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THE TRIBUNE, SCRANTON, PA MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1998 Obituaries Funeral notices ALDRICH-HRUBY, DAVID SCOTT, Houston, Texas, Saturday from the Edward A. Wade Funeral Home, 4 Morris Place, Carbondale, with services by the Rev. Don Perry, pastor of Union Dale Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers: Buddy Wedeman, Randy Fortuner, Peter Osborne, Bob Dance, Bob Lyman and Barry Call. Interment, Union Dale Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. BIANCHI, VIRGIL, a lifelong resident of South Canaan, today at 9:30 a.m. from the Jenkins Funeral Home, 269 Belmont Waymart, with Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's Church.

Interment, East Canaan Cemetery, South Canaan. BOROWSKI, GENEVIEVE A. "JEAN" KOWALSKI, a resident of West Side, today at 9:30 a.m. from the Katherine Zabielski Funeral Home, 941 S. Main with Mass at 10 a.m.

in SS Peter and Paul Church, to be celebrated by the Rev. Richard Czachor, pastor of Transfiguration Church, West Hazleton. Interment, cemetery, Taylor. BRUDNICKI, RONALD, of 1002 Main Dickson City, Tuesday at 11 a.m. from the Frank T.

Mazur Funeral Home 519 Dundaff Dickson City, with Mass at 11:30 in St. Mary's Visitation Church. Interment, parish cemetery. Friends may call today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. DEUEL, ROBERT Montrose, Tuesday at 10 a.m.

from the Bartron Funeral Home 74 Church Montrose, with Mass at 11 a.m. in Holy Name of Mary Church, Montrose, to be celebrated by the Rev. James R. Nash, pastor. Interment, parish cemetery.

Friends may call today, 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service will be today at 8:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may made to Holy Name of Mary Church, 60 S. Main Montrose 18801. DIMON, ROBERT RR 2, Mehoopany, today at 11 a.m.

from the SheldonKukuchka Funeral Home, 73 W. Tioga Tunkhannock, with services by the Rev. Parsons, pastor of Jenningsville United Methodist Church. Interment, North Flat Cemetery, Laceyville. HAYDUK, MARIAN 40 Pennington Newport News, formerly of Factoryville, today at 9 a.m.

from the Anthony P. Litwin Funeral Home, Reynolds and Capwell streets, Factoryville, with services by Monsignor Stephen Hrynuck, SS. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Olyphant. Interment, Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. JOYCE, FRANCIS 227 Oak today from the Joseph C.

Noreika Funeral Home, 1740 N. Main with Mass at 9 a.m. in Holy Rosary Church, William Street. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery: JULIANO, CARMEN formerly of 402 Mortimer Dunmore, Friday from the Carlucci-Golden-DeSantis Funeral Home, 318 E. Drinker Dunmore, with Mass in St.

Anthony of Padua Church, Dunmore, celebrated by Monsignor Anthony Marra. Pallbearers: Dominic and ford; Robert Drake; and James Malloy. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery. LEVANDOSKI, FLORENCE DEL- FINO, a resident of Dunmore, today from the August J. Haas Funeral Home 202 Pittston with Mass at 9:30 a.m.

in the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Taylor Avenue. Interment, Italian-American Cemetery, Minooka. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 63 N. Franklin Wilkes-Barre, 18701. MAROON, PETER Price Street, today at 10 a.m.

from the Durkan-CuffKearney Funeral Home, 125 N. Main with a liturgy at 10:30 a.m. in St. Ann Maronite Catholic Church, West Scranton, to be celebrated by the Rev. Kevin J.

Beaton, SFO, pastor. Interment, Sacred Heart Cemetery, West Scranton. Memorial contributions may be made to the Forest City Nursing Center, the Resident Fund, 915 Delaware Forest City, 18421. MCDERMOTT, GENEVIEVE, of Park Gardens, Scranton, Tuesday from the Howard J. Snowdon Funeral Home, 1810 Sanderson with Mass at 10 a.m.

in St. Claire's Church at a time to be announced. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call today, 5 to 8 p.m. A wake service will be held today at 5 p.m.

