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Thursday, July 28, 2005     Page: 10A

Anna (Hunchar) Pac, 87, of Vernon, Connecticut, passed away peacefully on
Wednesday, July 27, 2005, with family members by her side.
   
Born and raised in Warrior Run, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the
late John and Anastasia Moriak Hunchar.
    Anna’s nursing career began with her graduation from Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital School of Nursing, and led to her appointment as a registered nurse
in several New York hospitals thereafter. Anna courted and married Andrew
Edward Pac, her hometown sweetheart, while residing in New York City for 61
years.
   
Always eager to try her hand at something new and exciting, Anna avidly
pursued sewing, crocheting, baking, canning and oil painting. This adventurous
spirit may have been first noticed in high school, when Anna played for and
was named captain of her school’s basketball team.
   
She also loved listening to barbershop music, second only to the sounds of
her husband and sons playing the saxophone, clarinet, and piano. Anna’s
constancy and faith was displayed in her devotion to the Orthodox Church and
in the pride and commitment she felt toward her family.
   
Anna is survived by her loving husband, Andy (“Willo”) of Vernon,
Connecticut; her children, Andrew, Jr. and wife, Ann of Langhorne,
Pennsylvania; Barbara Mazur and husband, Gene of Manchester, Connecticut;
Stephen and wife, Jeannie of Chester, Connecticut; her grandchildren, EveAnn,
Andra, David, and Ryan; and her sisters, Eva Baker of Phoenix, Arizona; Olga
Thomas of Denver, Colorado; and Martha Armstrong of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
   
Anna was preceded in death by her sisters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Pearl, and
her brothers, Andrew, Russell, John and Michael.
   
A requiem service will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist
Orthodox Church, Hanover section of Nanticoke, with the Rev. John S. Russin,
pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery, Nanticoke.
   
Friends may call Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Simon S. Russin Funeral
Home, 136 Maffett St., Plains, and Saturday at the church from 9 a.m. until
the time of the service. A panachida service will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at
the funeral home. Those attending the funeral will meet at the church by 9:30
a.m.
   
In lieu of flowers, a memorial donation may be made to St. John the Baptist
Orthodox Church, 106 Welles St., Hanover section of Nanticoke, PA, or All
Saints Orthodox Church, 205 Scarborough Street, Hartford, CT, 06105.