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February 22, 2011

Anna Madeline Basta, 89, of Wyoming, passed away Tuesday morning, February 22, 2011, in the Riverstreet Manor, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Algiers, Algeria, she was a daughter of Madeline Scala Izzo. She was educated in the Algiers schools. Mrs. Basta relocated to the United States at age 24 and married her late husband, John Basta Sr. She was a member of St. Monica’s Parish.

Preceding her in death was her husband, John Basta Sr.; one sister and five brothers.

Surviving are children, Linda Baltusavich and her husband, George J., Plains Township, and John Basta Jr., Wyoming; grandchildren, George M. and Cecilia Baltusavich, both of Plains Township; great-grandson, David Allan; as well as a sister, Nanette Artuori, Paris, France.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday from the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church, Wyoming, of St. Monica’s Parish. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening in the funeral home. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.