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THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email fcnews@nep.net - PAGE 5
Area Obituaries
Resident of Month
Rosemary A.
Biebelhausen
Mancelona, MI
Mary
Bronchella
Forest City
Mary Bronchella, 81, of Forest City, died Sunday, February
14, 2016 at the Regional Hospital of Scranton.
Born in Forest City, daughter of the late Michael and Theresa Cost Bronchella, she was a
member of Ascension Parish,
Forest City. She was a graduate of Forest City High School.
She was a homemaker. Mary
enjoyed going to the Forest
City Senior Center.
The family would like to
thank the staff at the Forest
City Nursing Center for their
compassionate care.
Surviving are a brother:
Joseph Bronchella and wife
Rita, Forest City; a sister-inlaw: Jean Bronchella, Jermyn;
5 nieces and nephews; Carol
Klobucar, Ann Marie Utegg,
Karen Bronchella, and Joseph
and Ronald Sterchak; and
several great nieces and great
nephews.
She was also preceded in
death by a sister: Ann Sterchak; and 6 brothers: James,
Albert, John, Michael, William,
and Louis.
The funeral was Friday, February 19 with Mass of Christian Burial in Saint Joseph’s
Church,
Delaware
Street,
Forest City. Interment, Saint
Agnes Cemetery, Forest City.
Arrangements by the Jones &
Brennan Funeral Home, 430
Main Street, Forest City.
For online condolences,
please visit the funeral home’s
website.
VITA Program
Available in
Susq. County
United Way of Susquehanna
County in partnership with
United Way of Lackawanna
County again this year will
be offering the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
(VITA) to residents of Susquehanna County.
The service will be available
to households whose income
was $54,000.00 or less in 2015.
Some clients may qualify for
the Earned Income Tax Credit
(EITC) of up to $6,044.00.*
The program will be offered
on Friday, February 19th from
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the
United Way of Susquehanna
County office at 693 Main St.,
New Milford, PA. Space is limited. To make an appointment,
please call 2-1-1 or 1-888-8291341.
*You must meet the IRS criteria to be eligible to participate
Christ Episcopal
Church hall is
available for rent
The Christ Episcopal Church
hall is now available for use by
other groups. Requests are considered based upon application.
Applications are available upon
request by calling the church office
at 570-282-3620.
Funeral
Arrangements
513 Main Street, Forest City, PA 18421
(570) 785-3153
Joyce A.
Carachilo
Carbondale
Joyce A. Carachilo, 70, of
Carbondale, died Wednesday,
Feb. 17, 2016, at VNA Hospice at Geisinger Community
Medical Center. Her husband
is George T. Carachilo.
Born in Carbondale, daughter of the late Edward and
Josephine Davis, Joyce was
a loving wife, mother and
grandmother who devoted her
entire life to her children and
grandchildren. She enjoyed
being a stay-at-home mom
while her kids were growing
up. Joyce also enjoyed going
to the casino.
The family extends its sincere appreciation to the VNA
Hospice staff, Dr. Kelly McGuire and Dr. Joseph Delserra,
Dr. Matthew Haley and staff,
especially Helen Trygar, for
their compassionate care.
Also surviving are a son,
Anthony Carachilo and fiancée, Kellie White Trotter,
Carbondale; two daughters,
Lisa White and husband, Neil,
Simpson; and Jennifer Carachilo, Simpson; grandchildren, Stephen and Charles
White, Karmin Andidora,
Tegan Trotter and Dante Carachilo; a daughter-in-law, Lisa
Carachilo; half-brothers, Donald, Joseph and Robert Haney;
a half-sister, Barbara Houman;
several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in
death by a son, David Carachilo; a sister, Catherine Dick;
a brother, Edward Davis; and
half-brother, Ronald Haney.
The funeral was Feb. 20 from
Lawrence A. Gabriel Funeral
Home and Cremation Services
Inc., Carbondale, with Mass of
Christian burial Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church. Interment, Our Mother of Sorrows
Cemetery, Finch Hill.
Men’s Bowling
by
Paul Tomazic
Week #22
This week’s action had Guild
Flagstone taking 22 points
from NEP Telephone, Yacinovich Excavating taking 20 points
from KW Oil, and Kozlowski
Towing taking 18 ½ points
from TMT Builder’s. High
game and series this week was
268-711 by Robby Young. Team
High Scratch game and series
was 1112-3251 by Kozlowski
Towing. Team High Handicap
game and series was 1272-3744
by Yacinovich Excavating.
