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Standard-Speaker, Thursday, August 20, 1992 Obituaries Irene Agresta Irene C. Agresta, of 227 E. Spruce West Hazleton, died Wednesday afternoon at Hazleton General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in West Hazleton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Irene (Brior) Wills, and had resided in West Hazleton most of her life. She was a member of St.

Paul's Reformed United Church of Christ, West Hazleton. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, was her husband, and a sister, Grace Hill. Surviving are a sister, Marjorie Wills, West Hazleton; a niece and several cousins. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. from the Krapf Hughes Funeral Home 426 W.

Broad Hazleton, with the Rev. Richard D. Abernethy, pastor of St. Paul's Reformed Church of Christ, conducting the service. Interment will be in Vine Street Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Reginald J. Wolfe Reginald J. Wolfe of the Holly Lynn Trailer Court, died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Weston, he was the son of late Karl and Eleanor (Kahley) Wolfe, and resided in the Hazleton area all of his life. He was a member of the United Church of Christ of West Hazleton and the Conyngham Veterans of Foreign Wars. Prior to retirmement, he was employed by the state Department of Transportation. An Army veteran of World War II, he had served with the 456th Bombardment Group of the 746th Bombardment Squardon in the European, African, and Middle Eastern Theatre of Operations. Surviving are his wife, the former Ada Foose Burger; and two sons.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. from the John J. Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad Hazleton. The Rev.

Judy Wadsworth will officiate. Interment will be in Mount Laurel Memorial Park. Friends may call Saturday at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the time of the service. Anna Gesh Anna M.

Gesh, of 25 Trenton, Mahanoy City, died Wednesday morning at her home. Born in Trenton, she was the daughter of the late Wassil and Anna Lahouchuc, she was a lifelong resident of Trenton. She was a graduate of Delano High School. Gesh was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Mahanoy City.

She was last employed by City Shirt Factory, Mahanoy City. She was preceded. in death by her husband, Joseph, in 1965. Surviving are daughters, Sylvia Phillips, Mahanoy City; and JoAnne Kott, McAdoo; a brother, Peter, Allentown; and a sister, Mary Dutzer, Zion Grove, three grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Many nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be held held Firday at 9 a.m. at the Louis Truskowsky Funeral Home followed by a Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary's B.C. Church.

Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 6 to 9 p.m. Standard-Speaker Published Daily Except Sundays and Holidays by Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Inc. 21 North Wyoming Street Hazleton, Pa. 18201 Telephone 455-3636 Second Class Postage Paid at Hazleton, Pa.

Publication No. 238140 DELIVERED BY CARRIER The Hazleton Standard-Speaker is delivered by carrier for $1.80 a week. SUBSCRIPTION BY MAIL Paid In Advance One $94.00 Six 48.00 Three 25.00 One 10.00 One 2.50 Card Of Thanks MARY RINKUS We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all our kind relatives, neighbors and friends who assisted and consoled us during the illness and death of our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, Mary Rinkus. Special thanks tc Rev. Richard Czachor, Rev.

Alphonso Dominic, Hospital Chaplain, Nurses and staff of St. Joseph's Medical Center. Also, to the pallbearers, those who sent spiritual or floral bouquets, donors drivers of cars and all others who assisted us in any other way. The Rinkus Family Barbara's moment First lady talks about love in palace of politics Mary M. Gossick, formerly of 453 Muir and a guest at the Hazleton Nursing and Geriatric Center, died Wednesday at Hazleton General Hospital.

Born in Lithuania, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Eva Shevokis, and she resided in New Philadelphia prior to moving to Hazleton 40 years ago. She was a member of Holy Rosary Church. Prior to retirement, she was employed in area garment factories. Gossick was preceded in death, in addtion to her parents, by her husband, John in 1952; and three brothers. Surviving are children, Mrs.

