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Thursday, November 21, 1996 Page:
Mary Maruska
November 19, 1996
Mary Maruska of Thistle Street, Pittston, died Tuesday at the Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains TownshipBorn in Austria-Hungary, she
was the daughter of the late Charles and Anna Polinko.
She was educated in Pittston schools and was once employed as a nurses aid
by the former Ransom Convalescent Center.
She was a member of St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittston.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew, in 1951; a son, George,
in 1991; a brother, Charles Polinko; sisters, Theresa and Mrs. Julia Palsha.
Surviving are a son, Daniel, Duryea; five grandchildren; 11
great-grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Anna Zapko, Philadelphia; Mrs. Sophie
Kmetz, Bethlehem; Mrs. Helen Shirmer, Hazleton; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday from the Bernard J. Piontek
Funeral Home, Inc., 204 Main St., Duryea, with Mass of the Divine Liturgy at
11 a.m. in St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittston.
Interment will be in parish cemetery, Pittston.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
Parastas services will be held at 7 p.m. today with the Rev. Robert Kemeter
officiating.