OBITUARIES SCRANTON, PA SEPTEMBER 2, 2001 FUNERAL NOTICES BARBOLISH, EDWARD Throop, Monday at 9 a.m. from the John F. Glinsky Funeral Home, 445 Sanderson Throop, with Mass at 9:30 in St. John the Baptist Church, Throop, to be celebrated by the Rev. August A.
Ricciardi, pastor. Full honors will be accorded by borough hose companies. Interment, parish cemetery, Throop. may call today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Throop Volunteer Hose Company 3, Dunmore Street, Throop, 18512.
CHELLINO, ELLEN, of Church Street, Carbondale, Saturday from the Lawrence A. Gabriel Funeral Home, N. Main Carbondale, with Mass in St. Rose of Lima Church, Carbondale, celebrated by the Rev. Paul O.
Ogoke. Interment, Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Rose of Lima Church, North Church Street, Carbondale, 18407. CLARK, GERARD MARINO "JED," Decker Home, 702 River Throop, Saturday, from the Robert E.
Peckville, with services by the Rev. Ernest Drost, pastor of Peckville Assembly of God Church. Pallbearers: Betty Ann, James James P. Anthony, Jesse and Robert Clark; Russell Basalyga, Michael Link and Anthony Long. Interment, St.
Cyril's Cemetery, Peckville. COYLE, BERNADINE KENNY, Greenfield Township, Saturday from the Harrison funeral Home, 374 Main Archbald, with Mass in St. Thomas Aquinas Church, celebrated by the Rev. Gerard Gannon, pastor. Pallbearers: James and John Kenny, George Casper, Harry Browne and Joseph Coyle Jr.
Interment, Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Greenfield Township. DRAUS, ANNA, Lidys Road, Dupont, Monday at 10 a.m. in St. John's Primitive Methodist Church, Main Street, Avoca, with services by the Rev. Jeremiah Peters.
Interment, Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst. Friends may call today at the Kniffen O'Malley Funeral Home, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Monday at the church, 9 to 10 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Primitive Methodist Church. FRIEND, JEROME formerly of Dupont, al Scranton resident the last 30 years, Friday from the Ziman Funeral Home 612 Gibson with services by Rabbi Aaron L.
Peller. Interment, West Pittston Jewish Cemetery. Shiva will be observed today and Monday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., at the residence of his sister, Dr. Gladys Friend Ball, 550 Clay Ave. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Home, 1101 Vine 18510, or to a charity of the donor's choice.
GURSKAS, ANNA PATSKY, Saratoga, N.Y., formerly of North Scranton, Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Bomberger-Lesko Funeral Home, 1660 N. Main with Mass at 10 in Providence of God Lithuanian National Catholic Church. Interment, parish cemetery. Friends may call Monday, 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be to the Providence of God Lithuanian Namade, tional Catholic Church. JONES, ARTHUR Olyphant, Saturday from the Michael Wargo Jr. Funeral Home, 307 Lackawanna Olyphant, with services by the Rev. Dr. Susan Ezell.
Pallbearers: Matthew Pletcher, Thomas and David Jones, Barney and Keith Goddard and Bill Mussari. Interment, Union Cemetery, Peckville. MASON, HEDLEY a longtime resident of Peckville, Monday at 10 a.m. in the Blakely Baptist Church, 201 Main Blakely, with services by the Rev. Wallace Koch, pastor.
Interment, Union Cemetery, Peckville. Friends may call today, 5 to 9 p.m. Kingsbury Lodge Free and Accepted Masons will conduct services at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Blakely Baptist Church, 201 Main Blakely, 18447. MIKLOICHE, SUSAN formerly of Cherry Avenue, Carbondale, Monday from the Joseph W.
Scotchias Funeral Home 621 Main Simpson, with Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. in SS. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Church, to be holnick. Interment, St. John's Cemetery, celebrated by Monsignor Theodore BoRichmondale.
Friends may call today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas will be at 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to SS. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic Church, Rittenhouse Street, Simpson. NARCAVAGE, ROSEMARY Peckville, Saturday with Mass in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Willow Street, Peckville, concelebrated by the Rev.
Santino Fanucci and Monsignor Peter P. Madus. Pallbearers: Richard Petcavage, brother; Jeff Gilroy and Russell Green Ridge Club Catering to After Funeral Breakfasts Lunches 1645 WYOMING AVE, SCRANTON 343-8411 Petcavage, all nephews; John Pettigrew and Richard Bowler. Interment, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Throop.
