Florence Shimkus, 86, of 1404 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City, died at noon Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown.

Born in Mahanoy City, Feb. 9, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Terway Shimkus.

She lived in Mahanoy City her entire life.

She graduated from Mahanoy Area High School in 1939 and attended McCann School of Business. She had been a secretary at the former Mahanoy City Wholesale Grocers. She also had been a legal secretary for attorney Anthony Miernicki, Shenandoah.

She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church, Mahanoy City. She was also a member of the parish St. Vincent DePaul Society and the Knights of Lithuania, Saint Clair.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Father Bernard Shimkus, Nov. 10, 1996, and Leonard Shimkus, March 1, 1987; and a sister, Beatrice Shimkus, Feb. 14, 1992.

Surviving are a sister-in-law, Joan Shimkus, Mahanoy City; and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Louis D. Truskowsky Funeral Home, Mahanoy City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church, Mahanoy City. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Mahanoy City, where a white dove will be released at the graveside in her memory.

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