Other scores: Ed Kozlowski
Jr 255-690, Dave Carroll 236686, Bob Smith 245-685, Len
Witkoski 245-682, Chris Lutz
243-672, Bobby Johnson 237669, Tom Johnson 234-665, Jim
Mican 244-633, Mark Opeil
224-593, Paul Tomazic 212588, Al Snyder 210-582, Hank
Morris 206-569, Blake Tyson
211-565, Trevor Payne 234-561,
Dave Pitus 203-560, Mike Cottrell 231-537, Reggie Gonsauls
527, and Ed Kozlowski Sr 210521.
The following splits were
converted: Jim Mican 4-9, Stew
Deitz 3-10, Blake Tyson 3-10,
Logan Droppa 7-8, and Mike
Yacinovich 3-10.
Standings
Kozlowski Towing
108
TMT Builder’s
93
Yacinovich Excavating 90 ½
Guild Flagstone
87
NEP Telephone
80 ½
KW Oil
77
www.lesjackfuneralhome.com
Jones & Brennan Funeral Home
430 Main Street, Forest City, PA 18421
(570) 785-3500
John P. Brennan, Supervisor
Joseph J. Brennan, F.D.
John P. Brennan, Jr. F.D.
Established 1901 * OFF-STREET PARKING AVAILABLE
Frank O’Peka
Forest City
Frank O’Peka, 89, of Forest
City, died Friday afternoon,
February 19, 2016 at VNA
hospice, Scranton. His wife is
the former Josephine “Joan”
Swedersky, they were married
for 66 years.
Born February 4, 1927, in
Vandling, son of the late Frank
C. and Albina Chodorowsky
O’Peka. After graduating high
school, Frank attended classes
at the University of Scranton
and graduated from Williamsport Institute of Technology
where he studied engineering.
He was previously employed
by Link Aviation and Schlumberger-Weston as an engineer
manager. Frank was member
of Ascension Parish, the American Legion, and the Forest
City Lions Club. He served on
the first zoning board in Forest
City and was a member of the
Browndale Sportsman Club.
He enjoyed watching football
and baseball on TV and reading his newspapers.
Also surviving are a daughter Janet Veltri and husband
Peter, Dalton; two sons, Frank
O’Peka and wife Cindy, CA;
Mark O’Peka, AZ; 2 granddaughters
Elizabeth
and
Bernadette; 2 brothers John
O’Peka and Tom O’Peka; nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial
will be Wednesday, February 24 at 10am in St. Joseph’s
Church, Forest City. Viewing
will be Wednesday morning
9:30am until Mass time at the
church. Interment in St. Anthony’s Cemetery, Forest City.
Arrangements by the Kevin
M. Lesjack Funeral Home, 513
Main Street, Forest City.
Condolences: www.lesjackfuneralhome.com.
Knitting group
every Friday
night at Trinity
On Friday nights Trinity Episcopal Church’s, Carbondale, knitting group meets at 6 p.m. All are
welcome to join in for some great
fun. Bring your favorite projects
– knitting, crochet, or any other
craft. Or come to learn and share
with others! The group is currently making items for the Craft
Show and have also begun working on items for the Merchant Marine’s Christmas at Sea program.
Come on out and join us. Call Elinor Daily for more information,
570-222-3568.
Rosemary A. Biebelhausen, 86, of Mancelona, MI,
passed away on February 19,
2016 at her home. Rosemary
was a loving mother, wife,
homemaker, and devout
Catholic. She was a member of St. Mary of the Woods
Catholic Church in Kalkaska.
Surviving are her husband
of 61 years, Charles Biebelhausen of Mancelona, 3 children, Mary Jo (Jeff) See of
Biloxi, MS, Charles (Kelly)
Biebelhausen II of Rochester,
MI, Sally (Kerry) Blomquist
of Mancelona, 8 grandchildren, Alan and Rachel Ward,
Christopher, Michael, and
Stephen Biebelhausen, Kerry
Blomquist II, Holly (David)
Gustafson, Belle Blomquist
as well as 7 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, 2 brothers, and a grandchild Kcee
Blomquist.
A Funeral Mass will take
place on Friday, February
26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at St.
