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Catherine Stem
May 26, 1995
Catherine Stem, 70, of Wilkes-Barre Township died Friday morning at
Wilkes-Barre General HospitalBorn on May 23, 1925, in Wilkes-Barre
Township, she was the daughter of the late John and Catherine Stec Stem.
She was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School in 1943.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church,
Wilkes-Barre Township, and a member of the church’s guild.
Prior to retiring, she was employed as a nurse’s aid at the Valley Crest
Nursing Home and at the Wyoming Valley Manor in Wilkes-Barre.
She was preceded in death by brother, Demetriusm and by sisters, Rosanna
and Mary Stem.
Surviving are Mrs. Nell Siecko, Wilkes-Barre Township; Mrs. Anna Krivenko,
Tremont; Mrs. Helen Siecko, Wilkes-Barre Township; Mrs. Sophia Dybach,
Wilkes-Barre; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday morning from the Nat &
Gawlas Funeral Home, Park Avenue and South Street, Wilkes-Barre, with Divine
Liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church.
Interment will be in Saints Peter and Paul Ukraninian Catholic Cemetery,
Plains.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
Parastas will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, with Rev. John Balog, pastor of the
John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, officiating.