Angelo (Blanche) Yanuzzi, Drums; Mrs. James (Ann) Dougherty, Venice, John, Wilmington, Joseph and Mrs. Charles (Mariellen) Ray, both of Hazleton; and 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m.

from the John J. Pusti Funeral Home, 480 W. Broad Hazleton. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in Holy, Rosary Church.

Interment be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, New Philadelphia. Friends may call Friday at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service will be conducted Friday evening. Mary Gossick Anna Bartosevich Anna S. Bartosevich, of 617 Hemlock Freeland, died Tuesday evening at the Hometown Nursing Center after a lengthy illness.

Born in Highland, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Butchkofsky) Sauln and had been a resident of Freeland her entire life. She was a member of St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church, Freeland. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, Charles in 1949; a daughter, Lucille; brothers, John and Michael, and sisters, Mary De Candia and Louise Siroky. Surviving are daughters, Mrs.

Charles (Elizabeth) Bubenas, Harrison, N.J.; Mrs. Paul (Adele) Yurkanin, Freeland; a brother, Alfred Sauln, Allgoney, N.Y.; sisters, Mrs. Albert (Constance) Cerasoli, Maple Shade, N.J.; Helen Birosh, Palo Alto, and Regina Newman, Toms River, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Many nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held Friday at 8:30 a.m.

from the McHugh-Wilczek Funeral Home, 249 Centre Freeland. The Rev. Richard J. Kvedrovicz will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m. in St.

Casimir's R.C. Church, Freeland. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. There will be no public viewing. Dorothy Crockin Dorothy June (Kahn) Crockin, 1716 Banning Road, Norfolk, died unexpectedly on Sunday.

Crockin was born in Hazleton, a daughter of the late Abraham Kahn and Eva (Mandelberg) Kahn Landy. She graduated from Hazleton High School and the Hazleton State Hospital School of Nursing. A member of Ohef Sholom Temple, Norfolk, she also was a member of the temple Sisterhood and Beth Sholom Home Ladies Auxiliary. Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were brothers Harold and Stuart Kahn. Surviving are her husband, Jay M.

Crockin; daughters, Cathy C. Kinzler, Richmond, and Joyce L. Crockin, Newport News, and a son, Alan J. Crockin, Virginia Beach, Va. She also had four grandchildren.

A graveside service was conducted Tuesday afternoon in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, by Rabbi Lawrence A. Forman. Memorial donations to Ohef Sholom Temple, Norfolk, the American Heart Asosciation, or Beth Sholom Home of Eastern Virginia will be appreciated. In Loving Memory of My Dear Husband and Our Dad who passed away 7 years ago today, August 20 MR. JOHN SOMITS The world was such a bright cheerful place Until you went away The one day I realized, Loneliness was here to stay.

God took you away from us And only he knows why He must have needed someone To tend his rose garden up on high. Spring or Summer, Fall or Winter Days and nights are all the same For my heart remembers And the memories will always remain. We laughed together and cried together As two happy people do, That's why my love and memories Will continue just for you. Remembered Always Sadly Missed Wife, Eleanor and Children Clarence Carter Clarence William Carter, of Lot 20, Box 5, Spring Hill Trailer Court, Freeland, died Wednesday at 11:14 a.m. at Hazleton General Hospital.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was a son of the Irene (Walton) Carter, Freeland; and the late Clarence W. Carter, and resided in the White Haven area all of his life. Before retiring in 1972, Carter was a sergeant first class in the Army for more than 20 years serving in Japan, Korea, Germany and Vietnam. He was decorated with the following awards: Army Commendation, Good Conduct, Occupation of Japan, the National Defense Service in Vietnam, Vietnam Campaign with five stars. He also recived the Armed Foreces Expeditionary Medals.