NOLDY, VERONICA, Jessup, Friday from the Arthur A. Albini Funeral Home, 1003 Church Jessup, with Divine Liturgy in Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church, First Avenue, Jessup, concelebrated by Monsignor John T. Sekellick, pastor; the Very Rev. Gerald Dino, the Rev. Vladimir Zablotski and the Rev.
John Blasko. Pallbearers: Bruce Mina, Mark Holomany and Andrew Petrulak cousins; David, Richard, Robert and Walter Noldy, brothers-in-law; and Kevin Noldy, nephew. Honorary pallbearer: Arthur A. Noldy grandson. Interment, parish cemetery, Jessup.
Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church, 313 First Jessup, 18434. PRATT, QUINTUS "DOC," of Factor- yville, Saturday in the Jennings-Calvey Funeral Home 111 Colburn Clarks Summit, with services by the Rev. Norman Faux, pastor of Waverly United Methodist Church. Pallbearers: Louis Vitale Herman Johnson, Anthony Cali Glenn Thomas, John Harrison and Stephen Derenick, fellow police officers. Full military honors accorded.
An honor guard was provided by neighboring community police forces. Interment, Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Township. Memorial contributions may be made to Dalton Fire Company Ambulance Fund, 109 S. Turnpike Road, Dalton, 18414; or Chinchilla Hose Company, Box 311, Chinchilla, 18410. SCHINDLER, ELMER Clarks Summit, Saturday from the Durkan-CuffKearney Funeral Home, 125 N.
Main with Mass in Our Lady of the Snows Church, South State Street, Clarks Summit, celebrated by the Rev. Joseph F. Sica. Pallbearers: Herb Smith, Donald Smith, Ted Harzowski, Fred Ross, Al Horek, Paul J. O'Hora and Thomas J.
Baldoni. Interment, Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Township. SERAFINI, JOSEPH RALPH, Peckville, Saturday from the James Margotta Funeral Home, 1019 Main Peckville, with Mass in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Willow Street, Peckville, celebrated by the Rev. Santino Fanucci, pastor. Pallbearers: Joseph Cavagnaro Mark Eric Shalkey, John March and David and William Loury.
Interment, St. Francis Cemetery, Eynon. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1101 Hill Jessup, 18434. WERNER, JOSEPH Cypress Street, Throop, Friday from John J. Turko and Sons Funeral Home, 402 Boulevard Dickson City, with Mass in St.
Anthony's Church celebrated by the Rev. August A. Ricciardi, pastor. Pallbearers: Norman Werner, brother; Ronald and Raymond Berta, Korey Elkins and Thomas and Francis Sekelsky, nephews. Interment, St.
Michaels Cemetery, Jessup. Anna Krasko August 31, 2001 Anna Krasko, a resident at the Dunmore Health Care Center, died there Friday after an illness. Born in Pittsburgh, daughter of the late Paul and Mary Parila Krasko, she attended Pittsburgh schools and was a resident of Olyphant approximately 25 years. She was employed in the garment industry before retirement and was a member of All Saints Orthodox Church, Olyphant. Surviving are three sisters, Rose Yuhas, Sunrise, Helen Jadick, Covington, and Martha Heffron, Olyphant; two brothers, Michael, Lauder Hill, and Paul, Fort Lauderdale, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Anastasia Calinski and Mary Wallick; and two. brothers, John and Walter. The funeral will be Tuesday with a requiem service at 10 a.m. in All Saints Orthodox Church, 213 Willow Olyphant, celebrated by the Rev. Nicholas Wyslu*tsky, pastor.
Interment, parish cemetery, Peckville. Friends may call Tuesday, 8 a.m. until service time, at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to All Saints Orthodox Church Renovation Fund, 213 Willow Olyphant, 18447, or Dunmore Health Care Center, 900 Mill Dunmore, 18512. Arrangements, John J.
Turko and Sons Funeral Home, 404 Susquehanna Olyphant. THE DENNIS CRAFFERTY MEMORIAL AUCTION SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9th IN COGNETTI ROOM DENNIS CRAFFERTY ST. JOSEPH'S CENTER 2010 Adams Scranton Browsing: Noon Auction: I P.M. The Sunday Times Ann Honigman August 31, 2001 Ann Vasisko Honigman, Hawley, died Friday at Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, Honesdale. She was the widow of Joseph J.
Honigman, who died March 1, 1986. They were married 48 years. Born in Dunmore, daughter of the late John and Helen Hakas Vasisko, she was a housewife and member of Queen of Peace Church, Hawley. She resided in Hawley the last 18 years and formerly in Brooklyn, N.Y. Surviving are two sisters, Helen D'Andrea, Hawley, and Pauline Pellet, Gaithersburg, four brothers, Michael Vasisko, Ashland, Henry Vasisko, Hawley; Vincent Vasisko, Endicott, N.Y., and Robert Vasisko, Delhi, N.Y.; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, John, George and Stephen, and a sister, Mary. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Queen of Peace Church by the Rev. William B. Healey, pastor.
