Memorial and Honor Donations

Memorial donations as of April 2010:

For Dr. Thomas Bizup by Providence Place;  for Louise Conrad by Anne Fecenko;  for Jean Curno, by Providence Place;  for Diane Delp by Providence Place;  for Virginia Dinklocker by the Women’s Social Club;  for Ellen Edelson by Attorney and Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad, by Ralph and Peggy Jaeger, by Cathy and Kate Zimmerman;  for Dr. Ira Fridirici by Cecelia C. Muench;  for Julia Kessock by Providence Place;  for Elizabeth Ketner by Providence Place;  for John Kohutka  by Ione Geier;  for Virginia Lang by Providence Place;  for Loretta Lonoskie by the Sunday Brunch Friends, by the Women’s Social Club;  for Thomas McDonald III by Ann Helen McDonald;  for Joseph McGrath by Providence Place;  for Kitty McCloskey, by Palmer and Suzanne Dolbin;  for Jean Marsicano by Rosalie and Sylvan Lehrman and family, by Cathy and Kate Zimmerman;  for June Portland by Providence Place;  for Thomas H. Rile, by Sara L. Rile;  for Elizabeth Sippel by Thomas and Suzanne Beveridge, by Andrew and Florence Cremia, by the custodians of Pottsville D.H.H. Lengel Middle School, by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eroh, by her sister-in-law, Emma C. Farr, by James and Mary Ann Garraway, by Joann and John Heller, by Gary J. Hess, by Hidden River Credit Union, by Donna and John Kalovcak, by Kurt and Lorraine Keil, by Grace King and Family, by Michael, Joan, and James Kitsock, by Richard and Ann Lowe, by Diane M. McCully, by Tom and Paula Ney, by Albert and Kathleen Norkus, by Tim and Mickey Pellish, by Richard B. Ryon Insurance, by all members of the Schuylkill Historical Fire Society, by Patricia and Joseph Stoffey, by Joe and Barbara Wollyung, by Cathy and Kate Zimmerman, by Mark & Linda Kowalonek, by Krista & Christian Varano, by Virgil & Barbara Scott, by the Dick Ketz Driving School, by Betty Ann & William Kline, by J. F. Wallauer, by Charles Underwood, by George & Kathleen Zweibel, by John & Barbara Powers;  for Nancy Stoner by Attorney and Mrs. Robert Bohorad, by Elizabeth and Vincent Callery, by Maryanne Conway, by Mary Jo B. Crosswell, by    Robert A. Crosswell, by the Current Events Club, by Ruth and Bill Davidson, by Joan Dewald, by Mary Dimmerling, by Marybeth and George Dohmann, by Ione Geier, by Molly B. Guers, by Mary Catherine and Jack Guzick, by Daniel and Jeanne Guers, by Richard and Barbara Higgins, by Anne and Tom Hull, by Madeline Kerrigan, by Joseph and Joanne McCloskey, by Mary V. Messina, by Lynn Mooney, by Cecelia C. Muench, by Frances K. Miller, by Victor E. Muncy III, by the Philanthropic Club of Pottsville, by Kate Purcell, by Mary Alice and Jack Purcell, by John and Agnes Reiley, by Isabel Rhoads, by Sara L. Rile, by Robert A. Evans Jr. Funeral Home, by Marie and Frank Scheuren, by John Stoner, by Mary, Bill, and Juliana Suplee, by Union Bank and Trust Company, by Regina and Joseph Weber, by Joanne Yuengling;  for Ms. Jean Weismiller by Mary Sharon Piccioni, Michael Brennan, and families; for John J. Liebner by the Staff of the Pottsville Free Public Library.

Donations were made in honor of: Mary Messina on the occasion of her 90^th birthday by Ralph and Peggy Jaeger;  Kathy Coller Polcrack’s 60^th birthday by Mantura Gallagher.

Memorial donations as of December 7th, 2009 were:

For Helen Berlew by Evelyn Jones & Dennis Scharadin, by Joe, Betty, and Valerie Trabosh, by Margaret Zelinsky and Judy Johnson; for Susan Chrisman’s mother by Elaine L. Boyer; for Louise Conrad by Maureen and Dean Conrad, by Barbara and Daniel Fox, by Habilitation, Inc., by Debby Hossler, by Carl and Kathy Hughes, by Annie and Tom Hull, by Judy Hutsko, by Elizabeth and Vernon Kleckner, Jr., by Patricia and John Kutch, by Edward and Anne Leininger, by Linda and Larry Light, by Joseph and Rita Matsko, by Harold and Dorothy Steidle, by Lynn and Jim Steidle, by Doris Wolfgang, by Sue & Tom Camise; for Marie Davis by Joanne Yuengling; for Leo T. Dougherty by Berneda Dougherty; for John F. Evans by Peggy Jane Malick Evans and Michelle Denise Evans; for Harry Hinkle by Bon Ton; for John Kohutka by Sylvan and Rosalie Lehrman, by Denise and Dave Miller, by Sandi and Joe Murton, by the Philanthropic Club of Pottsville, by Nancy Smink, by Jean Ann Towle; for Katherine M. “Kitty” Piccioni by Ione Geier, by Joan M. Urenko; for Bob Shuman by Lorraine and Gerald Spotts; for Jeannette Tobin by Joan M. Urenko; for Jean Weber by Cecelia C. Muench.