Mary of the Woods Catholic Church in Kalkaska. Fr.
Norm Dickson S.J. will officiate. Visitation will be from 10
am until the time of service.
Memorial
contributions
may be made to the Special
Olympics of Michigan, Central Michigan University,
Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48859, online donations, donorservices@specialolympics.org
or phone, 202-824-0373 or
to the World Missions of
Notre Dame, Sisters of Notre
Dame, Chardon Province,
13000 Auburn Rd., Chardon,
OH, 44024, online, www.sndchardon.org, or phone, 440286-7101.
Arrangements are being
handled by the Mancelona
Chapel of Mortensen Funeral Homes. Please sign our
online guestbook at www.
mortensenfuneralhomes.
com.
Rail-Trail event
on Saturday,
March 12
Rail-Trail Council’s “Winter
Trail Days” offers a variety of
events to help chase away the winter blues.
Saturday March 12th, 10 AM
“Discover the Secrets”
of the D&H
Take a trip back in time when
mining, processing and transportation of coal fueled the economy
of our region. We will meet in
the parking lot of Franks’ Place
in Simpson. From there we head
down to the trail for a walk to
our latest interpretative signage
installed this fall. The sign tells
the story of two bridges which
crossed the Lackawanna River
and the D&H Trail, connecting to
the Northwest Breaker. Along the
way we will visit other “secrets”
sites and scenic areas. The hike
will be approximately two hours
and, weather permitting, open to
snowshoe or cross country skiing.
All events begin at our office
in Union Dale unless otherwise
stated. Snowshoes are available
for loan in limited quantities. For
more information 570-679-9300 or
trails@nep.net
Mary Magdeline Podrasky, referred to by friends and family
as “Maggie” was born in Jessup on March 10, 1930 to Catherine
Cecelia and Peter Joseph Povanda. Mary lived in Jessup all her
life, prior to residing in the Forest City Nursing & Rehab Center.
Her father was employed as a mason with the Peckville Builders
and her mother was a seamstress with Barbizon, manufacturing
women’s sleepwear and lingerie. Mary and her twin sister, Rose
Mary, attended St. Michaels school in Jessup, St. Patrick’s High
School in Olyphant, and later graduated from Business College
together. Rose Mary moved to Washington DC, worked for the
CIA, and married John Mathias who later became the United
States Chief Judge of Transportation. Mary continued to live in
Jessup and began working for the Bell Telephone Company after graduation. April 6, 1953 she married, her now late husband,
Michael Podrasky. Later in life Mary became the VP of Jo Mike
Land Development Company and VP of MAPCO (Michael Anthony Podrasky) fuel, oil, and propane distributor. Both companies were founded by her late husband, who she misses and
remembers fondly daily. Mary knew Michael all of her life. Coincidently, Mary and Michael’s grandparents were next door neighbors, and Mary’s mother was certain that one of her daughters
would marry him. Michael loved education; he had two masters
degrees and was a teacher at Lakeland for many years. Mary
raised two children with Michael, Thomas Podrasky and Mary
Jayne Crotti, and they have six grandchildren. Mary was active
in the community throughout her life and belonged to many organizations, including the Slovak Heritage Society, St. Michael’s
Social Club, The Rosary Society, St. Michael’s Quilters and the
Moosic Lake Women’s Club. One of Mary’s biggest accomplishments was when she received an honorarium and was published
in the National Slovak Society Magazine. She also enjoys activities such as crocheting, painting, reading, traveling, and most
notably shopping. She was especially fond of her cat, “Cha-Cha’,
and currently loves surprise visits from her “grad-dog”, Colbert.
However, traveling had always been her biggest passion in life;
she states that she had traveled to Ireland on eight occasions, Europe 24 times, four trips through the Panama Canal, four times to
Hawaii, eight trips to Alaska, four trips to her ancestor’s homeland of Slovakia, and she sailed on various cruises on 26 separate
occasions.
Maple producers hold annual mtg.
Sugarmaker David Hauenstein III poses with Ed Pruss at the
Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Maple Producers Association, held Saturday, Jan 30, at the Bethany United
Methodist Church in Bethany, PA. Ed, retiring from 37 years as
a Penn State Extension agent, was recognized for his years of service to the local maple industry. The artwork on the bucket is the
creation of Aldenville artist Larry Wildenstein.
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