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E. GLYNN MARTINO, age 85, of the Greenwood section of Moosic, passed away Sunday evening, December 11, 2011, under the care of Community Medical Center’s VNA Hospice Unit. Her beloved husband of 53 years, Felix Martino, died on May 25, 2000. She is survived by three children, Raymond Martino and wife Linda of Brewerton, New York; Faye Matisko and husband George, of Archbald, and Mary Cicale and husband Louie, of Moosic; a sister, Catherine Emilio of Macon; and seven grandchildren, Philip and Paul Martino; Jeremy, Amy and Traci Matisko, and William and Casey Cicale. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Divine Mercy Parish Church, 312 Davis St., Scranton. Relatives and friends may pay their respects at the church from 9:15 a.m. until Mass time. CAROLANN DENNIS, 72, a resident of the Riverside Rehabilitation Center and formerly of Scranton, died Sunday morning, December 11, 2011, at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. Born in New Milford, N.J., on April 8, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ethel Gates Neuner. She was preceded in death by a brother, Frank Neuner Jr. Surviving are siblings, her brother Richard Neuner and wife Patricia, of Emerson, N.J., and her sister, Alma Schaal of North Fort Myers, Fla. Private arrangements are under the care of the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., Old Forge and West Scranton. Condolences: www.KearneyFuneralHome.com. FRANCES POWALCHICK, 92, a resident of Swoyersville, passed away peacefully on Sunday afternoon, December 11, 2011, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending and have been entrusted to the care of the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. A complete obituary will appear in Wednesday’s edition of the newspaper. LEONARD A. CHARNEY, 90, of West Pittston, passed away Monday, December 12, 2011, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township. Funeral arrangements are pending from Bednarski Funeral Home, 168 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming.
CLYDE E. BEST JR., age 83, a resident of Scranton Health Care Center and formerly of Moosic, passed away Monday morning, December 12, 2011. He is survived by his children, Clyde Peter Best and wife Patricia, of Moosic; Edward Best and wife Keri, of Laflin; Mary Ann Esgro and husband Dominick, of Jessup; and Janet Tibbs and husband Michael, of Moosic; a brother, Joseph Best of Old Forge; five grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren Funeral services are Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. from the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge, with a 9:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Mary’s Church, Queen of the Apostles Parish, 715 Hawthorne St., Avoca. Relatives and friends may pay their respects today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. ANNE SCHWAB, 68, of Mountain Top, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, December 11, 2011, at her residence. Born in Queens, New York City, she was a daughter of the late Waldemar and Ann (Kuepper) Lefeber. Anne is survived by her son, Jason; daughter, Kim; brothers, George and Paul Lefeber; two grandsons, and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Family and friends are invited to call on Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top. Interment will be held at the convenience of the family. View obituaries online at mccunefuneralserviceinc.com. JOHN GOLIDA, 67, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, a resident of Gino J Merli Veterans’ Center, Scranton, died Monday, December 12, 2011 at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Township. JEROME J. JONES, 79, of Wright Township, Mountain Top, passed away at Mountain Top Senior Care. Arrangements are pending from the Desiderio Funeral Home Inc., 436 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top. VINCENT P. PAGLIANETE, of Shavertown and Pine Island, Fla., died unexpectedly Sunday, December 11, 2011, in Florida. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Lehman Family Funeral Service, Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre.
Stephen Lukachik December 12, 2011 Lukachik, 94, of Jackson S tephen Street, Edwardsville, died Mon-
day, December 12, 2011 at Department of Veterans Affairs Community Living Center, Plains Township. Born in Gilberton, he was the son of the late Alexander and Eva Lukachik. He was a life resident of Edwardsville and was a graduate of Edwardsville High School. Steve served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was employed by Stegmaier Brewery, Gibbons Brewery and was co-owner of a Tavern on Grove Street with his brother Mike. He was a member of Holy Trinity R O Church. Steve was preceded in death by his wife, Viola; son, Stephen; brothers, Nicholas, Michael, John; sister, Anna. Surviving are daughter Barbara
and husband Raymond King, Edwardsville; sisters, Mary Piznar and Julia Talpash, Edwardsville, Helen Perez, Colonia, N.J.; brother, Alex Lukachik, Luzerne; daughter-inlaw, Sara Lukachik, Eagle Rock; grandchildren, Karen Mullery and husband Gary, Edwardsville, Raymond King and wife Cheryl, Forty Fort; Stephen Lukachik and wife Patty, Hobbie; Robin Leitzel, Florida; great grandson, Jacob Lukachik, Hobbie. Funeral Service will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday from the Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main Street, Plains, with Requiem Service at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, WilkesBarre. Interment will be in St. John R.O. Cemetery, Pringle. Friends may call Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m.