Interment, Queen of Peace Cemetery, Hawley. Friends may call Monday, 2 to 4 p.m., at Teeters' East Chapel, 505 Church Hawley. Catherine Gallagher Gominger August 31, 2001 Catherine "Kate" Gallagher Gominger, of 15 Sand Carbondale, died unexpectedly Friday night at home. She was the wife of Joseph Gominger. Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late Frank and Helen McDonough Sweeney, she was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Carbondale, and earned her nursing license while employed by Toms River (N.J.) Community Hospital.
Before retirement, she was employed at St. Joseph's Hospital, Carbondale, and the Carbondale Nursing Home. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and her husband was her best friend. She loved her family, traveling and camping. She was recently honored by her family with a surprise birthday party.
Also surviving are two daughters, Nadine Staples and Linda Newcomb, both of Carbondale; two sons, James Gallagher, Carbondale, and Gerald Gallagher, Olyphant; 10 grandchildren, two sisters, Helen Tallett and Dorothy Gamalia, both of Carbondale; a brother, Francis Sweeney, Florida; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Patrick Sweeney, and a sister, Marjorie Hunt. The funeral will be Tuesday from the Lawrence A. Gabriel Funeral Home, 74 N. Main Carbondale, with Mass at 9:30 a.m.
in St. Rose of Lima Church, Carbondale. Interment, Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill. Friends may call Monday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. L.
Joseph Franklin August 31, 2001 L. Joseph "Joe" Franklin, 75, Honesdale, died Friday at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale, after an illness. His wife is the former Helen E. Daniels. Born in Beach Lake, son of the late Leon and Christine Petersen Franklin, he was a retired employee of Honor Brand Feeds and the Katz Underwear Honesdale.
He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Honesdale. Also surviving are a sister, Evelyn Weber, Honesdale; a brother, Eugene, South Daytona, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Walter, Cyrus and Benjamin, and a sister, Edith Warring. The funeral will be private at the convenience of the family.
Interment, Indian Orchard Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 738 S. Main 18509. Arrangements, Arthur A. Bryant Funeral Home, 1228 N.
Main Honesdale. Eleanor Lombardi August 31, 2001 Eleanor "Nona" Lombardi, 82, of Vestal, N.Y., died Friday at the Vestal Nursing Center. She was the wife of Alfred Lombardi. They were married 53 years. She earned a bachelor's degree in home economics from Drexel University and was a Navy veteran.
She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Vestal; past president of its Altar and Rosary Society and a founder and original member of the Virginia Avenue Bridge Club. Also surviving are a daughter, Ann Mobile, a son, Peter Spring Grove; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Ann Murphy and Mary Jane Bried. The funeral will be Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 E.
Main Endicott, N.Y., with Mass at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Vestal. Interment at 2:15 p.m. in Hamlin Cemetery, Hamlin. Friends may call Monday, 5 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Mary T. Bezgenbluk September 1, 2001 Mary T. Bezgenbluk, 87, of 820 Spring Moosic, died Saturday at home. She was the widow of Eugene Bezgenbluk.
Born in Duryea, daughter of the late John and Susan Russin Olenick, she had attended Moosic schools and was a member of St. John the Baptist Church, Pittston. She resided in Brooklyn, N.Y., before returning to this area 20 years ago. Surviving are two sisters, Elizabeth Ratz, Moosic, and Anna Patalon, Duryea; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Stephen Olenick, and two sisters, Catherine Estock and Josephine Koch.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Bernard J. Piontek Funeral Home 204 Main Duryea, with Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, Pittston.
Interment, parish cemetery, Exeter. Friends may call Monday, 7 to 9 p.m. A note to all subscribers of The Sunday Times In case you need us we are here to help you every Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to noon Just give us a call at 348-9190 or 1-800-22-TIMES George F. Sadauckas Catherine Wisneski August 31, 2001 George F.
Sadauckas, 82, West Scranton, died Friday morning at Mercy Hospital. His wife is the former Verna M. Braukus. They would have celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary Nov. 24.
Born May 19, 1919, in Scranton, son of the late Joseph and Anna Novak Budwitis Sadauckas, he was educated in Scranton schools and was a 1938 graduate of the former Scranton Technical High School. He attended the University of Scranton, where he studied public relations. He was an assistant foreman at the Underwood Typewriter Bridgeport, before his military service. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in Iceland, Hawaii and Okinawa. On return, he was employed by International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, and was inspector of roads for the city.
