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Wednesday, January 06, 1999     Page:

MARY RUDDICK
   
January 5, 1998
    Mary Ruddick, 84, formerly of Park Avenue in Wilkes-Barre died Tuesday at
   
ManorCare Health Services, KingstonBorn March 25, 1914, in Wilkes-Barre,
she was a daughter of the late Nefor and Anna (Pahulich) Evanchick.
   
Before retiring, she had been employed for many years at A. Rifkin Co. in
Wilkes-Barre and Hanover Township.
   
She was a member of St. Mary’s Church of the Immaculate Conception in
Wilkes-Barre.
   
She was preceded in death by her husband, former Wilkes-Barre Police Chief,
John W. Ruddick, in 1995; sisters, Helen Evanchick, Frances Whitecavage and
Anna Nardelli; and brother, Charles Evanchick.
   
Surviving are her brothers, John Evanchick, Wilkes-Barre; Michael
Evanchick, Plains Township; and Joseph Evanchick, Allentown, N.J.; sisters,
Sophia Klosowski, Hernando, Fla.; and Catherine Gostkowski, Sayreville, N.J.;
and numerous nieces nephews.
   
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral
Home on Park Avenue and South Street in Wilkes-Barre, with a funeral Mass at
9:30 in St. Mary’s Church of the Immaculate Conception.
   
Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Hanover Township.
   
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
   
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Mary’s Church of
the Immaculate Conception, 134 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, 18701.—–