FUNERALS ADAMS – Raymond, Mass of Christian Burial 11:30 a.m. today in the Church of St. Patrick, White Haven. Friends may call 10:30 to 11 a.m. in the Joseph Lehman Funeral Home, Berwick Street, White Haven. ANDREWS – Estelle, Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Ignatius Church, Kingston. Friends may call 9 a.m. until time of service at the church. Memorial service held 2 p.m. Thursday, followed by a celebration of Estelle’s life for her Wesley Village friends in the activities room of the Partridge-Tippett Skilled Nursing Center at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township. BURCICKI – Michael, funeral 9 a.m. today in the Simon S. Russin Funeral Home 136 Maffett St., Plains Township. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Ss.Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Plains Township. DURKIN – Thomas, funeral with Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. today in Queen of the Apostles Church, 715 Hawthorne St., Avoca. There will be no procession from the funeral home to the church. Family and friends are asked to go directly to the church. HADDLE – J. William, funeral noon today in The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas. Friends may call 10:30 a.m. until time of service. JOHNSON – Warren, memorial service 1 p.m. Dec. 31, in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 813 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. KOPCZA – Edgar, Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Holy Mother of Sorrows
Polish National Catholic Church of Dupont. Friends may call 9 a.m. until the time of service in the church. MACKIEWICZ – Gertrude, funeral 9:30 a.m. today in the S. J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in All Saints Parish, Plymouth. MASLOWSKI – Richard, funeral 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke. Divine Liturgy in Holy Transfiguration Church, 240 Center St., Hanover section of Nanticoke. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home with Panachyda at 6 p.m. MORRIS – Stanley, funeral 9:30 a.m. today in the Andrew Strish Funeral Home, 11 Wilson St., Larksville. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, Larksville. Friends may call 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. OWENS – Carol Lee, memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday in the Harding-Litwin Funeral Home, 123 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. POWELL – Edward, funeral 1:30 p.m. today in the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. SILVERI – Raymond Jr., funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday in the HowellLussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Wyoming Lodge 468 will conduct masonic services at 7 p.m. STEADELE – Roberta, funeral noon today in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends are asked to go directly to Maple Hill Cemetery Chapel.
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Frances R. Sireno December 12, 2011 R. Sireno, 87, of East LibF rances erty Street, Newtown Section of
Hanover Township, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2011, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born in Hanover Township on January 20,1924, a daughter of the late Daniel and Lucia Gaglardi Gigliotti. She attended Hanover Township High School. Frances was a member of St. Andrew’s Parish, Wilkes-Barre, and a longtime member of Holy Rosary Church, Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for many years in the local shoe industry and in the local garment industry. She was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard P. Sireno, in1996. She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Donna Marie Sireno; sister Marie Baratta and brother Frank Gigliotti. Surviving are daughter Lucille (Lucy) Sireno, Plains; grandson Thomas Shubilla, Plains; nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday at 9 a.m. from the Nat &
Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 9:30 a.m. in St. Andrew’s Parish, 316 Parrish Street, Wilkes-Barre. Entombment will be in St. Mary’s Mausoleum, Hanover Township. Friends may call on Wednesday 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Tribute Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Department 142, Memphis, TN 38148. Online condolences may be made at www.natandgawlasfuneralhome.com.
December 12, 2011 L. (Gigliello) Alba, 88, M ary passed away after a brief illness
Michael Alba; great-granddaughter, Lucy Martin. Funeral Services are entrusted to Graziano Funeral Home Inc., Pittston Township. Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will begin at the funeral home at 9 a.m. on Thursday December 15, 2011. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held from St. Joseph Morello Parish at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C. Church in Pittston at 9:30 a.m. Father Paul McDonnell, O.S.J., will officiate. Interment will follow at St. Rocco’s Cemetery, Pittston Township.
Gilbert William Griffiths December 6, 2011 William Griffiths, of FerG ilbert nandina Beach, Fla., formerly of
Wilkes-Barre, died on December 6, 2011 after a lengthy illness. His wife, Lucinda Hurley Griffiths, preceded him in death. Born in Dickson City, son of the late William and Margaret Kadar Griffiths, he was educated in Dickson City and Wilkes-Barre schools and graduated from Meyers High School in 1950. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran and attended Wilkes College before moving to Washington, D.C. Gil served as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C., and retired from the United States Secret Service. His last duty station was the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Glynco, Georgia, where
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Mary L. (Gigliello) Alba
on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. She was a lifelong resident of Yatesville and was born March 7, 1923, a daughter of the late Anna (Serino) Gigliello and the late Anthony Gigliello. She enjoyed being a homemaker and caretaker of her children and grandchildren, and most recently spending time with her new greatgranddaughter. She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C. Church. She was the wife of the late Michael Alba. She was preceded in death by brothers Peter Gigliello and Daniel Gigliello; sisters Angeline and husband Leonard Petrillo; Grace and husband Robert Klush; sister-in-law Mary Gigliello; son-in-law Anthony Walsh Surviving are daughter, Ann Walsh; son, Sal, and wife Florine Alba; brothers Dominick and wife Arlene Gigliello; Patrick and wife Sara Gigliello; Ralph Gigliello; sisters Felicia Gigliello and Rosemary Aldrich; granddaughters, Megan and husband Jeff Martin; Erin and husband Greg Cherkauskas; grandson,
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he was a member of the faculty. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the American University, Washington, D.C., and a Juris Doctor from the John Marshall School of Law, Atlanta, Ga. Also preceding him in death were sisters, Dorothy Louryk, of Dickson City, and Shirley O’Connor, of Warwick, Rhode Island. He is survived by his daughter, Mary Christine Griffiths, Fernandina Beach; a niece and nephews, a grandniece, grandnephews and cousins. Funeral arrangements are by the Oxley-Heard Funeral Home, Fernandina Beach, with a memorial service to be conducted at a later date.