He also worked for Capitol Records, Scranton, and retired after 21 years with Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co. He was a lifelong member of St. Michael's Lithuanian Church, West Scranton; an executive officer of the Lackawanna Home Builder's Association eight years and held a life membership on its board of directors. He was a member and former president of the Lithuanian Beneficial Association of Scranton, a gold card member of the Taurus Club and a regional director of the Lithuanian Catholic Alliance. Also surviving are a sister, Jean Simkulak, Forty Fort; nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph. The funeral will be Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Edward J. Chomko Funeral Home, 254-268 Railroad with Mass at 10 a.m. in St.
Michael's Lithuanian Church, 1703 Jackson to be celebrated by the Rev. Peter J. Stravinskas. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call Monday, 4 to 8 p.m.
Thelma D. Jones August 31, 2001 Thelma D. Jones, 86, Jefferson Township, died Friday at home after an illness. She was the widow of Byron Doyle, who died in 1973, and her second husband, Grant Jones, who died in 1989. Born in Lee Summit, daughter of the late Hugh and Anna Lumman Hammond, she was a graduate of Lone Jack Missouri High School and before retirement was a sales manager for the Tupperware Co.
She was a member First Baptist Church, Hollisterville, and an active church member in both Pennsylvania and Page, Ariz. She worked for the Board of Elections in Page. Surviving are a daughter, Neva Rea Brinkman, Lake Ariel; and three grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a son, Walter Early Doyle, and a brother, Vivian Monroe Hammond. The funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m.
in First Baptist Church, Hollisterville, with services by the Rev. Kenneth Lindow, pastor. Interment, Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst. Friends may call Wednesday at the church, 10 to 11 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Hollisterville, RR 5, Box 5282 Moscow, 18444.
Arrangements, Brian Arthur Strauch Funeral Home, Route 690 and First Street, Spring Brook Township. Preitz September 1, 2001 Catherine Wisneski Preitz, a lifelong West Scranton resident, died Saturday morning at Mountain Rest Nursing Home. She was the widow of Edward Preitz, who died Dec. 28, 1962. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Leopold and Katherine Trudnowski Wisneski, she attended Scranton public schools and was a 1934 graduate of the former Scranton Technical High School.
She was a waitress for Romart Inc. before retirement. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Polish National Catholic Cathedral and its Ladies Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Society, Marya Konopnicka Society West Side Branch; and American Legion Post 207 Auxiliary, where she was a past president and was very active for some 50 years. Surviving are two sons, Edward II, Ransom Township, and Paul, Taylor; three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, nieces alid nephews.
She was preceded in death by four sisters, Matilda Posluszny, Monica Wisneski, Hedwig Naslanic and Florence Mehes, and two brothers, Clement and Leopold Wisneski. The funeral will be Wednesday from the Joseph W. Sznyter Funeral Home, 1101 Prospect with Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Polish National Catholic Cathedral, South Scranton.
Interment, parish cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Society will conduct a prayer service at 7:15 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Stanislaus Polish National Catholic Cathedral, 529 E.
Locust 18505. Adam Wilson Davis August 28, 2001 Adam Wilson Davis, 2, of San Diego, died Tuesday at home. Born Feb. 26, 1999, in Portland, he was the son of Barry and Bonnie Davis, Scranton natives. Also surviving are his paternal grandmother, Marian Lenzner, Scranton; paternal grandfather, Alvin D.
Davis, West Palm Beach, maternal grandparents, Murray and Barbara Jacobson, Singer Island, two great- grandmothers, Sylvia Gerstein, Kingston, and Mary Pesarchik, Lake Ariel; aunts, uncles and cousins. The funeral was held Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to the National TaySachs and Allied Diseases Association 2001 Beacon Suite 204, Boston, Mass. 02135, or the San Diego Hospice, 4311 Third San Diego, Calif. 92103-1407.
Arrangements, Am Israel Mortuary, California. Entrepreneur In Sushi Dies ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO Yoshiaki Shiraishi, who took sushi to the masses in Japan by serving it on a conveyor belt in fast food-type restaurants, died Wednesday of liver cirrhosis. He was 87. Shiraishi, chairman of Genroku Sangyo died in a hospital in Osaka, a western Japanese city known for its food lovers. A former sushi chef, Shiraishi opened his first revolving sushi bar in 1958 in Osaka.In the restaurants, customers sit around a bar like in a traditional sushi shop.
But instead of ordering directly from the chef, they pick up their raw fish morsels off a conveyor belt..
