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MARY PEARL FOERSCH, 85, of Harding, passed away Friday, January 13, 2012 at home. Born May 12, 1926 in Pittston, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Maria Scalia Capitano. Mary was a member of St. Barbara’s Parish of Exeter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin; grandson Donald Keithline; brothers and sisters. Surviving are her sons, Edwin and his wife Rozanne, Harding, Louis and Viola, Harding, and William; daughters, Mary Ann Foersch, Harding and Debra Marriott and her husband Ronald, Harding; grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Bednarski Funeral Home, 168 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. Friends may call Monday 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. ELAINE G. REPOTSKI, of Tilbury Terrace, West Nanticoke, passed away Friday, January 13, 2012, in Virginia Beach, Va. Complete obituary will be published in Tuesday’s newspapers. Arrangements are by the Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., 51-53 W. Green Street, Nanticoke ANTHONY P. QUADRO SR., 78, of West Wyoming, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012, in the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Arrangements are pending from the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. JOSEPHINE MILEWSKI, 96, of Plains Township, died Saturday, January 14, 2012, in the Wesley Village Partridge-Tippett Nursing Facility, Jenkins Township. Funeral arrangements will be announced in Monday’s edition by the Yanaitis Funeral Home, Plains MRS. RUTH LOUISE SHAW, age 80, of Pierce Street, Plymouth, died Saturday morning, January 14, 2012. Funeral arrangements are pending from the William A. Reese Funeral Chapel, Plymouth. MATUSHKA JOANNA M. PIANOVICH, 86, of Archbald, has fallen asleep in the Lord on January14, 2012. Her husband is the Very Rev. Eugene Pianovich. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Simon S. Russin Funeral Home, 136 Maffett St., Plains Township.
James A. Giordano January 11, 2012 James A. Giordano, 93, of Jenkins Township, passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012 in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Born in Pittston on June 26, 1918, he was the son of the late Russell and Crucida Guarino Giordano. He was a graduate of Wyoming High School, class of 1937, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston. He was the owner and operator of James Giordano Trucking. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Charles, Samuel, Joseph and Michael Giordano; sisters, Rosalie Gelso and Sarah Greco. Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Grace Garubba Giordano; numerous nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, William Street, Pittston. The family will receive friends and relatives in the church from 8:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 William Street, Pittston. Online condolences may be made at www.peterjadoniziofuneralhome.com.
John C. Weksner January 10, 2012
ohn C. Weksner, 91, formerly of Plains Township, died Tuesday, JJanuary 10, 2012, in the Manor
Care Facility, Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania. Born in the Hudson section of Plains, he was son to the late Joseph and Amelia Trycoski Wejkszner. He attended local schools and became a truck driver for Daley’s Trucking Company, Wilkes-Barre, until his retirement. John was preceded in death by his wife, Alberta Dworakowski, on April 27, 2007; brothers, Alexander and Joseph; sisters, Louise Weksner and Josephine Crudo; granddaughter, Trisha Marion, and son-in-law, Mark Marion. Surviving are a daughter, Carol Gober and husband Ronald, Reading; son, David and wife Debbie, Danville; grandchildren, Lisa Smith and husband David, Alburtis; Dana Weksner, Danville; Anthony Jon Narducci and wife Rachel, California; Michael Narducci, Arizona; and four great-grandchildren. A private funeral service was held at the convenience of the family. Funeral services were provided by the Yanaitis Funeral Home, Plains.
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Mrs. Gladys H. Stull January 13, 2012 Mrs. Gladys H. Stull, 83, of Larksville Mountain, passed away Friday, January 13, 2012 in St. Luke’s Villa in Hospice VNA Inpatient Unit. She was the widow of David Stull. Gladys was born August11,1928 in Larksville Mountain. She was the daughter of the late David Hill and Ruth Norris. She was a graduate of Larksville High School. Gladys was employed at the Social Security Operation Center, WilkesBarre. She was a devoted member
of the Outlet Free Methodist Church, Dallas. Her love of life was her granddaughter, Ann Stull. She also loved dogs, the NFL Football games, and was politically inclined. Surviving are her sons, Kenneth and David and his wife, Carol; her granddaughter, Ann; her brother, Albert Hill; and her sister, Bernice Dalizio; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Edwards and Russin Funeral Home, 717 Main St., Edwardsville, with Pastor Matt Riley of the Outlet Free Methodist Church, Dallas, officiating. Family and friends may call Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Interment will be private.
