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Joseph O’Donnell
October 16, 1996
Joseph E. O’Donnell, 82, of Miners Mills, Wilkes-Barre, died Wednesday at
the
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains TownshipBorn in Miners
Mills, he was the son of the late Manus and Ann Kelly O’Donnell.
He was educated in Wilkes-Barre schools.
He was last employed by Medico Industries, Plains Township, for 14 years,
and previously by the International Color Press, Wilkes-Barre, as a pressman
for 43 years.
He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church, Miners Mills.
He and his wife, the former Kathryn Mantush, celebrated their 57th wedding
anniversary on May 7.
He was preceded in death by his son, Thomas, on May 10, 1983; brothers,
Manus and William; a sister, Helen Barrett.
Surviving in addition to his wife are sons, Joseph, Exeter; William and
James, both of Wilkes-Barre; Patrick, at home; daughters, Kitty Pascucci,
Plains Township; Theresa Meinel, Bensalem; Ann Piccolo, York; Mary Solt, Egg
Harbor, N.J.; 19 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Brennan,
Wilkes-Barre; Theresa Considine, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday from the Corcoran Funeral Home,
20 S. Main St., Plains Township, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m.
in Blessed Sacrament Church.
Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Memorial donations may be made to the Blessed Sacrament Church, c/o 213 E.
Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 18705.