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Frank S. Volosky

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

They...

Stephen J. Gavala

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...

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