Charlotte Kerns January 12, 2012 harlotte Kerns, 85, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2012, at C Highland Manor, Exeter.
Born June 11, 1926, in York, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Horace and Catherine Site Strine. Charlotte graduated from William Penn High School, York. She was employed as a teacher’s aide in The Youth Development Center, Loyalville, Pa. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Pittston. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Russell Kerns, in 2008 and her son, Russell Kerns Jr., in 2011.
Surviving are sons, James, Harrisburg, and Clarence, West Pittston; daughters, Bonnie Hunter, Harrisburg, and Valerie Lynn Weaver, Wilkes-Barre; sister Jerildine Jones, York; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services will be held at the KizisLokuta Funeral Home on Tuesday, January17, at10:30 a.m. with Pastor John Castellani officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Harding. Friends may call at the Kizis-Lokuta Funeral Home, 134 Church St., Pittston, on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Mary G. Wasmanski January 11, 2012 ary G. Wasmanski, 83, of Plains Township, passed away M Wednesday evening in the Golden
Living Center, East Mountain Drive, Plains Township, following an illness. Born in Dupont, on January 22, 1928, Mary was the daughter of the late Charles and Victoria Lentowski Elko. She had been a resident of Plains for most of her life and was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains. Mary was preceded in death by her loving husband of 57 years, John “Jack” “Westie,” on March 16, 2011 and a brother, Joseph Elko, on December 31, 2011.
Mary is survived by brothers, Edward Elko, Arlington, Texas; William Elko, Suscon; sister-in-law Theresa Elko, Dupont; several nieces and nephews. Mary’s funeral will be conducted on Monday at 9:30 a.m. from the Mark V. Yanaitis Funeral Home, 55 Stark Street, Plains Township, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains. Interment will follow in St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Plains Township. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 8:30 a.m. to time of services. Online condolences or directions may be accessed at www.yanaitisfu-
FUNERALS BORDO – Bernard, funeral 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Louis V. Ciuccio Funeral Home, 145 Moosic Rd., Old Forge. Mass, 10 a.m. in the Prince of Peace Parish -- St. Mary’s Church, West Grace and Lawrence St., Old Forge. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. today. COLON – Max, blessing service 4 p.m. today in the Lokuta-Zawacki Funeral Home, 200 Wyoming Ave., Dupont. Friends may call from 3 to 4 p.m. DOUGHERTY – Joseph, funeral services, 10 a.m. Monday in the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Meshoppen. Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, in Meshoppen. Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. today. Rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 4 p.m. Military services will be held at the Rought Hall Post 510 American Legion Social Hall, on Monday afternoon. A funeral luncheon will immediately follow the interment at 1 p.m. CUNNINGHAM – Mary, interment, 11 a.m. Monday in the Chapel at Maple Hill Cemetery, WilkesBarre. Friends may call 10:30 a.m. until time of service. DERONDE – Lois, funeral at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc., Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Ann’s Chapel, Kingston. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home. GARDZALLA – Imelda, Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. John the Baptist Church, Larksville. Interment will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Stephen’s Chapel, Lehman. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today in the S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth. GRANDA – Cathryn, funeral services at 9 a.m. Monday in the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. Ignatius Church, Kingston. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. today in the funeral home. KELLY – Edward, memorial Mass at 10 a.m. Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Holy Name/Saint Mary’s Church, 283 Shoemaker St., Swoyersville. KONNICK – Dorothy, funeral services at 11 a.m. Monday in the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., corner of Routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek. Friends may call 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the service. LOZINAK – Dorothy, funeral services at 9:15 a.m. Thursday from the John V. Morris Funeral Home, 625 N. Main St., North Wilkes-
Barre. Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in Exaltation of the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, 420 Main Road, Hanover Township. Friends may join her family for visitation and remembrances 2 to 4 p.m. today, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Morris’ North Wilkes-Barre Chapel. Vigil services will be conducted during today’s visitation period. MITCHELL – John, Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. Monday in St. John the Evangelist Church, 35 William St., Pittston. The AM Vets Honor Guard of Dupont will provide military honors. PANEK – Robert, funeral services 10 a.m. Monday in the SolfanelliFiorillo Funeral Home Inc., 1030 N. Main Ave., Scranton. Friends may call 3 to 5 p.m. today. SHUMAN – Preston, visitation 1 to 2 p.m. Monday in the Emanuel Reformed Church of Mainville, 146 Church Rd., Bloomsburg. Funeral at 2 p.m. following the visitation hour at the church. TEETSEL – James Sr., memorial luncheon, 1 p.m. today in Meshoppen Rod and Gun Club. WEBB – David Sr., services 4 p.m. today in the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge. Friends may call 1 p.m. until services. WILK – Mark Sr., funeral services, 10 a.m. Tuesday in the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.
