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S. WILKES-BARRE RECORD, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1941 James Lynn Dies Suddesly Noted as Irish Piper and Leader of Sons of St. Patrick Band James Lynn, lifelong resident of the greater Pittston area, died unexpectedly yesterday morning at 11 at his home, 119 North Main Street, Pittaton. Announcement of his death was a shock to numerous friends in Pittston and vicinity. was about 'as late as Sunday night and that health gave, nomindication of Captain Brattine Lynn, Body hars been taken 118 Butler Street.

Pittston, from where funeral will be held. James Lynn was born in the Tedrick Street section of Pittston Township and through his life was one of the familiar and colorful figures of the greater Pittston He and his brothers were craftsmen of ability and although occupation was mining, both he numerous and his other brothers trades. were adeptuit a locomotive and a string of miniature cars that drew wide attention especially from railroad men. James Lynn was lover of Irish music and gifted as a musician. He was especially noted es an Irish piper and was leader of the Irish Minstrel Band of Friendly Sons of St.

Patrick but for many years prior to his association with the band was a familiar figure in fife and drum corps in St. Patrick's Day parades and celebrations. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church and its Holy Name Society. For many years the Lynn home was in the 600 block of upper William Street.

Surviving are his widow, the former Ellen Kroston and one son, Captain Lynn; 16 grandchildren two great grandchildren. Brother Godwin Patrick of De La Salle College, Washington, is a surviving grandson. FUNERALS Baughman, Harry Milazzo, Theresa Black, Miss Mary Powell, Gethin Bendik, Mrs. Mary Ponicki, Leon Connor, John P. Polocko, Mrs.

Donovan, Ronald Detmore, Margaret Phillips, Mary J. Gabriesheski, Papciak, Stanley Mary Romanaskas, Gido, John Stanley Jones, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Minnie Harriet M. Simay, George Knopka, John Stocker, Mrs.

Lavin, Mrs. Miller Patrick Weaver, Miss Mame Yanulevicus, Mary Marioned William Zambetti, Joseph Harry Baughman from 123 Wyoming Street, Tuesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 St. John's Church. St.

Mary's Cemetery, Hanover. Arrangements by M. J. McLaughlin. Miss Mary Black from home of sisMrs.

Joseph Gorham, 27 Ross Street, Ashley, Wednesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 St. Leo's Church, Ashley. St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover.

Arrangements by M. J. McLaughlin. Mrs. Mary (Stush) Bendik from 48 Church Street, Plymouth, Wednesday 9.

Requiem mass 9:30 St. Stephen's Slovak Church, Girard Avenue, Plymouth. Parish cemetery, Lehman. John P. Connor, late of Detroit.

from 60 South Washington Street, Tuesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 St. Ignatius' Church, Kingston. Parish cemetery. Ronald Donovan from Laceyville Baptist Church.

Tuesday 3. Rev. C. K. Kinney of Buffalo officiating.

Lacey Street Cemetery, Laceyville. Among his survivors is a sister, Anna, a registered nurse at Boston. Mrs. Margaret Detmore from 123 Cherry Street, Plymouth. Wednesday 9.

Requiem mass 9:30 St. Vincent's Church. Parish cemetery. Mrs. Mary Gabriesheski from 24 Murray Street, Larksville, Wednesday 9.

Requiem mass 9:30 St. John's Church, Larksville. Parish cemetery, Dallas. John Gido from 42 Filbert Street. Forty Fort.

Thursday 8. Requiem mass 8:30 St. Nicholas' Greek Catholic Church. St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Hazleton.

Mrs. Harriet Mills Jones from the home of Stanley Jones, 161 Washington Street. Edwardsville. Wednesday 2, Rev. Russell J.

May officiating. Evergreen Cemetery. John Knopka from 65, First Wyoming, Tuesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 St. Joseph's Church.

Parish cemetery, West Wyoming. Mrs. Patrick Latin from 170 Perrin Street, Swoyerville. Tuesday 9. Requiem mass.

9:30 Name Church, Swoyerville. St, Ignatius' Cemetery, Pringle. George Lee from 43 Prospect Street. Pittston. Wednesday 9.

Requiem mass 9:30 St. John's Church. Parish cemetery. William Marion from home of sister, Marguerite Marion. 25 Slocum Street, Wednesday Solemn requiem mass 9:30 St.

Ignatius' A Church. Parish cemetery, Pringle. Arrangements by M. J. McLaughlin.

maker West Wyoming. Tuesday Mrs. Theresa, Milazzo from 808 Requiem mass 11 St. Anthony's Church, Exeter. St.