Donations were made in honor of: Eleanore and Albert Lotz by Judith and Vincent DiObilda.

Memorial donations as of October 2009 were:

For Joanne C. Brown by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Beausang; for Departed Pottsville Women’s Club Members by Present Pottsville Women’s Club Members; for Robert Freiler by Agnes Kelly; for Daniel Kemple, Sr. and Daniel Kemple, Jr. by Katherine Kemple; for Ernie Martin by the Martin Family and the Cullen Family; for Mary Moran by Charles Underwood; for Mona O’Hara by Frank O’Hara; for Harold Rowan by Attorneys Ronald and Linda Pellish, by Attorney and Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad; for June Smith by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Burke; for Anna Swirsky by Dave Swirsky; for Gerald Wargo by Joe, Peg, and Joseph Yarashus, by Frank and Rosellen Frantz; for Jean Weber by Genevieve Buchanan.

Honor donations were:

In honor of Berneda Beacher  for her 90th birthday by Nancy Reese; in honor of Diana Beausang’s birthday by Rosemary and Dan Roden; in honor of Anne and John Conway by Mary Ann Conway Gursky; in honor of Bill and Grace Schuettler by Margaret Fromme; in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Lehrman for their 50th wedding anniversary by Attorney and Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad; in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Delin for their 50th wedding anniversary by Attorney and Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad.

Memorial donations as of June 2009 were:

For William A. Bonchack by Mary, Mike, and Maria Glore, by Susan DeFalco, by the Gretsky Family, by Fred and Linda Seiwell, by Janet and Arthur Fehr; for Joanne C. Brown by Chrissey Dormer, by Jim and Mantura Gallagher, by Ralph and Peggy Jaeger, by Kathy and Terry Case; for "Pete" Buehler  by Sylvia K. Buehler; for Kristin Cuff by Jim and Lynn Steidle ; for Frank DeLucia by Ralph and Peggy Jaeger, by Cyrus Palmer and Suzanne Ney Dolbin; for Bob Freiler by Peggy and Ralph Jaeger, by Jean Weismiller and Jane Yeasted, by Mary Dimmerling; for Gwen Alyce Furness by Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Furness; for Emma Greff by Mary V. Messina,  by Ralph and Peggy Jaeger; for Baird, Ida, and Lesley Halberstadt by Anne H. McDowell; for Charles (Chow) Heffner by Jeanne Heffner; for Reverend Nicholas B. Lizak by Valentina A. Lizak; for Leonard Miller by Cyrus Palmer and Suzanne Ney Dolbin; for Virginia Neiman by Rosalie and Sylvan Lehrman; for Michelle Potlunas by Mrs. Towle, Jean, and Mike; for John and Agnes Reese by Nancy Reese; for Patricia Florence Shinskie by  Frances and Charles Lorenz; for Rudolph Surovcik by Jack Mansell and Jane Adams; for Ronald Ulmer by Joan M. Urenko, by Sara L. Rile, by Ione Geier, by Cyrus Palmer and Suzanne Ney Dolbin; for Mary Jeanette (Jay) Yuengling by Ione Geier; for William J. Zimmerman by Sylvan and Rosalie Lehrman.

Honor donations were for Becky Stoffler's 100th Birthday by Nancy Williams, Hazel Moran, Mary Spehrley, Dorothy Murtha, and Margaret McGeever; in honor of Edith L.Bohr by Joseph Feeney; in honor of Dr. Louise Wachter’s Perfect Attendance by XI Master 591 Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi; in honor of Joan McDonald by Ruth and William Davidson; in honor of Barbara Orlick by Margaret Evans; in honor of James J. and Mildred Stutz by James Stutz; in honor of Anna Swirsky by Dave Swirsky.

