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...
Adam Donella
Dec 27, 2008
Be advised; The Guest Book is for positive, uplifting or sympathetic comments. Anything beyond this will not be approved for posting. Thanks. Adam Michael Donella, 28, of 135 W. Pine St., Mahanoy City, died Saturday morning at home. Born in Mahanoy City, March 26, 1980, he was a son of the late William J. Donella Sr. and Cheryl Quin Donella...
Anna Mae Kasacavage
Dec 24, 2008
Anna Mae Kasacavage, 81 Henderson, Kentucky, Died Wednesday December 24th, 2008, at Methodist Hospital in Henderson Kentucky. She was a life long member of Holy Emmanuel Slovak Lutheran Church in Mahanoy City. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Vincent J. Kasacavage, who died January 20th, 2003; her parents, Stefan and Anna Bumbal; and one sister,...
Daniel Dunlap
Dec 17, 2008
Daniel S. Dunlap, 59, of 143 willow St., Delano, died Wednesday morning at St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital, Coaldale. He was a son of the late Michael and Rita McCoog Dunlap, and he lived in Mahanoy City and Delano since 1970. He was a graduate of Mahanoy Area High School, class of 1967.Daniel had worked for the former Spalding Bakery,...
Stephen Garrett
Dec 10, 2008
Stephen Garrett 57 of 1119 Main Street Gilberton Died at home. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Louis D. Truskowsky Funeral Home Inc. Shenandoah is in charge of arrangements.
Aldona Marchalonis
Dec 7, 2008
Aldona M. Marchalonis formerly of 21 East Pine Street, entered into her eternal rest on December 7, 2008. A lifelong native of Mahanoy City , Pa. , she stood side by side with her beloved husband in their grocery/butcher shop on East Pine Street . Her husband, Joseph, preceded her in death in 1996.
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Stephen J. Gavala
Dec 5, 2008
Stephen J. Gavala, 65, of Shenandoah, passed away Friday afternoon at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street. Born in Shenandoah, he was a son of the late Stephen Gavala and Blanche Jatkiewicz Gavala. He graduated from Immaculate Heart High School, Fountain Springs, Jersey City Medical Center as a registered nurse, and Wilkes University with a bachelor's degree in nursing. He was...
Francis M. Dunlap
Nov 22, 2008
Francis M. Dunlap, 61, of 533 E. Pine St., Mahanoy City, died Saturday evening at his home. Born in Mahanoy City, Jan. 24, 1947, he was a son of the late Michael and Rita McCoog Dunlap. He lived in Arlington, Va. for 35 years, moving back to Mahanoy City in 2005. He was a 1964 graduate of Mahanoy Area High...
Constance Lawrence
Nov 13, 2008
Constance Lawrence, 74, of 828 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City, passed away Thursday morning at her residence.Born in Shenandoah, March 26, 1934, she was a daughter of the late John and Erma Baker Hollenbach.She lived most of her life in Shenandoah, moving to Mahanoy City in 1973.She was a 1951 graduate of J.W. Cooper High School, Shenandoah, and had attended...
Francis Schlack
Nov 12, 2008
Francis "Murph" Schlack, 87, of 517 W. Mount Vernon St., Shenandoah, died Wednesday morning at Shenandoah Manor. Born in Shenandoah, July 17, 1921, he was a son of the late Frank and Margaret Piotsky Schlack. He lived in Shenandoah most of his life and attended Shenandoah schools. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He retired from Purolator...
Carl D. Ziegmont
Oct 22, 2008
Carl D. Ziegmont, 68, of 124 Roosevelt Drive, Morea, Mahanoy City, died Wednesday evening after arrival at Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs. Born in Gilberton, May 14, 1940, he was a son of the late William and Helen Leskie Ziegmont. He lived in Gilberton and Mahanoy City his whole life and was a 1957 graduate of Gilberton High School....
Sen. James J. Rhoades
Oct 18, 2008
Sen. James J. Rhoades, 66, loving husband, father and grandfather "Papa", of 1000 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City, died Saturday as a result of an automobile accident at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Lehigh County. Born in Waterbury, Conn., Dec. 5, 1941, he was a son of the late Earl and Stella Krankowski Rhoades. He was a seven-term state senator, 29th...
Margaret Yackabonis
Oct 7, 2008
Margaret Yackabonis, 93, of 934 E. Centre St., Mahanoy City, died Tuesday morning at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born in Shenandoah, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Catherine Gustitus Noraka. Margaret lived most of her life in Mahanoy City, where she was a proprietor of the former N&Y Food Market. She was a member of the Blessed...
Blanie E. Layton
Oct 1, 2008
Blaine E. Layton Sr., 90, of 52 Second Boulevard, Brandonville, Ringtown, died Wednesday evening at Cardinal Care Home, Lincolnton, N.C. He lived in Brandonville most of his life. Born in Dawson, May 3, 1918, he was a son of the late John and Ella Mae Vernon Layton. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II in the...
Josephine P. Hylan
Sep 28, 2008
Josephine P. Peel Hylan, 82, of West Centre Street, Mahanoy City, passed away peacefully Sunday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street.Born in Mahanoy City, Dec. 26, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Mary Kurtz Peel. She lived in Mahanoy City her entire life.While most people dream of traveling the world, Josie's love of home, cooking, baking...
Eileen J. Noraka
Sep 12, 2008
Eileen J. Noraka, 80, of 1331 E. Pine St., Mahanoy City, passed away Friday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street. Born in William Penn, she was a daughter of the late Phillip and Kathryn Burns Coyle. She was a graduate of West Mahanoy Township High School, Class of 1946. She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Church, Mahanoy...
James J. Wellington
Sep 11, 2008
James J. Wellington, 54, of 607 W. Market St., Mahanoy City, died Thursday evening at Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street. Born in Mahanoy City, Feb. 19, 1954, he was a son of Florence Singlar Wellington, Mahanoy City, and the late Joseph Wellington. He lived most of his life in Mahanoy City and attended Mahanoy area schools. James was a carpenter...
Rose Swokel
Sep 6, 2008
Rose Swokel, 93, formerly of West Spruce Street, Mahanoy City, died Saturday morning at Seton Manor Nursing Home, Orwigsburg. Born in Mahanoy City, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Swokel and Julia Piwowarski Swokel. She lived all her life in Mahanoy City and had been employed by City Shirt factory, formerly of Mahanoy City. She was a member...
