John (Polo) Saworowsky
Jul 28, 2009
John "Polo" Saworowsky, 81, of 217 S. Third St., Frackville, passed away Tuesday at Broad Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Frackville. Born in Shenandoah, April 12, 1928, he was the son of the late Edward and Sophie Czech Saworowsky. He graduated from Shenandoah High School and was a member of St. Casimir Church, Shenandoah. He was a Baltimore city police officer,...
Anna Cusick
Jul 18, 2009
Anna Cusick, 95, of 109 W. Pine St., Mahanoy City, passed away Saturday at Shenandoah Manor Nursing Home, Shenandoah. Born in Mahanoy City, March 3, 1914, she was a daughter of the late John and Martha Davidavage Sincavage. She had lived in Queens, N.Y., and Bronx N.Y., for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Cusick;...
Czar Mikita
Jul 8, 2009
Czar Mikita, 25, of Bloomsburg, formerly of Mahanoy City, died unexpectedly Wednesday at home.
Born in Mahanoy City, July 6, 1984, he was a son of the late Keisar Mikita, who died Feb. 2, 1988.
He was a 2003 graduate of Mahanoy Area High School, where he was active in football and wrestling.
Czar was...
Victoria Getz
Jun 27, 2009
Victoria Getz, 92, of New Boston, Mahanoy City, died Saturday morning at Broad Mountain Manor, Frackville. Born in Kaska, Dec. 10, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Kupchinsky. A graduate of Blythe Township High School, she lived most of her life in New Boston. She was employed in the local garment industry and retired from...
Dolores Dziadosz
Jun 7, 2009
Mrs. Dolores Dziadosz, 76, formerly of Mahanoy City, passed away Sunday at Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs. Born in Mahanoy City, Dec. 18, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Ramon and Anna Miskar Selbi. She last worked for City Shirt and also worked for Russell Williams Garment factory until it closed. In addition to her parents, she...
John J. Dziedziak Sr.
May 11, 2009
John J. Dziedziak Sr., 77, of 360 S. West St., Shenandoah, passed away Monday at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Born in Shenandoah, Aug. 12, 1931, he was a son of the late John and Victoria Kazmierczak Dziedziak. He served in the Army as a Corporal in the Korean War and was awarded the Purple Heart, Korean Service...
Frank S. Volosky
Apr 4, 2009
Frank S. Volosky, 87, of Shenandoah, died Saturday morning at Trinity Mission, Shenandoah. Born in William Penn, April 29, 1921, he was a son of the late George and Elizabeth Soichak Volosky. He lived in Shenandoah most of his life and was a graduate of West Mahanoy Township High School. He was employed by Hammond Coal Co., Girardville, and other...
Alphonsus Marsincavage
Apr 3, 2009
Alphonsus Marsincavage, 83, of 517 W. Market St., Mahanoy City, died Friday at Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs. Born in Mahanoy City, Feb. 6, 1926, he was a son of the late Alphonsus and Josephine Barney Marsincavage. He attended St. Mary Slovak Catholic School for eight years and Mahanoy City High School class of 1944. He served in the...
Francis C. "Heinz" Whalen
Apr 1, 2009
Francis C. "Heinz" Whalen, 67, of Collegeville, died Wednesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Born in Mahanoy City, Oct. 30, 1941, he was a son of the late Michael and Mary Kaier Whalen. From his teenage years, he was a member of music groups playing rock 'n' roll, jazz and bluegrass. He played solo for residents in assisted-living and nursing homes...
Joseph Savaika
Mar 6, 2009
Joseph Savaika, 95, formerly of 222 E. Broad St., Tamaqua, passed away Friday at Hometown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Hometown. Born in Mahanoy City, Dec. 20, 1913, he was a son of the late Anthony and Anna Dudonis Seveika.? He served in the Army during World War II. He retired from Container Corp. of America, Philadelphia. Surviving are sisters, Anna...
Dorothy H. Shea
Feb 23, 2009
Dorothy H. Shea, 93, a resident of Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville, formerly of Mahanoy City, passed away Monday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street. Born in Shenandoah, Feb. 4, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Carrie Morgan Hilton. She was a 1933 graduate of J.W. Cooper High School, Shenandoah. She retired from General...
Kandi Lee Ulrich
Feb 20, 2009
Kandi Ulrich, 28, of 319 West Center Street Mahanoy City died at home. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Feel free to sign the guest book.
Helen Yenalavage
Feb 20, 2009
Helen Yenalavage, 94, of 923 E. Market St., Mahanoy City, died Friday at Schuylkill Medical Center–East Norwegian Street. Born in Mahanoy City, Aug. 29, 1914, she was a daughter of the late Francis Chesnusky and Stasia Wasilusky Chesnusky. She lived in Mahanoy City her whole life. She was a 1932 graduate of Mahanoy City High School and was employed in...
Frank Yenalevicz
Feb 12, 2009
Frank Yenalevicz, 72, of 923 E. Market St., Mahanoy City, died Thursday at home. Born in Mahanoy City, Jan. 23, 1936, he was a son of the Helen Chesnusky Yenalavage, at home, and the late Anthony Yenalavage.? He was a 1954 graduate of Mahanoy City High School and received his bachelor of science degree in engineering from Valparaiso University in...
Rachel Langan
Feb 5, 2009
Rachel Colleen Langan, 16, of Mahanoy City, died unexpectedly Thursday morning (2009) at home.
Born in Phoenixville, July 23, 1992, she was a daughter of Raymond M. Langan Jr. and his wife, Mercedes, Reading, and her mother Terri (known as Lynn to her friends) Thomas Murphy with whom she lived and her husband, Charles Murphy, Mahanoy City....
Anna Mack
Jan 26, 2009
Anna Mack, 87, of 423 W. Arlington St., Shenandoah, passed away Monday morning at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab of Shenandoah Heights. Born in Maizeville, she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Ella Kudla Semanchick. She lived Buck mountain and Shenandoah and attended local schools. She belonged to St. Casimir Roman Catholic Church, Shenandoah, and had been a...
Carol Ann Bulcavage
Jan 19, 2009
Carol Ann Bulcavage, 67, died January 19, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital , Tulsa , Oklahoma (OK). She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Connie, and infant brother Frederick. Carol was cremated on January 22, 2009 . A Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. Joseph 's Catholic Church in Cleveland , OK on February 4,...
Florence Shimkus
Jan 16, 2009
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...
Carmella Shemansik
Jan 16, 2009
Carmella Shemansik, 83, of 400 W. Pine St., Mahanoy City, died Friday morning at her home. Born in Shenandoah, Feb. 20, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Guyda and Margaret Fesco Guyda. She lived most of her life in Shenandoah and Mahanoy City. She attended Shenandoah schools. She had worked at the former Locust Mountain Hospital as...
Mary P. Thompson
Dec 28, 2008
Mary P. Thompson, 95, of Topton, formerly of West Spruce Street, Mahanoy City, died Sunday morning in the Inpatient Hospice Unit of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. Born in Mahanoy City, Dec. 25, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Frank Pilipavich and Anna Truskowski Burza Pilipavich Puidokas. She was educated in Mahanoy City public schools and lived in Mahanoy...
