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November 24, 2011

Bonnie Balent Soroka, 64, of Exeter, passed away at home in the arms of her husband Thursday, November 24, 2011 after a long illness.

Born in Exeter, Bonnie was the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen Urban Balent. She attended Exeter schools and was employed as a C.N.A. with Silver Care until she became ill. She was a member of St. Monica’s Parish (the former Our Lady of Sorrows), West Wyoming.

Bonnie lived to shop and loved going to New York City with her partner in crime, her sister Rebecca, or going to the Bon Ton with her best friend, Minnie Mullery.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister Barbara Balent.

Surviving are her husband, Benny Soroka, an employee of Pride Health Care, Duryea; sisters, Gloria and Rebecca Balent, Exeter; cousins, Bill and Marilyn Urban, Yorkville, N.Y.; Rosemarie and Frank Greco, Lee’s Summit, Md. and Charles Urban Jr. and his wife, Irene, Plains Township.

The family would like to offer sincere thanks to Hospice Community Care, Kingston, for their care and compassion. A special thank you to Michelle for her loving care.

The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. on Monday from the Kizis-Lokuta Funeral Home, 134 Church St., Pittston. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. at St. Monica’s Parish, West Wyoming. Interment will be in St. John the Baptist Slovak Cemetery, Exeter. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Benny would like to thank the Lord for giving him a loving and caring wife that he will love forever.