Memorial donations as of May 13th, 2009 were:

For Robert Peyakovich by John and Agnes Reiley, by  Ione Geier; for Hubert Muldowney by John and Agnes Reiley; for  Lottie Baney Achenbach by Thomas and Diana Beausang, by Providence Place; for Dr. Vincent Callery by  Ione Geier, by Tom and Michele Eroh, by Edward and Mary Hauck, by Providence Place; for William J.  Zimmerman by Joann and Michael Weres, by Patricia Jones; for  Emma De Lucia by Ralph and Peggy Jaeger; for Kristin Cuff by Carol Mack, by Marina Piccioni; for John W. Higgins, III by Cyrus Palmer and Suzanne Ney Dolbin; for Laura Purin by Eileen M. Tallick; for Kirk Morgan by Peggy and Ralph Jaeger; for Robert J. Horning by Attorney and Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad; for Thomas Shelhamer by Denise and Dave Miller, by Jean and Mike Towle, by Sandi and Joe Murton, by Nancy Smink, by Cyrus Palmer and Suzanne Ney Dolbin; for Elizabeth Yanal by Providence Place; for Thomas Asenavage by Providence Place; for William Cerullo by Providence Place; for Mary Jane Fogarty by Providence Place; for Heinz Guenther by Providence Place; for Elizabeth Honicker by Providence Place; for Helen Makara by  Providence Place; for Mary Raudenbush by Providence Place; for Thomas J. Scheuren by Patricia Jones; for Alice Dolan by Jack Mansell; for Helen Bosack by Tom Bosack; for Daniel Kemple, Sr. and Daniel Kemple, Jr. by Catherine Kemple; for Ozzy October Cat, Clive Barker Cat, and all the guinea pigs by Danette Reidler; for Karen Chattin Ney by Pottsville Free Public Library Children's Department: for Charles (Chow) Heffner by  Ione Geier; for Rudy Surovcik by Gary and Cathy Cortese; for Fredda L. Hare by Joann Hock.

Memorial donations as of March 13th, 2009 were:

For Lottie Baney Achenbach by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger, by Jim & Mantura Gallagher; for Angeline Andrews by Joann Hock; for Gertrude Bambrick by Ed and Mary Hauck, by Joseph Zane, by Nancy Schlitzer, by Mr. & Mrs. Russell Souchak, by L.J. Suarez & R.J. Twardzik, by Gloria & Gene Upanavage, by Nancy Marchefsky, by Patricia & Thomas Piccioni, by Marcia & Mike Smink; for Dale Briscoe by Atty. & Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad; for Emma DeLucia by Jim & Mantura Gallagher; for Jane Palmer Dolbin by Ione Geier, by Thomas & Diana Beausang; for Martha Magdeburg by Sharon & Bob Piccioni; for Mike McGeever by Cyrus Palmer & Suzanne Ney Dolbin; for Carol Murphy by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger; for Virginia Neiman by Ione Geier; for Edward Palamar by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger; for Bob Peyakovich by Dr. Vincent D. Balitas, by Joanne Yuengling, by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger; for Sarah Ricottelli by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Eroh and Mr. & Mrs. Ken Hackett; for Truxton Williams, Sr. by Arlene Homa, by Ann Monahan; for William J. Zimmerman by Pottsville Free Public Library Board of Trustees, by Nancy J. Smink, by Helen A. Dunn, by Jean & Mike Towle, by Tom, Mary Ellen, & Seth Lowe, by Joe & Sandi Murton, by Charles Underwood, by Ellen Valent, by Edward & Mary Hauck, by Barb Kull, by Dwight H.B. Rieman, by Pottsville City Democratic Committee, by Ione Geier, by Frankie, Maria, & Michael Fetterolf, by Molly B. Guers, by Nancy Schlitzer, by Linda McElvaney, by D.H.H. Lengel Faculty & Staff, by Henry & Judy Davis, by David & Mary Beth Harvey, by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger, by Bernice & John Petock, by Diana & Thomas Beausang, by the Cortese family, by Charles & Dorothy Daubert, by Cyrus Palmer & Suzanne Ney Dolbin, by Margaret & Matthew Thompson, by Mr. & Mrs. Todd March, by Sally Ann & Victor Novack, by Jack Mansell, by Nancy Marchefsky, by Michelle & John Potlunas, by John & Agnes Reiley, by Fred & Mary Ann Bausch, by Harry & Lillian Hobbs & daughters, by Marion L. Kaiser, by Robert & Mary Lou Hoppe, by Dawn Woratyla, by Barbara, Robert, & Michael Herring, by Roger Bailey, by J.S. Clarke Elementary 1st Grade Teachers, by Wendelin Davis family, by Eugene & Catherine Stohn, by John & Nancy Houser.

A donation was made in honor of Edith Bixler on her 100th birthday by Nancy Reese.

