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Thursday, January 27, 2000 Page: 5A
January 26, 2000 elen R. Kosakowski, 77, of Village Drive, Hunlock Creek,
died Wednesday at Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. Born Nov. 15, 1922, in
Nanticoke, she was a daughter of the late Idris and Helena (Davidson) Thorne.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas; great-grandson, Gary
Wojciechowski; sisters, Lillian Thorne, Marie Humphrey, Iris Kowalski and
Jennie Thorne; and brothers, Abraham, Matthew, James and Frank. Surviving are
her daughters, Mary Jane Long, Lake Silkworth; and Iris Varner, Hunlock Creek;
sons, Frank, Hunlock Creek; and Thomas, Berwick; 13 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; sisters, Jennie Simons,
California; Alice Sorber, Hunlock Creek; Hannah Wright, Mountaintop; and Betty
Every, Kirkville, N.Y. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday from the
Clarke Piatt Funeral Home, Inc., Hunlock Creek. The Rev. Daniel Longmore, of
Brethren in Christ Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Benscoter
Cemetery, Muhlenburg. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Memorial
donations may be made to Pittston Hospice.