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OBITUARIES

September 20

OBITUARIES

BOICE - Delmar R., 75, of Sugar Hollow, Tunkhannock, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock.

Born on the family homestead in Sugar Hollow, he formerly managed Fassetts Department Store in Tunkhannock. He was a general contractor, worked at Keystone College in the maintenance department and retired from Tunkhannock Area School District maintenance department. He and his wife owned and operated Boice’s Hoagie Barn in Tunkhannock for 15 years.

He was a 1952 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, was a member of the Tunkhannock Rotary Club, Triton Hose Company and Tunkhannock Ambulance Association.

Surviving are his wife of 27 years, the former Frances Synder; daughters, Laurie Kintner, of Mehoopany; Bonny Ruscetti, of Tunkhannock; stepson, Walter Rought, of Nicholson; a sister, Shirley Stefanko, of Tunkhannock; eight grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations to Triton Hose Company or Tunkhannock Ambulance Association.

DAVIS - Shirley C., 88, of Newberry Estates, Dallas, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born February 20, 1921 in Nanticoke, she was a graduate of Hanover Township High School. Before retiring in 1983, she was employed as a secretary for many years in the Luzerne County Commissioners office.

She served on the board of Luzerne County Children & Youth and was a former board member, auxiliary member and served as a Pink Lady volunteer for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Dallas, where she served as a deacon, on numerous church committees and was a member of the church’s women’s association.

Surviving are her son, Thomas E. (Ted), Venice, Fla.; daughter, Virginia, Kingston; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations to the Trinity Presbyterian Church, 105 Irem Rd., Dallas, PA 18612, or the Dallas Ambulance Association, 184 E. Center Hill Rd., Dallas, PA 18612.

DEEKEN - George H., of Sand Plant Road, Tunkhannock, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 in Hospice Community Care in Dunmore.

Born in Carlstadt, N.J. on November 6, 1924, he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a bookkeeper for Hughey Trucking in Tunkhannock.

Surviving are his sons, Brian, of Tunkhannock; Neil, of Red Bank N.J.; daughter, Karen Billings, of Dalton, Pa.; several grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Dolores Mahlbacher, Palm Springs, Fla.

Memorial donations to NET Working Ministry, 10 Redwood St., Chambersburg PA 17201.

KOO - Dr. Wook Hun, 70, of Dallas, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 in the Hospice Unit of the Visiting Nurses Association at the Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Sunsan, South Korea, he was a graduate of Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea, Class of 1964. He served in the Korean Military Service from 1964 until 1969, serving in Korea and Vietnam.

He arrived in the United States in 1971 and practiced anesthesiology locally from 1975 until 2007 at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre; Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston; and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

He was a member of Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas.

Surviving are his wife, former Sun Hee Lee; daughter, Juliana, Brookline, Mass.; son, Brian, Shaker Heights, Ohio; two grandchildren; brothers, Ja Woo and Wan Hun; sisters, Mie Chung, Ae and Moonee; numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, 1250 Fourth St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, the Visiting Nurses Association, Hospice Unit, 468 Northampton St., Edwardsville, PA 18704, or The Philharmonic Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Attention, Nancy Farkas, 4101 Birney Ave., Moosic, PA 18507.

LA ROSE - Sister Theresa, a member of the Mid-Atlantic Community of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas died at Mercy Center, Dallas, on Saturday, Sept.12, 2009.

Born August 4, 1928 in Charity, Guyana, South America, she received her elementary and secondary education in Santa Rosa, British Guiana, which is now Guyana, and graduated from high school in 1952.

She entered the Sisters of Mercy, Scranton Province, at Dallas, on February 2, 1953.

She earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from College Misericordia in 1958.

On returning to Guyana, Sister Theresa began her ministry of education which was to span 51 years. Her first assignment was to Sacred Heart School, Georgetown. She subsequently taught at schools in Brickdam, Santa Rosa, Mabaruma, and returned to Sacred Heart School.

