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Thursday, August 25, 1994 Page:
Pub. Date: August 24, 1994 Obit Page
Former co-owner of Werts’ Grocery dies
Mary Werts of Walnut Street, West Pittston, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1994, at
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalBorn in Swoyersville, she was a daughter of
the late John and Susan Pivarnik.
She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church, West Pittston, and its
Altar and Rosary Society.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William, in 1984.
She and her husband owned and operated Werts’ Grocery on Exeter Avenue,
West Pittston, for 33 years, retiring in 1984.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Frank (Mary Ann) Wanko, Pittston; Barbara
Werts, at home; two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday from the Recupero Funeral
Home, 406 Susquehanna Ave., West Pittston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at
10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church.
Interment will be in West Pittston Cemetery.
Friends may call from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice St. John, 695
Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, 18702.