He was the recipient of certificates of appreciation by President Nixon and General Westmoreland, Army chief of staff. Carter was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5010 and the American Legion Post 473, both of Freeland; the White Haven Fire and was an active member of the Kidder Township Volunteer Fire Co. Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, the former Jeanette Mensinger; a son, Killeen, Texas; daughters, Rathford, Killeen; Annette Webb, Finland; Jean Marie Long, Killeen; Lee Ann Carter, Killeen; brothers, Leroy, White Haven; Harold, Pocono Lake; and Fred, Maryland; and sisters, Mrs. George (Lucy) Minnick, Weatherly; Mrs. Michael (Shirley) Drozic, New York; Dolores Leehan, Newberry Estates, Dallas, Luzerne County; and eight grandchildren.

Several nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from the McNulty Funeral Home, Freeland, with the Rev. Mark E. Whitmer, pastor of Bethal Baptist Church, Freeland, officiating.

Interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Viewing will be Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. Military rites will be accorded by VFW Post 5010 and American Legion Post 473 Freeland, and on Monday at the cemetery by the Lebanon VFW. Madge T. Lawrence Madge T.

Lawrence, 86, of 1429 E. Broad Hazleton, formerly of 407 W. Broad died Tuesday evening at Hazleton General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Weston, Dec. 2, 1905, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Anna Hoffman McGlynn.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John in 1959; brothers, Ralph, Reuben, William, Floyd, Cletus and John McGlynn; and sisters, Anna Fisher, Myrtle Calvello, Grace Vogt, Helen Bertolvi and Ethel Forliano. Surviving are four children, Edward, R.R. 1, Sugarloaf; Thelma Silverstein, Hazleton; John Lawrence, R.R. 2, Sugarloaf; and Joan Gaumer, Berwick; six grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren; and one sister, Hazel Marelko, Tomhicken. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m.

from the Mark S. Harman Funeral Home on the Conyngham -Rock Glen Road. The Rev. Craig Lantz, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Mountain Grove, will officiate the service. Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery.

Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations to the Diabetes Foundation would be appreciated by the family. Bee sting kills woman CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) A woman died from complications a week after she was stung by a bee, Allegheny County Coroner Joshua Perper said. Sharon Louise Finnerty, 36, of New Eagle, Washington County, was pronounced dead Wednesday at Jefferson Hospital in suburban Pittsburgh.

Perper said her death followed a heart attack that apparently was triggered by her severe allergic reaction to the sting. HAZLETON MEMORIAL CO. Hazleton-McAdoo Hwy 455-4956 ANHERSTA PI 26 DO get FAMILY MONUMENTS Owned and Operated By The Persico Family Since 1913 Open Weekdays 7. AM-4 PM Saturday 9 AM-3 PM Sunday Evenings By Appointment We Accept MasterCard Visa HOUSTON (AP) After a week of unbroken Democratbashing at this convention, there she stood, plain and simple, Barbara Bush, unabashed and bashing no one. She talked about family.

She spoke words about love in a palace of politics. Nothing political the best of politics. Barbara Bush's moment under the Astrodome was all she had promised all week to all who would listen: not much. Just chatter about George and about raising kids, the fun of it and the hurt of it. She talked about den mothering, carpooling, Little League-ing.

And she remembered the daughter lost to leukemia, the son who almost died, the child with a learning disability. "No family is without pain and suffering," she said. If the president's wife had a message to the Republican convention, it was somewhat at odds with the traditional suburban station wagon, mowed-lawn, straight-arrow image that the Republican slogan "family calls to mind. Families, she said, are also heroic single mothers, raising children alone or grandparents raising the children their own children cannot. The sacrifices, she said, will be worth it.

"You may be exhausted from working a job, or two jobs, and taking care of your children. Or you may have put your career on hold. Either way, you may wonder, and I did now and then, 'Am I really doing the right "Yes, you are." From these homes, she said, will come the next leaders. "You are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now," she said. "So yes, from the bottom of my heart, I'm here to tell you that you are doing the right thing, and God bless you for it." The delegates chanted, "Barbara, Barbara, Barbara." California unfurled a banner: Bush for President, 1996." "I love you," a delegate called to her from the floor.

