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Monday, October 10, 1994 Page: 7C QUICK WORDS: OBITUARY FRANCES
MATUKAITIS
Frances Matukaitis
Oct. 9, 1994
Frances Cobb Matukaitis, 85, of East Lafayette Place, Wilkes-Barre,
formerly of Birchwood Hills, Plains Township, died Sunday in Wilkes-Barre
General
HospitalBorn in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Michael P.
and Margaret McLaughlin McAndrew.
She was a 1928 graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Wilkes-Barre, and a 1936
graduate of the Metropolitan School of Nursing, New York City.
She was a registered nurse at the Middletown Air Depot, Harrisburg, and the
LaGuardia Air Depot, New York City. Prior to her retirement in 1972 she was
employed by Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, for many years.
She was a member of St. Therese’s Church, Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Bernard J. Cobb, in 1962;
second husband, Anthony F. Matukaitis, in 1976; brother, Paul M. McAndrew;
sisters, Bertha McFadden and Rose Peters.
Surviving are a daughter, Rosanne O’Boyle, with whom she resided; two
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. W