MCHUGH, PATRICIA, Dunmore, a memorial Mass will be celebrated today at 9:30 a.m. in St. Paul's Church, Penn Avenue. Interment, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Davis Street.

Arrangements by the Morell LaBelle Funeral Home, 301 Chestnut Dunmore. SWEENEY, KATHLEEN, a longtime resident of South Scranton, today from the August J. Haas Funeral Home 202 Pittston with Mass at 11 a.m. in Nativity of Our Lord Church. Interment Mount Carmel Cemetery, Dunmore.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Nativity Memorial Fund, 633 Orchard 18505; or St. Joseph's Center, 2010 Adams Ave. THOMAS, FLORENCE Dalton, today from the Vanston Funeral Home, 142 S. Main with Mass at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of the Abingtons Church, Dalton.

Interment, Cathedral Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Mercy Hospice, 746 Jefferson 18510. WROBLESKI, ANNA of 649 Lincoin Dickson City, Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Frank T. Mazur Funeral Home 519 Dundaff Dickson City, with Mass at 9:30 in St.

Mary's Visitation Church. Interment, parish cemetery. Friends may call today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. VINANSKY, RICHARD "TINY," of 705 Clark Throop, will be held today at 9:30 a.m. from the John F.

Glinsky Funeral Home, 445 Sanderson Throop, with Mass at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, Throop, to be celebrated by the Rev. August A. Ricciardi, pastor.

Interment, parish cemetery. Carmen M. Saporito Louise Kolinofsky Joan C. Lettieri January 11, 1998 January 10, 1998 January 10, 1998 Carmen M. Saporito, 74, of 55 Vine Pittston, died Sunday in Wilkes Barre General Hospital.

His widow is the former Agnes Bugliosi. Born March 9, 1923, in Pittston, son of the late Ignazio and Carmella Navarro Saporito, he was a graduate of Pittston High School and attended the University of Scranton. He was employed by Crossroads Container, Pittston Township, before retiring and also worked for several mobile home manufacturing companies. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a life member of the San Cataldo Society, Pittston, serving as secretary for many years, and a member of Mount Carmel Church, Pittston.

Also surviving are a son, Carmen Pittston; two daughters, Carla, Duryea, and Tina Booth, Avoca; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Charles, Joseph, Salvatore and Cataldo; and four sisters, Anna, Lillian, Rita and Pauline. Private funeral services will be held Wednesday from the Graziano Funeral Home 700 Township Pittston Township, with Mass in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Pittston. Interment, Italian American Cemetery. Robert Rinaldi; James Malone; Pat Clif- Friends may call Tuesday, 6 to John Beecham 9 p.m.

Marion Caolo Browning Robert R. Deuel Esposito January 9, 1998 January 8, 1998 January 10, 1998 Marion Caolo Esposito, 2131 Meadow Lark Road, Spring Hill, formerly of Rundle Street, Scranton, died Saturday at home. She was the widow of John R. Esposito, who died in 1994. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Michael and Amalia DeLusca Caolo, she was educated in Scranton schools and a graduate of the Powell School of Business.

She was a member of St. Theresa's Church, Spring Hill, Fla. Surviving are three daughters, Marion Badwak, with whom she resided; Mallie Moran, Old Forge, and Mae Gilbert, Scranton; two sons, John, Randolph, N.J., and Michael, New Bern, a brother, Joseph, Scranton; a sister, Marie Treschetta, Scranton; grandchildren; greatgrandchildren; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Frank; and a sister, Carmella. The funeral will be Wednesday from the Solfanelli-Fiorillo Funeral Home 1030 N.

