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Wednesday, October 02, 2002     Page: 5A

Agnes Hammond
   
Sept. 27, 2002
    gnes Hammond of Barney Street, Wilkes-Barre, died Friday in Riverview, Fla.
   
Born Dec. 14, 1909, in Plains Township, she was the daughter of the late
Andrew and Catherine McDermott. She attended Nanticoke schools. Before
retiring in 1974, she worked at Duplin Silk Mill, Nanticoke, and Wyoming
Valley Garment, Wilkes-Barre. She belonged to St. Aloysius Church and its
senior citizens volunteer program at Mercy Hospital and Red Cross blood
drives.
   
She was preceded in death by her husband, Phillip; granddaughter, Lorraine
Stimeling; and brothers, Joseph and Frank.
   
Surviving are her son, Robert J. Stewart, Riverview; a grandson; four
great-granddaughters; a great-great-grandson; and brothers, Charles, Toms
River, N.J.; Leo, Elizabeth, N.J.; and Andrew, Detroit.
   
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday from the Mamary-Durkin Funeral
Service Corp., 59 Parrish St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial
at 10:30 a.m. at St. Aloysius Church. Interment will be in St. Mary’s
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
   
Friends may call from 9 a.m. until the funeral begins Friday.