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HOURIGAN - Thomas M., 57, of Shavertown, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2008.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was a graduate of Crestwood High School and attended King’s College. He was the managing partner of Hourigan Brothers, Mountain Top, a mining supply company. He was a member of St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown.

Surviving are his wife, Joyce Hughes Hourigan; daughter, Sarah-Jayne Hourigan; stepdaughter, Shelby Girard, Dallas; brother, Frank C., Glen Summit; nephews and one niece; and a stepmother, Geraldine Hourigan, Kingston.

Memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association.

MONSEY - Kathryn J. Monsey of Jenkins Road, Tunkhannock, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.

Born on Russell Hill, Wyoming County, on July 30, 1934, she was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School, Class of 1952. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a secretary.

Surviving are her husband, Joseph E.; daughter, Marci Kacyon, Whitehall; brothers, Earl, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Jack, Aurora, Ill.; Jerry, Tunkhannock; sisters, Jennie Bartron and Betty Monsey, both of Tunkhannock; Hazel Richardson, of Mesa, Ariz.; and two grandsons.

POLK - Theresa R., 90, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008.

Born September 15, 1918 in Plainsville, she was a member of the Plains United Methodist Church. She was actively involved in Eastern Star and the auxiliary at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was the owner-operator of a Planter’s Peanut store in Paterson, N.J.

Surviving are her daughters, Margaret Smith and Ruth, both of Orange; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

REDMOND - Arthur George, 24, of Shavertown, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.

Born in Kingston, he was a 2002 graduate of Dallas High School and a 2007 graduate of Wilkes University. He was recently employed by Thomas’ Market of Shavertown while awaiting deployment to the Peace Corps in the summer of 2009.

He previously worked in an orphanage in Ecuador and at a child development community school in the Amazon Basin.

Surviving are his parents, Brian and Lois Redmond, of Shavertown; sisters, Maggie, of Franklin, Tenn.; and Abbey, of Wilkes-Barre; brother, Peter, of Tamaqua; one niece; paternal grandmother, Gladys Redmond, of Kingston; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Memorial donations to The Back Mountain Trail Association, PO Box 212, Dallas, PA 18612.

TRAVER - Larry B., 68, of Old Berwick Rd., Bloomsburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.

Born in Noxen on March 12, 1940, he resided in Lime Ridge for six years and formerly lived in Danville for 13 years. He was a truck driver for New Penn Motor Express, Milton, for 24� years, retiring in May 2002. For the past year, he drove part-time for L&H Trucking, Bloomsburg. He was a member of the Teamsters Local, Milton.

Surviving are his mother, Geraldine (Shultz) Traver, Millville; his wife, the former Alicia J. Michael; 12 children, David, Pittston; Vicky Scudillo, Honesdale; Christopher, Dallas; Larry Jr., Jerry Lee, Tracy Traver, George Jr., Bloomsburg; Thomas, Coal Township; Genevieve Erlston, Washingtonville; Shirley Kachurka and James Benninger, both of Berwick; Matthew, Millville; numerous grandchildren; one great-grandson; five brothers, George, Millville; Donald, Falls; Thomas, Lightstreet; Mark, Warren Center; and Leonard, Mehoopany.