Abbygail Sarah Brassington
Jan 14, 2011
Abbygail Sarah Brassington, infant daughter of Barry Brassington Jr. and Vicki Kuropatsky, Gilberton, died Friday shortly after birth. She is survived by her grandparents, Barry and Mary Brassington, Barnesville, and David and Theresa Kuropatsky, Gilberton. Abbygail is also survived by her birth sister, Kylie Jean Brassington, and birth brother, Jacob William Brassington. They were triplets. Funeral services took place Sunday...
Michael Kohan
Jan 12, 2011
Michael Kohan, 85, of Mahanoy City, passed away Wednesday at Shenandoah Manor Nursing Home, Shenandoah. Born in Mahanoy City, July 24, 1925, he was a son of the late Michael and Mary Semanchick Kohan, and Joseph Wilinsky. He was a member of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Mahanoy City. A Mahanoy City High School graduate, he served in the Marines...
Frances Sobolak
Jan 12, 2011
Mrs. Frances Sobolak, 89, of Albrightsville, passed away Wednesday January 12th, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway NJ. Mrs. Sobolak was born in New Boston, PA on February 2, 1921, the daughter of the late Jacob and Carrie (Muskal) Michaels. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years Stanley Sobolak in 2007. She was a member...
Norbert J. Lapinsky
Jan 11, 2011
Mr. Norbert J. Lapinsky, 89, of Mahanoy City, passed away Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 at the VA Hospital in Wilkes Barre. Mr. Lapinsky was born in , Mahanoy City on October 19, 1921, the son of the late Martin and Agnes (Kluchinsky) Lapinsky. He was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish Mahanoy City, PA. and lived most of...
Irene Starkey
Dec 16, 2010
Irene Starkey, 85, of Morea, Mahanoy City, passed away Thursday at Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street. Born in Coxeville, April 12, 1925, she was a daughter of the late George and Julia Babyack Craynock. She retired from the former Janowich Dress factory, Mahanoy City, where she had worked for 37 years. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta...
Susan I. Urban
Dec 16, 2010
Susan I. Urban, 65, of Cresswell Gardens, died peacefully Thursday morning at her home. Born in Chelsea, Mass., she was a daughter of the late Gerald and Virginia Latshaw Smeigh. Susan was a graduate of Great Valley High School, Malvern, and Lankenau School of Nursing, Wynnewood. She was a registered nurse in the operating room at the former Good Samaritan...
Joseph Datchko
Nov 26, 2010
Joseph Datchko Joseph Datchko of Lake Worth, FL passed away on November 26, 2010 at age 97. Born in the Ukraine, he was a son of the late Metro and Nellie " Maschack " Datchko. Joe was well known in the Mahanoy City - Delano area during the 1930s and 1940s. He moved to New Jersey in 1949 and to...
Dale Sperlbaum
Nov 17, 2010
Dale Sperlbaum, 69, of Mahanoy City, passed away Wednesday at his home. Born in Guthsville, June 14, 1941, he was a son of the late Joseph and Esther Wetzel Sperlbaum. He was of the Christian faith. He served in the Navy and was a security guard at Vanak Security. He was also a welding teacher for many years at the...
Dr. Homer Boysen
Nov 5, 2010
Dr. Homer Boysen, 87, of Mahanoy City, died Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Nancy Zelinske, in Lebanon. Born and raised in Egg Harbor, N.J., he was a son of the late Theophilus Henry Boysen, M.D., and the former Emilie Krug. Dr. Boysen graduated from Egg Harbor High School, class of 1939, Ursinus College in 1943 and Thomas...
Florence Ball
Oct 31, 2010
Florence Ball, 97, formerly of Mahanoy City, died early Sunday morning at her residence at Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville. Florence was born in Mahanoy City, a daughter of the late William Truskowski and the former Agnes Gillis. She lived in Mahanoy City all of her life and was a graduate of Mahanoy City High School. Along with...
William J. "Bill" O'Brien
Oct 28, 2010
William "Bill" O'Brien, 71, of Barnesville, passed away Thursday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. Born in Jacksons, Aug. 2, 1939, he was a son of the late John and Stella O'Brien. He served in the Navy and was employed for 40 years at Flint Ink Co. (Sinclair/Valentine). He was a member of St. Richard's Church, Barnesville. He was a member...
John Polityka
Oct 22, 2010
John Polityka, 66, of Sunbury, formerly of Mahanoy City, died Friday morning at home. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., a son of the late Thomas Polityka and Angela (nee Puk) Polityka Pukavage. ? John was a graduate of the former St. Casimir parochial school in Mahanoy City and a 1962 graduate of Mahanoy Area High School. He worked on...
Mary Laukaitis
Sep 5, 2010
Mary Laukaitis, 94 of Mahanoy City died Sunday at Saint Catherine Medical Center, Fountain Springs. Born in Nesquehoning, April 14th, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Elizabeth (Mader) Latsko. She was a member of a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband Alphonsus Laukaitis...
Margaret Zeman
Aug 26, 2010
Margaret Zeman, 93, formerly of Mahanoy City, died Thursday evening at Broad Mountain Manor, Frackville, where she resided the last 10 years. Born in Mahanoy City, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Mary Chmellar Zeman. When Margaret lived in Mahanoy City, she attended local schools, had worked at the former Janowitch Dress factory and had been a...
Leona "Dolly" Bushick
Aug 20, 2010
Leona V. Bushick, 80, of Park Place, Mahanoy City, died early Friday morning peacefully at her home. Dolly was born in Mahanoy City , the daughter of the late Michael Kravetz and the former Veronica Wargo. She was a graduate of Mahanoy City High School class of 1947 and had worked for Eagle Bros. Shirt Factory formerly of Mahanoy City....
Janice M. Pecika
Aug 14, 2010
Janice M. Pecika, 52, of Park Place, Mahanoy City, passed away Saturday at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Born in Mahanoy City, Sept. 18, 1957, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Joanne Pribish Ansbach. Janice was a member of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Mahanoy City. She was a graduate of Mahanoy Area High School, Class of 1975, and...
Irene Krolick
Aug 8, 2010
Miss Irene Krolick, 77, Mahanoy City. passed away Monday, August 9th, 2010 at Shenandoah Manor Nursing Home, Shenandoah, PA. Miss Krolick was born in Morea, PA on September 23, 1932, the daughter of the late Edward and Susan (Kurty) Krolick. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish Mahanoy City, PA. She had worked as an LPN at...
Rosemarie Polusky
Aug 5, 2010
Rosemary Polusky, 80, of Morea, passed away Thursday at Hometown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Tamaqua. Born in Mahanoy City, Sept. 7, 1929, she was a daughter of the late John and Helen Plasky Budrow. She graduated from Mahanoy City High School. She had worked at Atlas Powder Co., South Tamaqua, and for Lavis Catering, Bloomsburg. She was a member of...
Mary H. Bienkowski
Aug 3, 2010
Mary H. Bienkowski, 88, of Frackville, died Tuesday at Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs. Born in Mahanoy City, July 28, 1922 , she is a daughter of the late Onufry and Cecilia Vaicekouskas Klimachusky. She had lived in Rockville, Conn., for 30 years before returning to live in Frackville. She was a 1940 graduate of Mahanoy City High School...
William "Billy" Murphy
Jul 29, 2010
William Murphy, 39, of Mahanoy City, passed away July 29 at his home. Born in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 13, 1971, he was a son of Erline Christie and Richard Murphy, Mahanoy City. He had also lived in Bristol, Conn., Old Orchard Beach, Maine, and Mahanoy City since 2001. He had graduated from Central High School in Bristol, Conn. Surviving are...