Main with Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Ann's Basilica. Entombment, Cathedral Cemetery Mausoleum. Friends may call Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Ann's Basilica or to the Hernando Pafco Hospice 12107 Majestic Hudson, Fla. 34667. Victor Paul Kropa January 11, 1998 Victor Paul Kropa, 82, of Dundalk, died Sunday in Franklin Square Hospital. Born July 30, 1915, in Scranton, he was an Army veteran and employed as a ship fitter for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

are a daughter, Justine A. Messman, Essex, two grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. funeral will be Wednesday in the Duda-Ruck Funeral Home, 7922 Wise Dundalk, with services by the Rev. Alvin L. Newton.

Interment, Oak Lawn Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. Elizabeth Lee January 11, 1998 Elizabeth Lee, North Scranton, died Sunday evening at home after an illness. She was the wife of George C. Lee. The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June 1997.

Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Henry and Margaret Arthur Schamberg, she was a lifelong resident of Scranton. She was a member of the Court Street United Methodist Church and theWomen's Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5209. Also surviving are a son, George Scranton; five sisters, Ann Masters, Harriett Herne and Mary Lesh, all. of Scranton, and Norma Solack, North Tonawanda, N.Y.; 11, grandchildren; many great-and great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by' a brother, Eliazer "Red" Davis; and a sister, Catherine Slugg.

The funeral will be Wednesday at a time to be announced. from the Bomberger-Lesko Funeral Home, 1660 N. Main Interment, Abington Hills tery. Friends may call Tuesday, 2 4 and 7 to 09 p.m. Louise Kolinofsky, Taylor, died Saturday at home.

She was the widow of John Kolinofsky, who died in 1969. Born in Chinchilla, daughter of the late Archibald and Grace Lockett Hood, she was a graduate of the Johnson School of Technology. She attended the United Baptist Church, Taylor. Surviving are a son, Andrew, Hereford, two daughters, Anita Silvertson, Riegelsville, and Sandra Baggott, Tucson, a brother, Robert, Pennington, N.J.; two grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, James.

The funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Jacob Davis Funeral Home, 422 S. Main Taylor, with services by the Rev. Michael Mallis, pastor of United Baptist Church, Taylor. Interment, Abington Hills Cemetery.

Friends may call Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's favorite charity. Charles. J. Spencer Sr.

January 10, 1998 Charles J. Spencer a guest at Regina Manor, 1554 Sanderson formerly of 1226 Prospect died Saturday evening in Moses Taylor Hospital. His widow is the former Florence Hunter. Born in Dunmore, son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Spencer, he was educated in Dunmore schools and attended the Johnson Business School. He was employed as a salesman for Scranton Craftsman.

He was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion, Scranton. Also surviving are two daughters, Barbara and Diane, both of Scranton; a sister, Grace McHugh, Scranton; two grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a son, Charles J. and a brother, Leo Gilroy. The funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m.

in the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home, 517 N. Main Old Forge, with services by the Rev. George W. Gallandorm, pastor of Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church, Old Forge.

Cremation will follow in Maple Hill Crematory, WilkesBarre. Friends may call Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m. Sophie R. Day January 9, 1998 Sophie R. Day, 72, of Adams Manor Nursing Home, died Friday in Mercy Hospital.

She was employed by Giant Supermarkets. Surviving are two sons, Joseph Spinello, Forestdale, and David Spinello, Dickson. City; two daughters, Donna Barnes, Dickson City, and Tamara Manasek, Dalton; two sisters, Estelle Shargay, Minnesota, and Bernice Felmey, Lewisburg; two brothers, John Taras, New Jersey, and Peter Taras, Dickson City; and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Anthony and Frank Taras; a sister, Helen Yenkel; an infant son, Dennis; and two nephews. A memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family.

Arrangements by the Cremation Society of Pennsylvania, 4100 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg. Joan C. Lettieri, 36, of Scranton, died Saturday in Moses Taylor Hospital. Born in Jersey City, N.J., daughter of Isabella Portas Lettieri, Scranton, and the late Ernest Lettieri she attended Bayonne High School, Bayonne, N.J., and the Walsh School of Court Stenography. She was a member of the Church of St.

Joseph, Minooka. Also surviving are a sister, Benvindi Notz, Scranton; a brother, Ernest Millington, N.J.; and aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Florence. The funeral will be Wednesday at 9 a.m. from the EagenHughes Funeral Home, 2908 Birney Minooka, with Mass at 9:30 a.m.

in the Church of St. Joseph, Davis Street, Minooka. Entombment, Holy Cross Cemetery, Arlington, N.J. Friends may call Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. John B.

Evans January 10, 1998 John B. "Jack" Evans III, 51, of York, formerly of Red Lion, died Saturday in Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg. His widow is the former Deborah R. Schramm. Born Feb.

5, 1946, in Scranton, son of John and Janet Davis Evans, Little Rock, he was a truck driver for Venezia Hauling and Transport Limerick. He was a member of Mount Bethel Baptist Church, Justus, and the Red Lion Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1446. He was a former semi-pro football player with the York Lions, Lackawanna County Eagles and Scranton Eagles, and a volunteer fireman and fire policeman with the Chinchilla Hose Company. He was a former member of the Sunday night mixed bowling league of Suburban Bowl-a-rama. Also surviving are two daughters, Heather, Lemoyne, and Courtney, York; a brother, Dean, Warrington; a sister, Carol Love, Phoenixville; and nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Mount Bethel Baptist Church, Justus. Interment, private at the convenience of the family. Friends may call Wednesday, 7 to 8 p.m. at the Mount Bethel Baptist Church, Justus.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lebanon Veterans Administration Center, 1700 S. Lincoln Lebanon 17042; or to the Preservation and Restoration of the Nicholson Railroad Bridge, Third National Bank of Scranton. Arrangements by the Olewiler and Heffner Funeral Home 35 Gotham Place, Red Lion. Jeffrey Felton Jr. December 28, 1997 Jeffrey Felton 17, of 807 Schwabe Freeland, died Dec.

28, 1997, while visiting in Kings- ley. Born in Montrose, son of Jeffrey Felton Scranton, and Charelen Crawford, Freeland, he was a seventh-grade student at Hazleton Area High School. Also surviving are two sisters, Bobbie and Billie; a brother, Justin; a paternal grandmother, Emma Fulton, Scranton; maternal grandparents, George and Eleanor Kinne, Freeland; and aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Private funeral services were held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements by the McGoffHughes Funeral Home, 1401 Capouse Ave.

Edith M. Gallup January 10, 1998 Edith M. Gallup, 20 Getty. Road, Stony Point, N.Y., formerly of Carbondale, died Saturday at home after an illness. She was the widow of Jack Gallup, who died in 1983.

Born in Plains, daughter of the late Thomas and Edith Walker Tregaskis, she attended WilkesBarre area schools. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Carbondale. Surviving are three daughters, Dorothy Price and Margaret Ryan, both of Stony Point, N.Y., and Ann Truman, Carbondale; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Robert. The funeral will be Wednesday from the Brennan and Brennan Funeral Home 55 Lincoln Carbondale, with.

services at 11 a.m. by the Kenneth Carder, pastor of First United Methodist Church, Carbondale. Interment, Canaan Cor-. ners Cemetery, Waymart. Friends may call Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

John Beecham Browning, 85, of Toms River, N.J., died Friday. His widow is the former Josephine Slimak of Blakely. Born in Olyphant, son of the late Alfred James and Agnes Beecham Browning, he was a graduate of Olyphant High School. Before moving to New Jersey, he was employed by the Hudson Coal Company. He was also employed as an electrician for the Driner-Harris Company, Harrison, N.J.

He was a member of the Episcopal Church, Harrison, N.J., and the Masonic Lodge, North Arlington, N.J. Also surviving are a son, Robert, Bloomfield, N.J.; a brother, David Blakely; two granddaughters; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Elizabeth; a sister, Mary; and a brother, Alfred. Cremation was in Toms River, N.J. A memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Blind Association, Toms River. Helen C. Sahayda November 28, 1997 Helen C. Sahayda, 77, of Akron, Ohio, died Nov. 28, 1997, in the Hospice Care Center, Akron.

