunct professor at King’s College for 10 years and as a lecturer for the Pennsylvania State Police Training School in Forty Fort. He was admitted to the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association on Feb. 17, 1955, and in 2005 received a Senatorial Citation from the Office of Pennsylvania Sen. Charles Lemmond in recognition of 50 years of exemplary service. He sang with the King’s College Glee Club, Concordia and St. Mary’s and St. Therese’s choirs. He also was active in his parish of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Shavertown, serving as a Eucharistic minister and on numerous other committees. Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Mary Simonson, with whom he celebrated his 56th wedding anni- versary on June 2, 2012; his children, William C., Dallas; attorney James P., Kirkwood, Mo.; Dr. Paul M., Dallas; Philip J., Trucksville; attorney Mat- thew E., Trucksville; and Rebecca A. Yurko, Forty Fort; 15 grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Memorial donations to the Back Mountain Food Pantry, 40 Knob Hill Road, Shavertown, PA 18708. ROMIG - Clifford, 73, of Shaver- town, died Saturday, March 23, 2013, at home. He was born on April 20, 1939, in the Allentown area and relocated to the Wyoming Valley. He was a truck driver for many years until he retired. He recently worked part-time for Pace Transportation as a bus driver. Surviving are his wife, the former Marlene Dunham, to whom he was married for 29 years; a son, Adam, Shavertown; daughter, Barbara Olah, North Carolina; stepsons, Wayne Sgroi, Shavertown; and Gerald Sgroi Jr., Kingston Township; five grandchil- dren; nieces and nephews. SCHNEIDER - Sarah H. Welker, 94, of Trucksville, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her home. WAARDENBURG - Patrick J., 43, of Forkston Township, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013. He was a 1988 graduate of the Tunkhannock High School and was employed by The Masonic Village in Dallas. He was a member of Temple Lodge No. 248 in Tunkhannock. Surviving are his father, John Waaardenburg, of Bradenton, Fla.; his wife of 16 years, Angie Krause Waardenburg; his stepmother, Nancy, of Bradenton, Fla.; son, Tice Patrick, of Tunkhannock; sister, Wendy Miller, of Tunkhannock; nieces and nephews. CHURCH BRIEFS EASTER CELEBRATION Easter Sunday Celebration will be held at 6:30, 8:30 and 11 a.m. today, March 31 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Route 118, Dallas. Easter breakfast ~ will be served from 7:30 to pM 0:30 a.m. A free will offering ill be taken. SUNRISE SERVICE An old-time outdoor Easter sunrise service will be held at . 6:30 a.m. today, March 31 at . Emmuel Church, Church Road, Harveys Lake. A coffee hour and light breakfast will follow. For more information, call . Rev. L.D. Reed at 639-5858. In the event of inclement . weather, the service will be held in the church sanctuary. EASTER WORSHIP SERVICES Easter morning worship servic- es will be held a 10:45 a.m. today, March 31 at Emmuel Church, . Church Road, Harveys Lake. RUMMAGE SALE SET The annual Spring Rummage Sale of the Lehman-Idetown United Methodist Church Women will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April - 12 and from 9 a.m. to noon gon Saturday, April 13 at the urch, 1011 Mountainview » Drive, Lehman. There will be a snack bar and bake sale on Friday and Satur- day will be Bag Day. Homemade vegetable soup will be sold for $5 per quart. Orders can be given to Sabrina Major. Items in usable condi- tion will be accepted for dona- tion from April 1 to 10. RUMMAGE SALE The deacons of Trinity Pres- byterian Church in Dallas have set May 31 and June 1 for their gigantic rummage sale in the fellowship hall of the church, 105 Irem Road, Dallas, across from the Country Club Shop- ping Center. The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, May 31 and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 1. Saturday will be Bag Day - all you can stuff into a large brown grocery bag for only $2. Items available are clothing in good condition for men, women and children, cos- tume jewelry, household items, knickknacks, collectibles, toys, books, holiday items and more. CHICKEN DINNER SET Members of the Men’s Club BACK MOUNTAIN BOWL Sicilian Pizza » Wings Hoagies and More! EISLER CRIT] ETD IGE TAD EN EER YAR 1 7 [DARLING & SONS’ FARMS & GREENHOUSES “Growing Quality Is A Family Business Since 1930” EASTER FLOWERS Lilies ®* Mums * Hyacinths Daffodils * Tulips * Palm Crosses Dutch Gardens * Azaleas OrEN EASTER SUNDAY 9am = IPm M-F 9-5 ¢ SAT 9-4 » 675-2080 1/2 Mile Off Rt. 309, Dallas, Hildebrandt Rd. (200 yards north of Dallas Elementary School) | of Trinity Presbyterian Church, 105 Irem Road, Dallas will sponsor a chicken and biscuit dinner, including homemade desserts and beverages, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 in the fellowship hall at the rear of the church. Takeouts will be available at 4 p.m. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the church office at 675-3131 or at the door. ROAST BEEF SUPPER The Lutheran Brotherhood and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Dallas will hold their first roast beef supper for the spring from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on April 13 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Route 118, Dallas. Dinner will be served family Over 30 School Dates Scheduled! ALL SCHOOLS from 9am-4pm Include Video, Lunch, Workbook & Free Golf ... c. cus OUR 28*"YEAR! at The Inn at Pocono Manor 570-839-7110 gregwallgolfschool.com style with takeouts available from 3:30 p.m. Cost is $9 for adults and $4 for children. Reservations are encouraged by calling 675-3859. Tickets will also be available at the door. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church is wheelchair accessible. FISHERMAN'S BREAKFAST A Fisherman’s Breakfast will be held from 6 to 11 a.m. on April 13 at Alderson United Methodist Church, Lakeside Drive, Harveys Lake. The menu include eggs, sau- sage, all-you-can-eat pancakes, coffee, tea and juice. Cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children and tickets are available at the door. 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