For a period of 25 years, she worked for the Guyana government and also trained and served as a Justice of the Peace from 1970 to 1978.

Sister Theresa received the Medal of Service Award, a national award given for her work with the Amerindians throughout Guyana, in 1975.

Her last educational positions were in the national capitol of Georgetown at Trust College and at St. Rose High School, where she was a teacher and pastoral minister.

Surviving are nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations to the Retirement Fund of the Sisters of Mercy of the Mid-Atlantic Community and CCASA, P.O. Box 369, Dallas, PA 18612.

LONG - Donald “Dayton,” 81, of Columbia, Lancaster County, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009 at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Columbia where he had been a guest for the last 12 years.

Born in Sweet Valley on June 30, 1928, he had resided in Lancaster for 30 years before moving to Columbia 12 years ago.

He graduated from Lehman High School in 1946, received a B.S. degree in Education from Wilkes College in 1963 and an M.S. Degree in Education in 1967. He taught in the George Ross Elementary School, Lancaster, for 28 years, retiring in 1991.

He was honored by the AAA of Lancaster County for outstanding service as supervisor of Safety Patrol. He was a member of the Calvary Church in Lancaster, the Lancaster Education Association, the National Education Association, the Pennsylvania State Education Association and other various educational organizations.

Surviving are his daughter, Cynthia A. Crowl, of Columbia; two granddaughters; and a brother, Dr. Jay, of Clarks Summit.

MOYER - Vivian, 93, of the Outlet Section of Lake Township, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 at Hospice Care of the VNA, Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Lake Township on February 21, 1916, she graduated from Laketon High School in 1933 and the Wilkes-Barre School of Practical Nursing in 1968.

Prior to retiring, she was employed as an LPN by the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and the Maple Hill Nursing Home, Lehman. She attended the Outlet Free Methodist Church.

Surviving are her daughter; Beverly, with whom she resided; son, James H., of Lehman; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Jessie Swan, of Lehman; numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations to the Samaritans Purse International Relief, PO Box, 3000, Boone, NC 28607-3000.

POTOESKI - Thomas M. Sr., 73, of Hunlock Creek, died Saturday, September 12, 2009 at the home of his daughter, Theresa Gray.

Born on February 3, 1935 in Nanticoke, he was employed as a timber man and miner.

Surviving are his children, Thomas Michael Jr., Plymouth; Timothy Peter, Dallas; Simon, New York; Anthony, Hunlock Creek; Leatha Deyo, Hunlock Creek; Theresa Gray, Hunlock Creek; Ann Harrison, Benton; Bradley Michael, Plymouth; 33 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; sisters, Bessie Guzenski, Nanticoke; Lenna, Plymouth; brothers, Al, Washington; Frank, Florida; and Harold, Mocanaqua.

ROZELLE - Earl D., 66, of Trucksville, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 at Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital.

Born in Scranton, he was a graduate of Kingston High School.

Before retiring, he owned and operated a refrigeration service. He was a member of the Swoyersville American Legion Post 644.

Surviving are his son, Earl J., Trucksville; sister, Karen Newton, Scranton; brother, Jack, Kingston; nieces and nephews.

STOFILA - Romayne A. (Daubert), 75, of The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born in Beaumont, she was a graduate of Beaumont High School.

Surviving are her children, Tammy McFarland, Jessup; Sandy Cook, Shickshinny; Cynthia Long, Dunn, N.C.; Doreen Banos and Arno Daubert, Tunkhannock; Donald Jr., Noxen; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

WARNETT - Janice, of Tunkhannock, died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock.

Born on December 24, 1914 in Throop, she was a seamstress at Rowker Manufacturing in Tunkhannock prior to her retirement.

Surviving are her daughter, Shirley Jean, of Tunkhannock; one grandchild; one great-grandchild; brother, Gabriel Callwitts, of Tunkhannock; nieces and nephews.