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September 1, 2010

Thelma Weldin Ratcliffe

August 29, 2010

Thelma Weldin Ratcliffe, Shavertown, 94 years young, beloved wife of the late Edward Ratcliffe, devoted mother of Richard W. (Beverly) and David E. (Bonnie), proud grandmother of Jennifer Ledford (Daniel) and Susan Westhoff (James), adoring great-grandmother of Abigail, Rachel and Noelle Ledford and Eleanor Westhoff, died Sunday, August 29, 2010, in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Mrs. Ratcliffe graduated in 1932 from Camden, N.J., High School. She was a member of Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Dallas, where she served as Parish Secretary for 37 years and had previously been Church Secretary at Forty Fort United Methodist Church for several years. She had been a Church Secretary for more than 43 years. At Prince of Peace, she had also served as Parish Treasurer and as Accounting Warden. She was a Vestry member for many years and had been active in the Episcopal Church Women of the parish. In the Diocese of Bethlehem, she was a member of the Diocesan Episcopal Church Women, served on the Liturgical Commission, the Standing Committee, the Commission on Ministry, the Cathedral Commission and on District and Diocesan Council for some time. Mrs. Ratcliffe had also been a delegate to the National Triennial Meeting of the Episcopal Church Women. In Province Three of the Church, she was a representative to the Provincial Conference Governing Board and served on the Planning Board of the Hood Conference.

Mrs. Ratcliffe was also preceded in death by a sister Helen Lillie.

The Burial Office and Requiem Eucharist will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, 420 S. Main St., Dallas, with the Rev. John C. Major, rector, officiating. Committal Service will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. The family will receive friends prior to the service at the church from 10:30 a.m. until service time.

The family requests that flowers be omitted and that memorial donations be made to: Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, 420 S. Main St., Dallas, PA 18612.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., 451 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre.

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