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April 19

obituaries

BEAHM - Grace, 74, a resident of Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, formerly of Pikes Creek, died Sunday, April 12, 2009.

Born September 3, 1934 in Pikes Creek, she was a member of the Roaring Brook Baptist Church, Hunlock Creek. For many years, she was employed at the former Luzerne Outerware, Salem Township.

Surviving are her daughters, Kimberly Benscoter, Benton; Debra Nalls, Dallas; son, William, Dallas; five grandchildren; sisters, Irene Yeager, Hunlock Creek; Cora Harmon, Hunlock Creek; brothers, Claude, Harry, Thomas, Alfred, Joseph, of Hunlock Creek; and Clyde, of Noxen.

BEUKA - John, 97, of Sweet Valley, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Fernwood Manor, Pikes Creek.

Born in Plymouth on May 27, 1911, he retired from Astoria Savings Band on Long Island and moved to Sweet Valley in 1973.

He was an active member of the Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company, assisted with the Sweet Valley Ambulance and was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth.

Surviving are his brothers, Frank, of Sweet Valley; William, of Lakehurst, N.J.; and George, of Berwick; sisters, Mary Kitching, of Port Richie, Fla.; Ann Farver, of Sweet Valley; Virginia Place, of Clearwater, Fla.; and Irene Barrett, of Huntington, Long Island; numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations to the Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Co., PO Box 207, Sweet Valley, PA 18656.

CLARK - Carl Fredrick “Fred,” of Wyoming Avenue, Tunkhannock, died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock.

Born in North Orwell, Bradford County on Jan. 25, 1922, he was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. A graduate of Rome High School, he attended Bucknell University. He was a partner and salesman for Paul Rown Associates, selling sporting goods.

In his younger years, he was active in the Tunkhannock Baseball Association, serving as a coach. For several years, he was a PIAA basketball referee in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area.

Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Donna Navle Clark; son, Dane, of Tunkhannock; daughter, Lynn, of White Haven; brother, Leigh, of Florida; sister, Alice Bock, of Baltimore, Md.; and two grandchildren.

HAWK - Albert F., 77, of Trucksville, died Friday, April 10, 2009 at Hospice Community, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Kingston Township, he graduated from Kingston Township School. Before retiring, he worked for Procter and Gamble, Mehoopany.

He was a member of Trucksville United Methodist Church, Irem Shrine and its Motor Corps, George M. Dallas Lodge 531 F. & A.M. He served in the Army during the Korean War.

Surviving are a son, Michael W. and a daughter, Ann L. Gillis, both of Trucksville; two grandsons.

Memorial donations to Irem Motor Corps.

SCHOOLEY - Hannah J., 87, of Loyalville, died Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Fernwood Manor, Pikes Creek.

Born in Edwardsville on April 10, 1921, she was employed a seamstress for many years.

Surviving are her sisters, Mary Jane Sedlak, of Loyalville; and Arlene Schneiderite, of Dallas; nieces, nephews and a great-niece.

Memorial donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL, 60601-7633.

ZBICK – Leona, 95, of Hunlock Creek, Jackson Township, died Monday, April 13, 2009 at the Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke.

Born in Nanticoke on February 14, 1914, she attended public school in Meeker and then St. Mary’s Parochial School in Nanticoke.

She was a lifelong and active member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at Lake Silkworth, having been a former member of the choir and the Altar and Rosary Society.

Surviving are her two sons, Joseph Jr., of Rochester, N.Y.; and James, of Lehighton; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations to the Jackson Township Ambulance Association, PO Box 582, Dallas, PA 18612, or to the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel, P.O. Box 143, Shanksville, PA 15560.