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October 1, 2011
Helene C. Kretchik, 89, of Wyoming, died Saturday morning, October 1, 2011, at home after an illness.
Born in West Wyoming, she was a daughter of the late Jacob John Sr. and Rose Petronella Ribinskas Kretchik.
Helene was a 1939 graduate of West Wyoming High School, earned a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from College Misericordia, and master’s degrees from College Misericordia and Bucknell University.
Prior to retirement she was employed as a teacher at Exeter High School and Wyoming Area High School.
Helene was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston, a member of Misericordia Alumni Association, the Mozart Club and a volunteer for the American Red Cross.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Mary Elizabeth Casper, M. Constance Hamilton, Francine Clair Hembree, and Margaret Rose Curry; brothers, Jacob John Kretchick Jr. and Simon Augustus Kretchik.
Surviving her are niece, Patricia Pisano; nephew, Thomas Kretchik; and a great-niece, Christine Copeman; her trusted friend, Madeline Setzer; and several great nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, with a Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 35 William St., Pittston, with Msgr. John Bendik, Pastor, as celebrant. Interment in St. Casmir’s Cemetery, Pittston. Friends may call from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Helene’s memory to Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 or Misericordia University, 35 Lake St., Dallas, PA 18612.