By KASIE HUNT AND STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Trading accusations of greed, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich challenged each other Monday to return millions made in private business as the race for the GOP presidential nomination turned increasingly acerbic and personal at the start of a three-week sprint to the Iowa caucuses. Far from Iowa, the two men campaigned miles apart from each other in next-up New Hampshire, where Romney has long dominated in polls but where Gingrich is aggressively working to make inroads. Romney called on Gingrich to return the estimated $1.6 million he received for providing strategic advice to Freddie Mac, the quasi-government agency that guarantees home mortgages. Gingrich has said he acted as a historian, not a lobbyist. “That would make him the highest paid historian in history,” Romney told Fox News Channel during an interview from the Chez Vachon diner, a regular New Hampshire stop for presidential candidates. He suggested that Gingrich was an ultimate insider who leveraged his position as a former House speaker to line his pockets when he left office. Said Romney: “One of the things that I think people recognize in Washington is that people go there to serve the people and then they stay there to serve themselves.” Gingrich, campaigning in nearby Londonderry, countered quickly, saying that Romney should give back the millions he made working at Bain Capital, a venture capital firm that sometimes laid people off as part of its efforts to make businesses more efficient. “If Governor Romney would give back all the money he’s earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over the years at Bain, then I would be glad to listen to him,” Gingrich said. “But I bet you $10 — not $10,000 — that he won’t take the offer.” That was a dig at Romney’s offer of a $10,000 wager with Rick Perry at Saturday night’s debate. Unbowed, Romney chided Gingrich anew, saying: “There’s a big difference between working in the private economy and working on K Street, and working as a lobbyist and working as a legislator, and working to connect businesses with government.” Romney’s campaign also pressed the notion of Gingrich as a Washington insider, with news releases labeling him an “unreliable leader” and pictured with House Demo-
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cratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Romney’s stepped-up his criticism of Gingrich came two days after the new front-runner in the GOP nomination fight held his own during a nationally televised debate, turning aside attacks from Romney and other rivals. In recent weeks, Gingrich has risen to the top of polls nationally and in early voting states. He’s even started to eat into Romney’s lead in New Hampshire, a must-win state for the former Massachusetts governor. Time is running short for Romney to curb Gingrich’s rise, with the Jan. 3 caucuses in Iowa, and the Jan. 10 New Hampshire primary coming early next month. Romney has been promising a more aggressive campaign style. “We aren’t running any negative ads ... but we may,” Romney said Monday. “This is, after all, politics. There’s no whining in politics.” Romney’s allies already are running a negative ad campaign in Iowa assailing Gingrich’s record in Washington. Also piling on is Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who has surged into the top three in Iowa polls. Paul on Monday released a Web ad accusing Gingrich of “selling access” in Washington and including a clip of Gingrich calling himself an insider. Seeking to repair vulnerabilities, Gingrich spent part of the day working to alleviate concerns about some of his personal baggage that could hurt him with social conservatives who make up the base of the GOP primary electorate. He sent a letter to the Family Leader, a key group in Iowa, pledging that he would stay faithful to his wife.
Bankrupt N.Y. dental chain sells its equipment By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A bankrupt New York-based dental chain that abruptly closed offices in 13 states last year has sold off virtually all of its equipment to pay creditors, executives said at a bankruptcy meeting Monday. Some equipment remains in a Greensburg, Pa., office because the landlord has denied access to the building, Allcare Dental Management’s chief executive officer, David Pennington, and its president, Dr. Robert Bates, said. Patient files have been transferred to other dental practices, except for a box full of charts from one office whose location is unclear, the executives said. Buffalo-based Allcare Dental Management Inc. and 14 related
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companies filed for Chapter 7 liquidation last month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, nearly a year after running out of money. Without warning patients, the company closed more than three dozen offices in New York, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The closing prompted lawsuits by patients who said they’d prepaid for services they never received, as well as investigations by attorneys general in New Hampshire, Indiana and elsewhere. The bankruptcy filing listed no
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