Cecelia's Cemetery. Gethin Powell, late of 15 North Empire Street, from 70 South Grant Street. Wednesday 1:30. Services 2 Meade Street Baptist Church. Hanover Green Cemetery.

Body may be viewed from: the Grant Street address today from 8 to 10 m. Leon Ponicki from home of daughter, Mrs. Mary Walters. 45 Loomis Street, Nanticoke, Tuesday 9. Requiem Hugh Richard Hughes, West Pittston, Dies Richard Hughes, member of "an early and prominent West Pittston family, died on Sunday at his home, 440 Madison Avenue, Scranton, after a long illness.

Funeral will be this afternoon at 2 from 1810 Sanderson Avenue, Scranton. Burial will be in Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen. Mr. Hughes was born in West Pittston on February 10, 1891, a son of the late Hugh and Helena Bryden Hughes. For many years the Hughes home was at the corner of Luzerie Avenue and Warren Street, West Pittston.

Mr. attended West Pittston schools and wag graduated from Harry Hillman Academy, city. In his earlier life he lived at Seattle, but for the past 18 years had lived at Scranton. For many years he was an acpany. Scranton and a countant for Conrad Motor, Comsimilar position with Dean Johnson Company at Carbondale.

He retired two years ago due to ill health. Mr. Hughes was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Kingston Lodge of the Masonic Order; Knights Templar and Irem Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Surviving are his widow, the former Edna Gregorv. Meshoppen, one son, Hugh R.

Hughes, a brother. James B. Hughes, Elizabeth, N. J. OBITUARY CAROLINE ZAJKOWSKI The funeral of Mrs.

Caroline Zajkowski took place yesterday morning from 436 South Grant Street, and was largely attended. Three masses were celebrated in St. Mary's Polish Church, Park Avenue. Rev. J.

J. Lipski wasa celebrant at the main altar Rev. Stanley Stungis and Rev. F. Baranowski were at the side altars.

Paul Porter was soloist during the service. Bearers were John Czulwik, Harold Gabriel, Peter Toloczko, Matthew Joseph Pachucki. Interment was in Becempus, Walter, Orlowski, and the parish cemetery, Wyoming. RALPH WOMELSDORF Ralph Womelsdorf, 47, died yesterday morning at Nanticoke State Hospital of complications. He was born in West Pittston and his family moved to Nanticoke when he was three weeks, old.

He lived with his aunt, Sarah Womelsdorf, 24 West Poplar Street. Mr. Womelsdorf was a member of West Nanticoke Methodist Church and was employed for 25 years by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was a watchman at West Nanticoke. by a sister, Mrs.

Pearl Englehart of Reading. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 in West Nanticoke Methodist Church. Rev. John Latshaw officiating. Interment will be in Edgehill Cemetery.

FRANCES JANUSZIEWICZ Frances, 6 months, died Sunday night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Janusziewicz, ness of Hunlock Creekonafter a short illThe funeral will be held from the home Tuesday morning at 9 with an angel mass in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Besides her parents she is survived by a sister, Patricia Ann, and her paternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Janusziewicz and her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Constance of Hunlock Creek. mass 9:30 St. Francis' Church.

Parish cemetery. Mrs. Lucy Polocko from 166. Third Avenue. Kingston.

Wednesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 St. Anthony's Church. Larksville. SS.

Cyril Methodius' Cemetery, Pringle. Mrs. Mary J. Phillips, 24 East Main Street. Plymouth Tuesday 2 from First Primitive Methodist Church, Plymouth, Rev.

Herbert Hoyes officiating. Hanover Green Cemetery, Body will be on view from 11 to 2 at the church. Stanley Papciak from 137 Chestnut Street, Wanamie. Tuesday 8:30. Requiem mass 9 St.

Michael's Church, Glen Lyon, Rev. A. J. Lafaj officiating. Parish cemetery.

Stanley Romanaskas from 59 Kent Lane, Tuesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 Holy Trinity Lithuanian Church. Parish cemetery. Mrs. Minnie Reed from 512 Park Street.

Moosic. Tuesday 2. Abington Cemetery. George Simay from 165 Grant Street. Exeter.

Wednesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 St. Michael's G. C. Church.

Pittston. St. John's Slovak Cemetery, Exeter. Mrs. Miller Stocker, the former Sadie Mac Donald of Wyoming.

from home, Farmington W. Tuesday 2 with services in "Farmington Methodist Church. Interment at Farmington. Her husband, Miller Stocker. formerly of Wyoming, died 16 years a ago.