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for the endorsement in The party fails to agree on a that race. nominee for attorney general, In his pitch to comleading to a scramble. mittee members meetBy MARC LEVY Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE — A threeway race for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania’s attorney general is set for the spring primary, as Democrats try to capture an office controlled by Republicans ever since it became an elected office more than three decades ago. The Democratic State Committee on Saturday was unable to settle on a single candidate, splitting their votes among former Lackawanna County prosecutor Kathleen Kane, former Philadelphia prosecutor Dan McCaffery and former U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy of Bucks County. The party did, however, endorse re-election bids by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and state Treasurer Rob McCord, as well as state Rep. Eugene DePasquale in his bid for state auditor general. Primary elections are April 24. Murphy touted his edge in the balloting — he easily won the most votes in both rounds — although he fell short of the twothirds majority of votes by state committee members required
COURT BRIEFS NANTICOKE – A man accused by Plymouth police of selling illegal drugs from a residence on High Street waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Donald Whittaker on Wednesday. Andrew Pope, 33, waived a single count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance to Luzerne County. Police withdrew 40 other counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, 41 counts of delivery of a controlled substance and a single count of possession of marijuana against Pope. Pope was charged after police searched his residence and allegedly found cocaine and heroin on Oct. 24, according to the criminal complaint. KINGSTON – A man accused by Edwardsville police of injuring an officer with a syringe waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Paul Roberts on Wednesday. Theodore J. Simko, 25, of Harding, waived charges of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, simple assault, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal conspiracy to Luzerne County Court. Police allege an officer was stuck with a syringe inside Simko’s vehicle during a traffic stop on U.S. Route 11 on June 18, according to the criminal complaint. WILKES-BARRE – A man accused by city police of possessing jewelry stolen from a residence waived his right to a preliminary hearing in WilkesBarre Central Court on Wednesday. Joseph Jackiel, 55, address listed as homeless, waived a single count of receiving stolen property to Luzerne County Court. Police allege Jackiel was in possession of jewelry that was stolen from a residence on McLean Street on Oct. 17, according to the criminal complaint. WILKES-BARRE – Charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment were dismissed against Erik Leiva-Merino, 33, during a preliminary hearing in WilkesBarre Central Court on Wednes-
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four years. “I really believe this is our best chance to take the office of attorney general if, and only ing in various groups ELECTION if, we’ve got the right in the morning, he recandidate,” he told minded them that he Young Democrats. is the only candidate Republicans are expected to in the race who has won an election, even when Republicans endorse Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed spent millions to beat him. “There’s only one of us that for attorney general. McCaffery, the brother of state has ever won a campaign before, there’s only one of us that has Supreme Court Justice Seamus been vetted,” Murphy told McCaffery, ran for Philadelphia district attorney in 2009 but finYoung Democrats. Kane said after the vote that ished second to Seth Williams in the lack of an endorsement a five-way Democratic primary. Kane, 45, left her post as a depshowed the strength of her candidacy, despite never running for uty district attorney in late 2007 to work on Hillary Clinton’s camoffice. “I didn’t spend my time in poli- paign for president. Since then tics, I was in the courtroom most she has done pro bono legal of the time,” she said. “So for me work, she said. Murphy, 38, served two terms to come in and hold my own and then to have an open primary, I in the U.S. House of Representathink that is a testament to my tives before he was defeated by Republican Mike Fitzpatrick in candidacy.” McCaffery said the vote 2010. Murphy ran for Congress showed that he’d made great after spending five years as a milstrides in winning over commit- itary lawyer in the Army Judge tee members outside of Philadel- Advocate General Corps, trying phia. The Army veteran told cases in federal, military and forcommittee members that he is eign courts. Incumbent Attorney General the only candidate with the courtroom experience and law en- Linda Kelly is finishing the term forcement background to go toe- of now-Gov. Tom Corbett, which to-toe with the “cookie cutter” ends a year from now, and has law-and-order Republican candi- said she would not seek a full dates who win the office every four-year term.