"I love you, too," she called back. Grandson George Prescott the son of son Jeb, read a letter from his grandfather. "You know him as a president," he said, I know him as the greatest man I've ever Then out burst George Bush. He hugged wife, kids, kids' spouses, grandkids. Twenty-two Bush kin.

He drew a big cheer, but limited himself to a wave and a see you all tomorrow." Bush, 16 nicknamed "George It was Barbara's night. Bush, Quayle to accept (Continued from page 1) the GOP's family values pitch. He predicted voters would feel likewise. "American folks have figured out that they have given these people 12 years to pursue trickle-down economics and to tell the American people everything they want to hear about values, and all this while they rip them off said Clinton, who was campaigning in Michigan while Republicans wrapped up their convention. Clinton also strongly criticized the Republicans for verbal attacks at the convention against his wife Hillary.

He said, in an interview taped Wednesday and shown today on NBC-TV, that in allowing the attacks Bush was trying to turn the attention away from his record and was acting "like he's running against Hillary like he's running for first In nominating Bush, Labor Secretary Lynn Martin said Clinton had ignored all that is good about America its bustling export market, superior university system and high standard of living. Still, she ventured onto risky ground when asking and answering a version of the question Ronald Reagan turned into the barometer of the 1980 cam- U.S. prepared in gulf to down Iraqi planes LONDON (AP) The United States already has enough aircraft in the region to shoot down any Iraqi warplanes that might attack Shiite Muslim rebels, and probably to conduct a brief air war if necessary, military experts say. But the experts warn that ultimate protection of the Shiite rebels, who have taken refuge in the marshes of southern Iraq against attack by Saddam Hussein's forces, could require more than an air umbrella. According to U.S.

and British estimates, Iraq has only 150 combat-ready planes compared to about 200 U.S. warplanes already in the area and hundreds more on call, said Paul Beaver, publis er of Jane's Defense Weekly. The Bush administration confirmed Wednesday that Britain, France and the United States allies have agreed to impose a "no-fly" zone in Iraq south of the 32nd parallel to prevent Iraqi warplanes from attacking the Shiites. British Prime Minister John Major said Tuesday that Saddam's planes would risk being shot down if they fly into the Death notices ADAMS At Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center, Wednesday, August 19, 1992, Mrs.

Mary Adams, beloved mother of Mrs. Francis (Mary) Zoshak. Funeral Friday at 9:30 a.m. from the McNulty Funeral Home. The Rev.

James Demko will be the celebrant of Divine Liturgy with Office of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary's B.C. Church, Freeland. Interment in St.

John's R.C. Cemetery, Freeland. The viewing will be held today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parasatas will be held today at 7:30 p.m. Robert J.

McNulty Funeral funeral director. SWINSBURG At Hazleton General Hospital, August 18, 1992, John L. Swinsburg, Jr. Funeral services Friday morning 11 a.m. from Beltz-Petrilli Funeral Home.

Rev. Stanley R. Trout, officiating. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Private viewing for family members only Friday morning 10 a.m.

to 11 a.m. Beltz-Petrilli Funeral Home. James A. Petrilli, Funeral Director. zone.

The Western allies haven't spelled out whether enforcement will be limited to shooting down aircraft that enter the so-called military exclusion zone, or would include attacking airfields, air defenses and Iraqi supply lines. "We don't really know what their job is," said Col. Andrew Duncan of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "I think losses will be the paramount factor in how the operation is carried out." During a U.S. presidential election campaign, he said, "you don't want Mr.

President to see a couple of our boys paraded in Baghdad. It would be the same as Jimmy Carter's situation during the Iranian hostage crisis." Carter lost the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan and the hostages were freed on inauguration day. Homeless Animals Day on Saturday Mayor John Quigley has joined hundreds of mayors and governors in officially declaring Saturday "'Homeless Animals' Day." The Noah Committee, in partnership with the Hazleton Animal Shelter, will sponsor a candlelight vigil on Saturday at Hazleton City Hall at 8 p.m. to mark "'Homeless Animals' The vigil will be held to recognize that annually 17 million dogs and cats have to be killed at shelters in the United States because they are homeless abandoned, cast away by their owners, or lost. Young, healthy, and perfectly suitable to be lifelong friends and companions, each of these animals is precious.