Miss Mame W. Weaver, from 41 South Ninth Street, Allentown. Thursday at 2. Interment at Allentown. Mary Ann Yanulevicus from 32 Larch Lane.

Wednesday 9. Requiem mass 9:30 Holy Trinity Church, Parish cemetery, Bear Creek. Joseph Zambetti from 212 Susquehanna Avenue, Wyoming. Tuesday 8:30. Exeter." St.

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Joseph Brachulis is a son of ander Brachulis of 262 Vine Street, Plymouth. Other survivors include his widow, one son, Joseph, three brothers, Ralph, Frank and Anthony, all of Detroit; three sisJohn Kaper, Mrs. John Dietz and Mrs. John Kupstas, all of Plymouth. The funeral will be held Thursday morning in Detroit.

Local relatives left yesterday to attend the funeral. MRS. ANNA BARNA Mrs. Anna Barna, 44, died late Sunday night at her home, 33 Finn Street, Miners Mills, following a heart attack. Mrs.

Barna, who was widely known in the Miners Mills section, was a member of St. Mary's Greek Rite Catholic Church, North Main Street, and several of the church societies. Surviving are her husband, John, and four children, Michael, Mary and George, all home, and John, a CCC enrollee at Hatch, N. a brother, George Kalanik three sieters, Susan, Elizabeth and Helen Kalanik, all of Czechoslovakia. The funeral will be held on Thunsday morning with services at the home at 10 and a requiem mass at 10:30 in St.

Mary's Greek Rite Catholic Church, Rev. Nicholas Chopey officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery, Dallas. MRS. CLARENCE WHITENIGHT Mrs.

Clarence Whitenight, 48, Third Street, Nescopeck, died Saturday in Berwick Hospital following an operation. Surviving are her husband; two sons, Clayton and Kenneth at home, and three daughters, Mrs. Winifred Batalarra, Verna and Ada, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Bennett of Bloomsburg; five brothers, Clyde Bennett of Forty Fort, John and Frank Bennett of Berwick, and Arthur and Owen Bennett of Bloomsburg, and four eisters, Mrs. Cleve Bogart of Millertown, Mrs. George Zeisloft of Dutch Hill, Mrs. Larue Fruit and Mrs.

Pauline Shaffer of Bloomsburg. The funeral will be held from a funeral home at Berwick this afternocn with burial in Roselawn Cemetery, Berwick. I FUNERALS CAROLINE TRENISEWSKI Caroline Trenisewski was buried yesterday morning from the family home, 63 Phoenix Street, Miners Mills, with many friend attending the funeral. A requiem mass was celebrated in St. Dominic's Church, Parsons, by Rev.

John Walsh. Flower carriers were Susan Merosky, Lottie Vencheski, Louise and Helen, Pieczenski, Eleanore Sagor, Dorothy Evans and Florence Scbulski. Bearers were Stanley Trentoski, Peter Trenisewski, John Satkowski, Michael Barna. John Walushun, Chester Markowski and John Markowski. Interment was in St.

Mary's Cemetery, Hanover. ANNA N. JENNINGS Largely attended funeral services were held yesterday morning for Mrs. Anna N. Jennings, late of Carlisle Street, at 131 South Washington Street.

A solemn requiem mass was celebrated in St. Mary's Church by Rev. Raymond O'Neill, assisted by Rev. William Burchill, deacon, and Rev. Stephen Casey, sub-deacon.

During the services Rev. D. W. McCarthy of St. Aloysius's Church was seated in the sanctuary.

Mrs. Lawrence A. Sheridan presided at the organ and Robert Gibbons and Christopher O'Malley sang. Bearers were Frank and Norman Neer, Jamea Stock, Walter Fisher, Fred Krutz and Alvin Shoms. Interment was in St.

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Dial 2-2800 and we will be glad to furnish an automobile at no obligation to you. Choice Lots at $200 OAKLAWN Cemetery Association Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Ralph Herbert Dies At Hughestown Home Ralph Herbert, respected Hughestown resident, died late Sunday night at his home, 14 First Street, that borough, after a month's illness. Funeral will be Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. Austin L. Prynn, pastor of First Methodist Church, Pittston, officiating.

Burial will be in Pittston Cemetery. Deceased was born in Eng and on January '11, 1876. He came this country at an early age and the greater part of his life was spent at Hughestown. He Was a member of First Methodist Church. Besides his he is survived by five children, Mrs.

Paul Keim, West Pittston; Willard, Connecticut; Ralph, Duryea; David, Elineport, and Dorothy, at home; one sister, Mrs. Margaret Thompson, Scranton; a brother, George Herbert, Newark, N. J. William H. Woodin's Widow Dies in Arizona Mrs.

