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March 8, 2011
Betty E. Yourren, 93, of Manhattan Street, Ashley, died Tuesday evening, March 8, 2011, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, surrounded by her nephew and niece, Jimmie and Ruth Rushton, and goddaughter, Sharon McNeill.
Born in Ashley, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Gertrude Morgan Horlacher and was a graduate of Ashley High School. Betty was a member of the Ashley Centenary Methodist Church and the Catholic War Veterans Social Club, Hanover Township.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph (Dody) Yourren, in 1984; and sisters, Olga Downs, Pearl Purvin, Alice Whitlock, Gertrude McLaughlin and Doris Hannis.
Betty is survived by her sister, Mildred Erwine, Dover, N.J.; and nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with Pastor Andrea McDonnell, of Ashley Centenary Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be sent by visiting www.lehmanfuneralhome.com.