She was the widow of John Sahayda, a former resident of Scranton. Born in Dickson City, daughter of the late Anthony and Scholastyka Berlinski Otrimski, she was employed by Co-Op Grocery before retiring in 1968. She was a member of St. Hilary's Church and its 50-Plus Club, a volunteer at St. Edward's and a member of Local 880 Veterans of Foreign Wars, all in Akron.

Surviving are a son, John, Columbus, Ohio; a daughter, Janice Comer, Queen Creek, two sisters, Estelle Krenitsky, Naugatuck, and Evelyn Kryscio, Halafax; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Walter and Harry; and a sister, Sophie Barbato. The funeral was Dec. 1, 1997, from the Hummel Funeral Home, Akron, Ohio, with Mass in St. Hilary's Church.

Entombment, Greenlawn Mausoleum. Robert R. Deuel, 78, of Montrose, died Thursday in St. Mary's Hospital, Leonardtown, Md. His widow is the former Mildred Murray.

The couple were married 52 years. Born Feb. 9, 1919, in Montrose, son of the late Raymond and Bessie Patrick Deuel, he was a graduate of Montrose High School and the Pennsylvania State University. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theatre on the first night flight carrier, the USS Independence. He owned and operated Deuel's Restaurant, Montrose, for 20 years.

He later worked for the U. S. Postal Service for 19 years before retiring. After retiring, he worked as a tipstaff at the Susquehanna County Courthouse. He was a member of Holy Name of Mary Church, Montrose, where he was an usher; former president of the Montrose Lions Club, where he received the 1987 Montrose Lion of the Award; and a member of the Ayer Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5642, Montrose.

He was an avid golfer and gardener. Also surviving are a daughter, Patricia Larnerd, Great Mills, a son, S. Ellsworth Duff III, Newfield, N.Y.; a sister, Dorothy Meehan, Binghamton, N.Y.; a brother, Harry, Palm Harbour, three grandchildren; and nieces and 1 nephews. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Heather Marie Duff. The funeral will be Tuesday at 10 a.m.

from the Bartron Funeral Home 74 Church Montrose, with Mass at 11 a.m. in Holy Name of Mary Church, 60 S. Main Montrose, to be celebrated by the Rev. James R. Nash, pastor.

Interment, parish cemetery. Friends may call today, 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Holy Name of Mary Church, 60 S. Main Montrose.

18801. Claire A. Thompson January 8, 1998 Claire A. Thompson, 69, ofWestfield, N.Y., formerly of Scranton, died Thursday in Westfield Memorial Hospital, Westfield, N.Y. Her first husband, Joseph Hart, died in 1959.

Born in Scranton, daughter of the late James and Helen Schreck Norton, she formerly resided in South Dayton and Tonawanda, N.Y. She was employed as manager of Your Host Restaurants in the Buffalo and Kenmore, N.Y., areas for many years before retiring. She was a member of St. Timothy Church of' Sheridan Parkside, Buffalo, N.Y. Surviving are a daughter, Jeanne Baker, South Dayton; N.Y.; a son, Joseph Hart, Virginia; a sister, Dorothy Denecke, Aspen Hill, two grandchildren; three The funeral will be Tuesday will Mass at 10 a.m.

in St. Ann's Basilica. Interment, St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow. Arrangements by the Vanston Funeral Home, 142 S.

Main Ave. Former Johnson administrator dies NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON Jack Conway, who, as an official of the Johnson administration worked to establish Head Start and seyeral other Great Society programs, died on Tuesday morning at his home in Sarasota, Fla. was 80. A longtime labor worker, Conway took a leave of absence from' his job at the AFL-CIO in 1965 to head President Lyndon Johnson's Community Action Program, an initiative intended to distribute grants to more than 250 communities as part of the administration's War on Poverty,.