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day. City police had accused Leiva-Merino, of Wyoming Street, Wilkes-Barre, with stabbing two people at a house on Birch Street on Nov. 6, according to the criminal complaint. HANOVER TWP. – A man accused by township police of possessing cocaine during a traffic stop waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Joseph Halesey on Tuesday. Ruben Juan Carmona, 20, address unknown, waived charges of possession of a controlled substance, driving without a license and careless driving to Luzerne County Court. Police allege Carmona had bags of cocaine hidden in his shoe during a traffic stop on the Sans Souci Parkway on Dec. 21, according to the criminal complaint. Carmona told police he is a native of Mexico.
KINGSTON – A man accused by Edwardsville police of setting a fire to his residence waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Paul Roberts on Tuesday. Joseph Edward Lech, 53, of Thomas Street, waived three counts of reckless endangerment, two counts each of arson and simple assault and a single count of criminal mischief to Luzerne County Court. Police allege Lech set a fire inside his residence during an argument with his girlfriend and her daughter on Oct. 18, according to the criminal complaint.
WILKES-BARRE – A man charged with setting four vehicles on fire and taking items from other vehicles was sentenced Friday to time already served in prison. Kenneth Hicks, 31, of Sheridan Street, Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced on charges of reckless burning and theft from a motor vehicle by Luzerne CounPLAINS TWP. – William ty Judge David Lupas after Samuel Charles, 48, of Dallas, waived a single count of defiant pleaded guilty to the crimes. Lupas sentenced Hicks to 12 trespass to Luzerne County months, less one day to 24 Court. Charles was accused by town- months, less two days in county prison and gave Hicks two ship police of trespassing on years, two months credit for property owned by Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino on time already served. Lupas said Hicks will be Jan. 5, according to the criminal immediately paroled having complaint. Charles waived the charge to already served the maximum sentence. Hicks was remanded county court during a prelimito the State Correctional Innary hearing before District Judge Diana Malast on Tuesday. stitution at Retreat, where he is serving a four-to-eight-year state sentence. WILKES-BARRE – A man Police allege Hicks rumaccused by city police of striking a pedestrian and fleeing the maged through and set fires to a GMC van in the area of 88 scene waived his right to a Elizabeth St., a 1989 Plymouth preliminary hearing in WilkesReliant in the area of 250 Carey Barre Central Court on TuesAve., a 1995 Buick Regal in the day. Morris Thomas Capute, 34, of area of 294 Carey Ave., and a 2001 Saturn in the area of 31 East Washington Street, NantiCarlisle St. at around 2 a.m. on coke, waived charges of accidents involving injury to pedes- June 29, 2009. Police said vehicles parked on Monroe and trian and driving with a susCarlisle streets were rummaged pended license to Luzerne County Court. Police withdrew through at about the same time. a second count of accidents involving injury against Capute. In Loving Memory Police allege Capute struck JOHN “ONJAY” JOSEPH Joseph Giordano, 44, of WilkesAugust 17, 1923 - January 12, 2011 Barre, at South Pennsylvania Boulevard and South Main Street on Nov. 4 and fled the scene, according to the criminal complaint. Giordano suffered severe head injuries and remains in a medical facility in Lackawanna County.
On behalf of the
BIROSIK/KIMMEL FAMILIES we would like to express our appreciation to everyone who visited and sent their condolences, thoughts and prayers for our beloved wife and mother Elaine Birosik. GOD BLESS.
God saw you getting tired, The cure was not to be. He wrapped you in His loving arms, And whispered “Come to Me.” You tried so hard to stay with us, Your fight was not in vain. God took you to His loving home, And freed you from your pain. A golden heart stopped beating, Two working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, HE ONLY TAKES THE BEST. Sadly Missed by His Loving Family