There is a solution to dog and cat overpopulation spaying and neutering. It can stop the killing. Vigils will be held in cities throughout the country. The nationwide events are being coordinated by The International Society for Animal Rights, Clark Summit, which last year sponsored an international symposium on the overpopulation and homelessness of dogs and cats. For more information can call 455-8279.

August 19 Remembering Our Beloved Rose, a flower so precious and so rare Ours to love and ours to care Born of a seed in the morning dew Blessed by the daylight as it grew Into winter the petals fade and die Evermore, on the wings of a dove our rose will fly All our Love, Mom and the Kids paign. "Is America better off than she was four years ago? Of course she is," Martin said, despite the high unemployment and anemic economic growth of the Bush years. "We cannot risk the inexperienced or the inept," she said. Fellow conservative and former Education Secretary William Bennett nominated Quayle, labeling Clinton and running mate Al Gore "false prophets." Of Quayle, Bennett said defiantly: "He has been principled and courageous and in response he has been belittled. But he has not been silenced." After seconding speeches, the states got to cast their votes, the script carefully written so Texas would put Bush past the 1,106 mark needed for nomination.

The remaining states were painstakingly polled, with Bush getting 2,166 votes to 18 for primary challenger Patrick Buchanan. The roll call lasted until nearly 1 a.m., so long that no one was left from New Hampshire when it was called. One of the night's more poignant moments came not from a politician but from a woman infected with the virus that causes AIDS. "It does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican," Mary Fisher said of the HIV virus. "It does not ask whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old." Her speech countered those at the Democratic National Convention by two people also HIV.

positive. Tonight's convention finale caps a four-day kaleidoscope view of the Republican Party, with pro-Bush unity overshadowing an ideological tug of war between moderates and conservatives. Funeral Funeral services for former Hazleton Councilman William J. Moran of 137 S. Cedar who died Saturday, were held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

from the Church of St. Gabriel. The Rev. John Boyle celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial with Monsignor Paul Purcell, former pastor of St. Gabriel's, as homilist.

Readings were presented by William Moran III and Terry Moran Bauder; petitions were offered by grandsons William IV, Thomas, Bryan, and Jonathan Moran and Michael Darowish, and a musical tribute was given by Jonathan Moran, Anne Marie Kennedy and Bernie Grazio. Seated in the sanctuary were Monsignors Joseph Meier and Donald McAndrews, the Reverends William Blake and Thomas McLaughlin, former pastor and assistant pastor at St. Gabriel's; James Lackenmeir, president of King's College in Wilkes- Barre; Richard Cirba, Joseph Matz, Thomas Horan, James Carr, Donald Grimes, Thomas Carten, John Hoch, and Lawrence Olzewski. Interment was in St. Gabriel's Cemetery where Boyle gave the final blessing, assisted by Purcell and McLaughlin.

Active pallbearers were Chris Golden, attorney William Longo, Joseph Logudic, Rick Macoviak and James and Joseph Zogby, nephews of the deceased. Honorary pallbearers were State Treasurer Catherine Baker Knoll; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees International President Gerald McEntee; AFSCME William Lucy; Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System Executive Director John Brosius; Pennsylvania AFSCME Executive Director Edward Keller; investment associates Vernon Bennett, Robert Cusma, Paul Mensch, and Thomas Walsh; AFSCME Council 37 Executive Director Frank Schubert, and Pennsylvania SERS Assistant Executive Director Dale Everhart. The color guard was comprised of members of Benedict XV Knights of Columbus. The Boyle Funeral Home, Hazleton, was in charge of the funeral arrangements..