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REGINA M. VECCHI, 83, of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Wesley Village, Jenkins Township. Born in Hoboken, N.J., she was a daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth Lacey Kallert. Surviving are husband, Elmer, with whom she celebrated 62 years of marriage; children, Thomas, of Wyoming; Donald and his wife, Joan, Littleton, Colo.; Dominic and his wife, Sharon, North Bergen, N.J.; and Regina Schlehner and husband Joseph, Santa Clarita, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

A blessing service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at in the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Interment will be in Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday in the funeral home.