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May 16, 2011

Adella Faulent, 97, formerly of Duryea, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011, at Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre, where she had been a guest since 2001.

Born in Archbald, Pa., on August 11, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Adolph and Julia Ziskowski.

She was a member of Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Duryea. Adella was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be remembered as an accomplished seamstress.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Anthony Kiehart; second husband, Edward Faulent, who passed away in 1992; two sons, John and Bernard Faulent; three brothers, Peter, Frank and Bernard Ziskowski; and two sisters, Helen Barhight and Sabina Vosefski.

Surviving are son, Edward Faulent and his wife, Rose Ann, of Duryea; daughters, Adella Donlin and her husband, Edward, of Avoca, and Lorraine Mindock and her husband, James, of Allentown, Pa.; five grandchildren, Edward Faulent, Edward and David Conlin, Cathy Ann Tully and Kristen Mindock; 11 great-grandchildren; brother, Walter Ziskowski of Archbald, Pa.; as well as nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Friday from the Bernard J. Piontek Funeral Home Inc., 204 Main St., Duryea, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Duryea. Interment will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Duryea. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

The family would like to thank the staff and volunteers of Little Flower Manor, especially Jen, Sister Sylvestor and Sister Monica for their care, kindness and support to Adella and her family throughout her stay.