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Saturday, February 05, 2000 Page:
February 3, 2000 elene McGraw, 72, formerly of Plains Township, died Thursday
at Valley Crest Nursing Home, Plains Township. Born March 28, 1927, in
Trenton, N.J., she was the valedictorian of the Class of 1945 at Marymount
High School, Wilkes-Barre. She was a member of St. Mary’s Church of the
maternity, Wilkes-Barre. She was preceded in death by her husband, Patrick,
Sr.; and brother, Edward Potera. Surviving are her sons, Raymond P.,
Wilkes-Barre; Patrick, Jr., Maryland; and Joseph, Nuangola; daughters, Julie
Kopacz, Pittston; and Kathleen Murray, Plains Township; nine grandchildren,
three great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 9
a.m. Monday from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre, with a funeral
Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church of the Maternity. Interment will be in
Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer
Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania.