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2 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Monday, July 24, 1 989 Dr. Joseph V. developed hospital unit Robert F. Stahr Robert F. Stahr, R.D.

2, Box 403, Drums, was declared dead on arrival at Hazleton General Hospital Sunday morning. He was born in St. Johns, son of the late William D. and Mary (Jones) Stahr. He was a retired mechanic first class for Pennsylvania Power Light Co.

and worked for the company for 43 years. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Conyngham, and was a former member of the church council. He graduated in 1940 from Hazleton High School and had played on the school football team. He also was a member of Azalea Lodge 687 the Retirement Club and the Sugarloaf Fire Co. He served in the U.S.

Coast Guard during World War H. Surviving are his wife, Jean Seman Stahr; daughter, Pamela Stahr, Nescopeck; sons, Robert David Stahr, Drums, and Jon Scott Stahr, at home; sisters and brother, Mrs. Marjorie Klinger, William J. Stahr and Mrs. Lois Thomas, all of Drums; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Christ Lutheran Church, Conyngham, with the Rev. William Fairchild officiating. Interment will be in St. Johns Cemetery.

Friends may call today at the Rosenstock Funeral Home, 229 W. Broad Hazleton, from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Conyngham Christ Lutheran Church building fund. Maryellen Ritz Mrs. Maryellen (Fritz) Ritz, Apt.

204, 70 S. Pine Hazleton, a resident of Audenried and Mc-Adoo for many years, died Friday evening at Hershey Medical Center. She was born in Audenried, daughter of. the late Israel David and Marguerite (Krommes) Fritz. She was a member of St.

Gabriel's R.C. Church, Hazleton, and the Greater Hazleton Senior Citizens. She graduated in 1939 from Hazleton High. Surviving are her husband, John "Hoover" Ritz; two sons, Joseph, McAdoo, and John, Tresckow; two sisters, Mrs. William (Catherine) Rohrbach, Hazleton, and Mrs.

Robert (Jean) McAlanis, Reading; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the Damiano Funeral Home, Blaine and Cleveland streets, McAdoo. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in St.

Patrick's R.C. Church, McAdoo. Interment will be in Sky View Memorial Park, Hometown. A wake service will be held tonight. Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Marcella Swenda Ms. Marcella Swenda, 3135 Crescent Long Island City, N.Y., formerly of McAdoo, died Saturday at Columbian Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. She was born in McAdoo, daughter of the late Anna Swenda, and graduated in the Class of 1959 from McAdoo High School. Surviving are several aunts, uncles and cousins. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.

from the Damiano Funeral Home, Blaine and Cleveland streets, McAdoo. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at noon in St. Mary of the Assumption R.C. Church. Interment will be in St.

Michael's Cemetery, McAdoo. The rosary will be recited tonight by the Rev. John Engler. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. Obituary Mrs.

Minnie A. Howley Mrs. Minnie A. Howley, 83, of R.D.1 Hazleton, and formerly of 160 Hollars Hill, died at 12:25 a.m. Saturday at Bloomsburg Health Care Center, where she had resided for the past 10 years.

Born in Hazleton, she was a daughter of the late Camillus and Martha Imbert and had resided in Hollars Hill most of her life. Before retiring she was employed at Mardee Sportswear, Hazleton, as a trimmer. She was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church, Hazleton. She was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her husband, James, in 1952; a daughter, Dorothy; sisters, Mrs.

Bertha Kassock and Mrs. Mary Kulsa, and brothers, Eugene, Peter, Anthony, Frank and Joseph Imbert. Surviving are a son, James, Hollars Hill; two grandchildren; three great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday from the Frank J.

Bonin Funeral Home, Second Street entrance, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Viewing will be for immediate family members only. Charles E.

Chiaverelli Charles E. "Chuck" Chiaverelli, 43, who drowned Friday morning in Lake Harmony, was born in Philadelphia. He was the son of Frank X. Chiaverelli, Philadelphia, and Antionette (Raffle) Chiaverelli, North Wales, Pa. He was the husband of Debra Ann (Robos) Chiaverelli, Lake Harmony, and had been a resident of that area for more than two years.

He formerly lived in Lansdale and Philadelphia. He graduated in 1963 from Father Judge High School in Philadelphia. He was a bartender for Shenanigans in Lake Harmony for the past year. He is survived, in addition to his parents and wife, by two sons, Raymon, at home, and Charles E. Feasterville; a daughter, Lisa Feasterville; sister, Mrs.

Joseph A. (Donna Phillips, North Wales; two nieces and one nephew. Friends may call Tuesday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Huff Lak-jer Funeral Home, Derstine and Cannon avenues, Lansdale. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

in St. Stanislaus Church, Lansford. Interment will be in St. John Neumann Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may contribute to a college fund for his son, Raymon, in care of Box 136, Lake Harmony, 18624.

William P. Gervell William P. Gervell, a patient at the Shenandoah Manor Nursing Home, died there Saturday evening. He was born in Shenandoah, son of the late Joseph and Agnes (Sherakas) Gervell, and was educated in the Shenandoah schools. He was an Army veteran of World War I and was a retired miner and welder at the Gilberton Coal Co.

He was a member of St. George R.C. Church, the Holy Name Society, and was a charter member of American Legion Post 370. He also held memberships with the Disabled American Veterans, the Catholic War Veterans and the United Mine Workers of America. Preceding him in death were his wife, the former Anna Lagosky, in 1956, and a daughter, Dorothy Sosna, in 1985.

Surviving are a son, William, Mountaintop; brother, Walter Gervell, Shenandoah; sister, Mame Vinsko, Shenandoah; eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. from the Oravitz Home for Funerals, Inc. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m. in St.

George's Church followed by interment in the Old St. George Cemetery. Friends may call today from 6 to 9 p.m. When planning for FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS Always specify SMITH FLORAL CO. 3 4 1 E.

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Auchincloss, who died at her home in Newport on Satwv day, was considered an accomplished horsewoman. She won the hunter championship three times at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden aboard the mare "Daneuse." She married John V. Bouvier III on July 7, 1928. The couple's other daughter was Caroline Lee Radziwill Ross. The marriage ended in divorce in 1940.

She married Hugh D. Auchincloss, the father of three, on June 21, 1942. The couple had two children, Janet Auchincloss Rutherford, who died in 1985, and James Auchincloss. Hugh Auchincloss died Nov. 26, 1976.

Mrs. Auchincloss married Bingham W. Morris on Oct. 25, 1979. She was on the board of the Newport Historical Society and the Redwood Library, and was honorary director of the Robert E.

Lee Memorial Association at Stratford, Va at the time of her death. Her death occured on the same day that Rose Kennedy, mother of the late President John F. Kennedy, turned 99. The exact cause of death was not known. Mrs.

Auchincloss is survived by her husband, three children, three step-children, 14 grandchildren and step-grandchildren and one great grandchild. No sign of 2nd winner in Super 7 HARRISBURG (AP) While one group wasted little time presenting their claim for half of a $63.9 million Super 7 jackpot, the second winner has yet to come forward. The Pennsylvania Lottery closed for the day and weekend Friday with no word on anyone filing a claim for the second winning ticket in Wednesday's drawing. There is no rush, however, as long as the ticket is kept safe. Without the ticket, there can be no claim.

Winners have a year from the date of the drawing to file a claim. Two sisters, their husbands and a friend filed the first claim Thursday for one of the two winning tickets. They are Larry Kelly of Seymour, Michael and Carol Pucillo, of West Orange, N.J; and Lou and Helen Miele, of Lake Ariel, Wayne County. Each of the two winning tickets is worth $1.2 million annually for 26 years, less 20 percent for federal taxes. Lottery officials said it would take until at least early next week to validate the first winning ticket.

Jet makes emergency landing WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) An American Airlines DC-9 with 27 people aboard made an emergency landing early today with no traffic controllers in the airport tower and with its primary electrical system down. No one was injured. It was the second jetliner forced to make an emergency landing in Iowa in less than a week. The pilot switched to his backup electrical system and the jetliner, en route from Chicago to Portland, landed safely, an American spokesman said. Police and fire units were standing by at the Waterloo Municipal Airport, but were not needed.

The plane. Flight 639, landed just after midnight, said Hagan Gibbs, area supervisor for the Waterloo tower. Hagan said the Waterloo tower is staffed only until 11 p.m. and no air traffic controllers were on duty at the time of the landing. He said regional controllers handled the emergency landing.

On Wednesday, a United Airlines DC-10 lost power over northwest Iowa and crashed while attempting an emergency landing at the Sioux City airport, killing 110 people. John Hotard, an American spokesman in Fort Worth. Texas, said the backup system allows the plane's electrical systems to function normally. The electrical system does not affect the aircraft's steering mechanism, which are controlled by hydraulic lines, he said. There were hydraulic problems in the Sioux City landing.

"Once he had a problem, the pilot immediately goes to air traffic control and declares an emergency." Hotard said. "At that point, they direct him to the nearest airport." Dr. Joseph V. Fescina, 217 N. Laurel Hazleton, died Friday at 5:10 p.m.

at the Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia. He was a longtime Hazleton medical doctor and was born in Hazleton, a son of the late Michael and Jennie (DeJoseph) Fescina. He was a member of Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church, the American College of Surgeons and the International College of Surgeons. He was a founding member of the American College of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

He was one of the developers of the Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center intensive care unit and once taught at Hazleton General Hospital. He also helped develop the concept of the Greater Hazleton Paramedic Unit. Dr. Fescina also was a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Luzerne County Medical Society and the Valley Country Club.

During World War II he served on the Hazleton Draft Board. He was a graduate of Lafayette College and the Jefferson Medical School where he was honored for 50 years of service in the medical profession. Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, were his first wife, the former Ruth Weber; one brother, Michael Fescina, and a sister, Congetta Fortier. Surviving are his second wife, the former Margaret Curry Cor-reale; daughter, Mrs. Carol Star- Joseph Antonelli Joseph Antonelli, 80, of West Pine Street, Sheppton, died Sunday afternoon at Hazleton General Hospital.

He was born in Sheppton, son of the late Joseph and Ida (Yenovich) Antonelli. He was a member of St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Sheppton, the American Legion Post 616 of Sheppton, and the Sheppton Oneida Fire Co. He served in the Army during World War in the African and Italian campaigns.

He was awarded a service medal with four bronze stars. His last place of employment was the Mahanoy City Water Co. He was preceded in death by his wife, Isabel, in 1981 and also by a brother, Victor. Surviving are two sons, Ted and Alfred, both of Newark, three daughters, Mrs. Andrew (Isabel) Helock, Sheppton; Mrs.

William (Joyce) Bradley, Sheppton, and Mrs. Jerry (Roseann) Evangelista, Sheppton; four brothers, Felix, South Bend, Harry, Bethlehem, Father Louis Antonelli, Rota, Mariani Islands, and Vincent, Bethlehem, two sisters, Mrs. Rudolph (Violet) Konschnik, West Hazleton, and Mrs. Angeline Ovechka, Bridgeport, 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

from the Edward W. Stauffer Funeral Home, Ringtown, with continued services at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Sheppton.

Interment will follow in the parish cemetery in Sheppton. Viewing will be held Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Catherine Boyle Catherine Boyle, 699 N. Vine Hazleton, died early Saturday morning at Hazleton General Hospital.

She was born in Hazleton, daughter of the late Andrew and Katie (Clark) Boyle, and was a lifetime resident of the area. Before retiring she was employed by the Anthracite Board of Conciliation as a secretary. She was a member of St. Gabriel's R.C. Church, the Golden Agers and the parish's Women's Guild.

Preceding her in death were the following brothers and sisters: Mary, Joseph, Mrs. Bessie Moye, Mrs. Alice Farrell, John and Bernard. Surviving are a sister, Agnes Boyle, Hazleton, and many nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

from the Joseph B. Conahan Funeral Home, 532 N. Vine Hazleton. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m. in St.

Gabriel's R.C. Church followed by interment in the parish cemetery. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. BROODY FLOWERS Rte. 309, Drums 788-1147 SPECIALIZING IN FUNERAL i SYMPATHY FLOWERS -Design Work at Competitive Prices OPEN 7 DAYS 9 to 6 DELIVERY AVAILABLE zyk, Hazleton; two sisters, Mrs.

Louise Rymond and Mrs. Margaret Damato, both of Hazleton; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Irene Geissler; four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tues-' day at 10 a.m. from the Frank J.

Bonin Funeral Home, (Second Street entrance). The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Grace R.C. Church, followed by interment in Most Precious Blood Cemetery. Friends may call today from 6 to 9 p.m.

A Christian wake service will be held tonight. Mrs. Beatrice M. Diehl Mrs. Beatrice M.

Diehl, 420 W. First Hazleton, died Sunday at 3:55 a.m. at Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center. She was born in Hazleton, daughter of the late David and Bridget (Burke) Harris, and was a resident of Hazleton for her entire life.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Henry J. Diehl, former Hazleton city fire driver stationed at the Pioneer Fire Co. a daughter, Beatrice Paytas, and a brother, Walter Harris. She was a member of Good Shepherd R.C. Church, Drums; the Pioneer Fire Co.

Auxiliary and the Six-County Firemen's Association Auxiliary. She had served as president of the St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Joseph (Mary Lou) Perilla, Hazleton; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. from the John J. Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad Hazleton. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

in Good Shepherd Church. Interment will be in Calvary R.C. Cemetery, Drums. Friends may call Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Arrietta Gallagher Arrietta "Det" Gallagher, 74, who lived with her granddaughter, Barbara Houser, 152 First Oneida, died Saturday afternoon at Hazleton-St.

Joseph Medical Center. She was born in Oneida June 15, 1915, daughter of the late Bert and Hattie (Sayman) Van Blargan. She was a resident of Oneida the past 25 years. Prior to that she resided in Philadelphia. She was a retired employee of the Manufacturing Sheppton.

She was a member of the East Union Township Senior Citizens and the Shenandoah Fish and Game Club, Zion Grove. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, John, in 1962; a daughter, Marjorie Houser, in 1979; five brothers, Maurice, Francis, Benjamin, Albert and Lawrence Van Blargan, and a sister, Leona Dallas Surviving are brother and sisters, Mrs. Edith Clark, Leo Van Blargan and Elizabeth Sherman, all of Oneida; five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Mark S.

Harman Funeral Home, Con-yngham-Rock Glen Road. The Rev. Judy Wadsworth, pastor of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Nuremberg, will officiate. Interment will be in Conyngham Union Cemetery. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m.

John Melnick John "Stan" Melnick, 761 N. Vine Hazleton, died Sunday afternoon at his residence. He was born in Junedale, son of the late Justin and Mary Melnick. He was employed as a carpet installer. He was a member of Our Lady of Grace R.C.

Church, the Hazle Township Senior Citizens and the Slavonic Club. Preceding him in death were his wife, the former Jean Tomai, in 1985, and a sister, Irene Marshall. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. John (Justine) Mazur, with whom he resided, and Marie Melnick Staber, Hazleton; two stepdaughters, Josephine La-Point, Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Michael (Mary Lou) Piskorick, Milnesville; brothers and sister, Michael and Stephen Melnick and Helen Fazio, all of Tresckow, and Peter Melnick, Hazleton; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. from the Moran Funeral Home, 229 W. 12th Hazleton. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Grace Church followed by interment in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Mary Alice Fagan Mary Alice Fagan, 11 W. Diamond Hazleton, died Saturday at 2:40 p.m. at Hazleton General Hospital. She was born in Hazleton, daughter of the late Edward and Anna (Boyle) McKernan, and resided in this community her entire life.

She was employed in the Office of Price Administration, Washington, D.C., during World War II and, before retiring, by the Hazleton Travel Agency. She was a member of St. Gabriel's R.C. Church and the Hazleton General Hospital Auxiliary. She graduated from Hazleton High School in 1938 and was active on the Class of 1938 reunion committee.

She also attended the Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia. Preceding her in death were her husband, attorney John D. Fagan, in 1975; a sister, Betty L. McKernan, in 1987; and a brother, John B. McKernan, in 1968.

Surviving are two sons, attorney Peter J. Fagan, Sugarloaf, and Thomas L. Fagan, Hazleton; a sister, Ann, wife of attorney Louis Feldmann, Hazleton; brother, Edward McKernan, Middlebury, two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the John J.

Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Gabriel's R.C. Church at 10:30 a.m.

followed by interment in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hazleton Animal Shelter. Death notices BOYLE At the Hazleton General Hospital, Saturday July 22, Miss Catherine Boyle, of 699 N.

Vine Street, Hazleton. Funeral Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. from the Joseph B. Conahan Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m.

in St. Gabriel's R.C. Church. Interment in the parish cemetery. Friends may call tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.

FAGAN Mrs. Mary Alice (McKernan) Fagan, at Hazleton General Hospital, Saturday, July. 22. Funeral Tuesday 10 a.m. from the John J.

Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad Hazleton. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Gabriel's R.C. Church at 10:30 a.m.

Interment in parish cemetery. Friends may call Monday 7 to 9 p.m. FESCINA -At Episcopal Hospital. Philadelphia, Friday July 21, 1989, Dr. Joseph V.

Fescina, Beloved husband of Margaret Curry) Correale Fescina. Funeral Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home, Second Street entrance, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Grace R.C.

Church. Interment in the Most Precious Blood R.C. Cemetery. Friends may call tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. A Christian Wake Service will be held this evening.

HOWLEY At Bloomsburg Health Care Center, Saturday, July 22. Mrs. Minnie A. (Imbert) Howley. Funeral Tuesday at 9 a.m.

from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home, Second Street entrance. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel R.C.

Church. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Viewing will be for immediate family members only. Funerals The funeral of Joseph P. Mulherin, a former city resident, who died Thursday at Mercy Health Care Center, Nanticoke, was held Saturday from the Boyle Funeral Home, Hazleton.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Gabriel's R.C. Church by the Rev. John Major. Msgr.

Aloysius McElwee, Penn Lake, was seated in the sanctuary. Rev. Major gave the blessing in the chapel at St. Gabriel's Cemetery. Pallbearers were William Dolon, Robert Clark and Francis Bonner, all members of the Knights of Columbus; Ambrose Bar an, Joseph Moran Sr.

and Joseph Hayden. The funeral of Carl J. O'Don-nell, 740 N. James Hazleton, who died Wednesday at Joseph Medical Center, was held Saturday from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home, Inc.

The Rev. Stephen Forish gave the blessing at the funeral home. The Rev. John A. Doris celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial in St.

Gabriel's R.C. Church and also gave the final blessing at the chapel in St. Gabriel's Cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews Edward Schiefer John Schiefer, John Krapf Clyde Warner Jr. and Mark Cerciello and Carl Ren-shaw.

The funeral of Marie (Devigili) Rossi, 715 W. Seventh Hazleton, who died Wednesday at Hazleton General Hospital, was held Saturday morning from the Fierro Funeral Home, Hazleton. The Rev. P. Lawrence Homer was the celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

The Rev. Neil Gugliemelli was seated in the sanctuary. Rev. Homer gave the final blessing at the grave in the parish cemetery. Pallbearers were Louis Pilati, Paul Anderson, James Pilati, Richard Chocolas Robert Devigili, Don Gregory, Al Devigili Jr.

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