Obituaries

Mar 15, 2010

Mr. David G Gnall, 64, of Mahanoy City. Died Monday, March 15th at Saint Catherines Medical Center, after fighting not only a courageous battle but also fought the war of cancer. Mr. Gnall was born in New Boston, on November 18, 1945, the son of the late Michael and Helen (Gensure) Gnall. He was a member of St Mary Byzantine...

Mar 14, 2010

Miss Anna Hamera, 91, of Mahanoy City. passed away Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at Shenandoah Manor Nursing Home, Shenandoah, PA. Miss Hamera was born in New Boston, on September 17, 1918, the daughter of the late John and Kathryn (Kozic) Hamera. She was a member of St Mary Byzantine Catholic Church Mahanoy City, PA. She had worked at Janowitch Dress...

Mar 13, 2010

Mrs. Helen A Kane, 94, of Mahanoy City. passed away Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at the home of her daughters in Orwigsburg. Mrs. Kane was born in Mahanoy City, PA on May 30, 1915, the daughter of the late William and Anna (Dunsavage) Kubilus. She was a member of the former St Joseph Church and Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish...

Feb 26, 2010

George "Uncle Stumpy" Howley Jr., 69, of Mahanoy City, passed away Friday at Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs. Born in Chester, Nov. 17, 1940, he was a son of the late George Joseph and Mae Brisach Howley. He was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ, Mahanoy City. He attended local schools. He was the husband of...

Feb 21, 2010

Mrs. Antoinette Dainauski, 82, of Mahanoy City, passed away Sunday at St. Luke Pavilion, Hazleton. Mrs. Dainauski was born in Mahanoy City on March 20, 1927, the daughter of the late Michael and Veronica Orzech Gresh. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church, Mahanoy City, and the former St. Casimir Church. She belonged to the...

Feb 14, 2010

Mary Ellen Fronczak, 56, of Morea, Mahanoy City, passed away Sunday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street.Born in Mahanoy City, Sept. 6, 1953, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Anna Copley Whalen.She worked as a waitress at Granny's Restaurant, Frackville.She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Parish and a member of the former...

Feb 14, 2010

Beatrice Davis, 87, of Morea, passed away Sunday at Shenandoah Manor Nursing Center. Born in Morea, Sept. 22, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Simon and Mary Wabbles Polinsky. She attended Mahanoy Township schools and last worked at Russell Williams Dress Factory, Mahanoy City. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Parish and the...

Feb 14, 2010

Margaret Palmer, 91, of New Boston, passed away Sunday at Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street. Born in New Boston, Feb. 20, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Elis Etcho.She attended Mahanoy Township schools and last worked at Charles Rabin Factory, Frackville. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Parish and the...

Feb 12, 2010

Michael Petrasky, 93, of Mahanoy City, passed away Friday at Broad Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Frackville. Born in Mahanoy City, Aug. 30, 1916, he was the son of the late Michael and Dora Hroback Petrusky. He was a member of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Mahanoy City. He served in the Army in World War II. He retired from BF...

Feb 1, 2010

Katherine Theresa Anceravige, 90, of Mahanoy City, passed away Monday at Broad Mountain Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville. Born in Mahanoy City, June 24, 1919, she was a daughter of the late John Demko and Dora Warjick Demko Krall and John Krall. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish, Mahanoy City, and a member of the...

Jan 11, 2010

Frank W. Burda, 78, of Morea, passed away Monday at his residence.

Born in Morea, June 24, 1931, he was a son of the late Michael and Anielia Kraska Burda.

He was a member of St. Richard Church, Barnesville, and the former St. Casimir Church, Mahanoy City.

He served in the Army during the Korean...

Jan 5, 2010

Mr. William Schwank, 66, of Mahanoy City, passed away Tuesday at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Mr. Schwank was born in Tamaqua on Jan. 10, 1943, the son of the late Clayton and Ruth Schwank. He was of the Protestant faith. He retired from Sealy Mattress, Delano. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert, in 2008. Surviving are sons,...

Dec 17, 2009

Mrs. Willard Thompson, 86, of 725 E. Pine St., Mahanoy City, died Thursday at her residence. Born in Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 25, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Young Bryant. She lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., most of her life. She attended Knoxville schools and received a master's degree in education from Indiana State University. She specialized in...

Dec 15, 2009

Thomas Gimeno, 80, of Liberty Hill, Mahanoy City, passed away Tuesday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1929, he was a son of the late Vincent and Helen Storpitis Gimeno. He served in the Army as military police during the Korean War. He worked as a welder at Mack Trucks, Allentown. He was a...

Dec 1, 2009

Miss Mary Romanosky, 98, of Mahanoy City, passed away Tuesday at Broad Mountain Manor nursing home. Miss Romanosky was born in Mahanoy City, Oct. 15, 1911, the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Kirlivich Romanosky. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish, Mahanoy City, and former St. Joseph Church. She had worked for John Kline Motors...

Nov 17, 2009

Dorothy M. Dombrosky, 88, of Mahanoy City, passed away Tuesday at her residence. Born in Mahanoy City, July 6, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Casimir and Mary Anne (Dengaliwicz) Zagorski. She attended Mahanoy Township School. She retired from the Eagle Shirt factory, Mahanoy City. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church, Mahanoy...

Nov 10, 2009

Michael Fernandez, 53, a resident of Rest Haven nursing home, Schuylkill Haven, died Tuesday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street. Born in Grier City, Barnesville, he was a son of the late Christina Fernandez. He lived in Grier City most of his life and attended Mahanoy Area schools. He was a member of St. Richard Roman Catholic Church, Barnesville. He...

Oct 19, 2009

Nellie Medwick, 93, of, Mahanoy City, passed away Monday at her home. Born in Delano, July 19, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Wassil and Kathryn Chrusch Corinchock. She was a 1935 graduate of Delano High School. She was a lifetime member of the former St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Mahanoy City. She served in the...

Oct 19, 2009

Edward Sincavage, 87, of East Mahanoy Avenue, Mahanoy City, passed away Monday at Hazleton General Hospital. Born in Mahanoy City, Oct. 29, 1921, he was a son of the late John and Martha Davidavage Sincavage. He lived in Mahanoy City all his life and was a 1939 graduate of Mahanoy City High School. He served in the Army...

Oct 12, 2009

Edward Charles Schoener, 77, of New Ringgold, died Monday at Rest Haven nursing home, Schuylkill Haven. Born in Tuscarora, March 24, 1932, he was a son of the late William and Alma Freed Schoener. He graduated from Hamburg High School, class of 1950, and Temple University, Philadelphia, with a degree in electronics in 1952. He was employed as a electrician...