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May 8, 2004
Mrs. Magdalene (Demchishen) Haverick, 87, of Dana Street in the Rolling
Mill Hill section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Saturday morning in the Hospice
Community Care Inpatient Unit at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, following a
brief illness.
Born Nov. 27, 1916, in Edwardsville, she was the daughter of the late
Joseph and Rose (Souchick) Demchishen. She was educated in Wilkes-Barre city
schools. She had previously been employed by the Atwater Silk Mills of
Wilkes-Barre, as a coner. She served as night manager and more recently as a
foster grandparent for the Domestic Violence Service Center of Wilkes-Barre.
Mrs. Haverick was a member of the Good Shepherd Polish National Catholic
Church, Plymouth and the Lithuanian Club of Wilkes-Barre.
She was predeceased by her husband, Mr. Clement V. Haverick, on Dec. 17,
1973; and by a son, Robert C. Haverick in 1974. She was also predeceased by
several brothers and sisters.
A celebration of life service for Mrs. Haverick will be conducted on
Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. from the John V. Morris-Charles J. Leagus Funeral
Home, 281 East Northampton Street, Heights section of Wilkes-Barre.
Friends and family are encouraged to share thoughts and remembrances of
Mrs. Haverick at the time.
Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family.
Friends may call on Monday from 5 to 9 p.m. There will be a service for
Christian Burial conducted Monday evening at 6 p.m. with the Reverend Dr.
Czeslaw Kuliczkowski, pastor of Good Shepherd Polish National Church,
officiating.
In lieu of floral tributes, memorial contributions may be made in Mrs.
Haverick’s memory to the Domestic Violence Service Center, P.O. Box 1662,
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.