Anna Jessup Woodin, widow William H. Woodin, secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of President a Roosevelt from 1933 to 1934, who died Saturday in Tucson, will be buried on Thursday afternoon in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick, following services at 2 in First Presbyterian Church, Berwick. Woodin was Montrose. She came to Berwick about turn of the century when Mr. Woodin was president of the American Car and Foundry Company.

A sister, Miss S. Louise Jessup of Montrese, three daughters, Mrs. Mary Woodin Minor, Southampton, L. Mrs. Olin Harvey, New York, and Miss Elizabeth Woodin, and a son, William H.

Woodin, Tucson, survive. The Woodins maintained residence in New York City during the time Mr. Woodin headed the American Car and Foundry Company, but were frequent visitors in Berwick. MRS. ELIZABETH ROTH The funeral of Mrs.

Elizabeth Sarah Roth, wife of Ferdinand G. Roth, well known local sportsman, was held yesterday afternocn from the home, 56 South Meade Street. Services were in charge of Rev. Tucker C. Humphries of Puritan Congregational Church.

Ja James Bearers Jones, were John Daniel McGuire, Williams, Harry Lipp, Joseph Thomas and Milton Heacock. Interment was in Washburn Street Cemetery, Scranton. Arrangements by Harold C. Snowdon. Mrs.

Patrick Lavin To Be Buried Today Mrs. Patrick Lavin, well known esteemed resident of the West Side for many years, who died early Saturday morning the family home, 170 Perrin Street, Swoyerville, will be buried this morning at 9 with a requiem mass at 9:30 in Holy Name Church, Swoyerville. Interment will be in St. Ignatius' Cemetery, Pringle. Mrs.

Lavin was born in WilkesBarre and before her marriage was Catherine Bergen of East End, where she was widely known. She was a communicant of Holy Name Church and was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of that congregation. Surviving are her husband, and these sons and daughters: Marguerite, at home; John, stationed with the U. S. Army Air Corps at Washington; Joseph, a member of the same corps at Denver, Helen, Paul, Kathleen, Rosemary and Claire at home.

EDWARD MOVERY The funeral of Edward Mouery, veteran employe of the Luzerne County Gas and Electric Corporation, was held yesterday afternoon from the family home, 329 Miller Street, Luzerne, with many friends and relatives in attendance. Servicee were in charge of Rev. Raymond Walker, pastor of Luzerne Methodist. Church, and Rev. S.

E. Davies, pastor of Luzerne Presbyterian Church. The floral tributes were numerous. Flower carriers were J. R.

Benner, Emil Benner, John Lukish, A. K. Davis, Reid Jopling and William A. James, all employes of the Luzerne County Gas and Electric Corporation. Bearers were J.

E. Wolfe, L. G. Harter, P. S.

Van Blarcom, C. H. Thomas, Harold LaBar and C. B. Nesbitt.

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Brooks Company, and one of the outstanding business men in Lackawanna County, died Saturday morning at his Brookview Farm, Moscow, following short illness. Services were held at 11 with Rev. James L. Ware, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, officiating. Interment was in Dunmore Cemetery.

Honorary casket bearers were C. F. Manness, A. Matthews, John Price, Charles Connell, Sidney Carpenter, VP. Quackenbush, Wythe Bolling, S.

B. Warman, Ira Broad bent and Dr. Walter Fardham. LEO PINKOSKI, JR. The funeral of Leo Pinkoski, 15 months, was Miele yesterday morning from the of his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Leo Pinkoski, 281 Grove Street, Kingston. An angel mass was celebrated in St. Hedwig's Church by Rev. James E.

Bearers were Bernard Pecukonis, Edmund Wilkes, Charles Suda, Leo Zolnierowiez, Joseph Klekotka and Chester Gasiewski. Interment was in St. Hedwig's Cemetery, Larksville. MICHAEL HAGGERTY Michael Haggerty died yesterday morning at his home, 1658 Brick Avenue, North Scranton, after a few months illness. He was an employe of the Glen Alden Coal Company for many years.

Surviving are his widow, the former Margaret O'Malley; four sons, Joseph, Edward, Robert and William Haggerty; three daughters, Mrs. Gerald Castner, Binghamton; Mrs. Joseph Fadden, Scranton, and Anna at home; two half-brothere, Thomas Lynn, Daleville, and half- Patrick Lynn, Pittston, and two Scransisters, Mrs. Michael Culkin, ton, and Mrs. Sarah Cannon, New York.

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