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Thursday, March 20, 2003 Page: 6A
Helen (Schneider) Kratz, 91, of Wilkes-Barre, died Wednesday at Mercy
Hospice, Wilkes-Barre.
Born March 13, 1912, in Ashley, she was a daughter of the late Harry and
Catherine (Ney) Schneider. She was a 1929 graduate of Hanover High School and
was employed by the Wilkes-Barre School District for many years. She was a
member of St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, and its Altar and Rosary
Society, Wilkes-Barre.
She was preceded in death by husbands Andrew Fignart and John Kratz;
brothers, Harry, Paul and Joseph; sisters, Elizabeth, Catherine, Agnes, Anna,
Louise and Leona; great-grandchildren, Charissa Hoffman and Tricia Williams.
Surviving are son, John, Wilkes-Barre; daughters, Helene Wojnar, Dorrance;
Andrea MacMoran, Cherry Hill, N.J.; seven grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday from the Desiderio Funeral Home
Inc., 377 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30
a.m. at St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church. Interment will be in St. Mary
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association.