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August 1, 2009
Blanche Rand, 86, of South Hanover Street, Nanticoke, passed away Saturday at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born on March 31, 1923, in Newport Township, she was a daughter of the late Ludwig and Anna Bednarczyk. She had been employed at Horne and Hardate and then as a secretary for MaGraw Hill Publishing Co. She was a member of St. Mary of Czestochowa Church, Nanticoke.
Mrs. Rand was preceded in death by her husband, Nicholas Rand Sr., in 1982; brothers Anthony, John and Stanley Bednarczyk; and sisters Mary Holliwell, Victoria Sisko, Charlotte Pawlowski, Stella Kowalski, Helen Pasacreta, Theresa Gasewicz and Dolores Shershen.
Surviving are her son, Nicholas Rand Jr.; grandson David; and granddaughter Marissa.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. from the Stanley S. Stegura Funeral Home Inc., 614 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary of Czestochowa Church. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Wanamie. Friends may call Wednesday, from 6 to 8 p.m.