 Memorial donations as of January 27th, 2009 were:

for Jane Dolbin by Vince Balitas, by John and Agnes Reiley, by Ralph and Peggy Jaeger; for Peter Wallace by Henry and Peggy Eckley; for Edith Yuengling by Samiha C. Khayatt; for Loretta M.  Devine by D.H.H.Lengel Faculty & Staff; for Virginia Neiman by Pottsville Free Public Library Board of
Trustees, by Jeanne and Charles Heffner, by Atty. & Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad;  for Dr. Darryl and Dawn Koch by James and Beverly Hubler; for Thomas J. Scheuren by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eroh, by Atty. & Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad; for Leo Dougherty by Berneda Dougherty; for Frances Seivering by Lorraine and Gerry Spotts; for Mandy Shapiro by Mike Coyle; for Marion (Brenda) Herwig by Roy, Mary, Roy Jr., and Jonathan Eiler; for Thomas H. Rile by Sara L. Rile.

Memorial donations since September 2008 were:

For Elizabeth DeAngelo by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Dolores Frantz by Debra A. Slutter & Elsie Lehman; for Edward Gallagher by Thomas & Diana Beausang; for Theresa A. Gaughan by Mr. & Mrs. William J. Zimmerman & Kate; for Ed Hoke by Dr. Mike Smink; for Lorraine Hewitt by John Mansell; for Shirley Jensen by Esther Pilo; for George J. Koval by Chrissey & Jacquie Dormer; for Hilda M. Laubach by Tom, Mary Ellen, & Seth Lowe; for Helen Link by Marcie Harner; for Rosetta Lowe by Tom, Mary Ellen, & Seth Lowe; for Francis Murphy by Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Zimmerman, by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger; for Libby Murphy by Olga McSurdy; for Mary H. Raring by Mr. & Mrs. William J. & Kate Zimmerman, by Dolores & Joseph McKenna; for Senator James J. Rhoades by Mr. & Mrs. William Zimmerman, by the Pottsville Free Public Library, by Cyrus & Suzanne Dolbin; for Jack Schneider by Gerry & Lorraine Spotts; for Ethel K. Young by Jack Mansell & Nancy’s Class.

Honor donations were made in honor of Inez & Robert Beausang by Dr. Thomas & Diana Beausang; in honor of Lillian Hobbs, PAHS Librarian by Suzy Dolbin; in honor of Neil Ravitz by Rosalie & Sylvan Lehrman; in honor of Rachel & Matthew Troxell by Marlene & Michael Troxell.  

Memorial donations from June to August 2008 were:

For Shirley Jensen by Esther Pilo;  for Edith Yuengling by Annette Devitt; for Dr. William Marencic by Dr. Richard & Janet Greco; for John J. Revenis by Paula J. Ney, by John & Agnes Reiley, by PolyFlo Inc., By Paul Direnzo, Jr. & family, by Ida Sheeler, by Sam & Sandy Kachmar; for James Holohan by Karen Yeager; for Jean Yanosky by Chick & Anna Mae Hampton; for Edward Gallagher by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger, by Joe & Peg Koury, by Edward & Mary Hauck, by the Scott Krater family; for Jean Ulrich by Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad; for Rose Marie Zeller by Arlene Homa; for Flynnigan Blue Sausser by Marilou Hoppe; for Mary Jane Dalton by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Mary Eichenberg by Providence Place of Pottsville; by Rose Macheese by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Mary Louise Schoffstall by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Alice Skyrnik by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Mary Slepetski by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Mary Sterner by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Harry Strouse by Providence Place of Pottsville; for Erna Winter by Providence Place of Pottsville; for George Weiner by Providence Place of Pottsville; for John Generella by Providence Place of Pottsville.

Doanations were made in honor of Emily P. Peron by Frank Peron, Jr; in honor of Rachel & Matthew Troxell by Marlene & Michael Troxell; in honor of Lillian Hobbs, PAHS Librarian, by Suzy Dolbin.

Memorial donations from March to May 2008 were:

For Ann Marie Kovich by Arlene Homa; for Jean Yanosky by Wanda Selwocki, by Deborah Shuman Reed;  for Angeline D'Allessandro by Cyrus Palmer Dolbin;  for Helene D. Bailey by Roger Bailey; for Ross Heffner by Jeanne & Charles Heffner, by Rosalie & Sylvan Lehrman;  for Kenneth Weller by Tom & Diana Beausang; for Fred Valent by Mrs. Fred Valent; for Laurin Edmonds by Helen M. Edmonds; for Gabriel M. Lizak, M.D. by Valentina A. Lizak; for Joseph Ronitz by M. Jean, Jean and Mike Towle; for Edith C. Yuengling by Rosalie & Sylvan Lehrman; for Kathleen Kanezo by Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cerullo, by Edward & Sara Ulmer, by Agnes R. Kelly, by Joseph & Anna Skrincosky, and by family & friends; for Bryan Harmon by the Pottsville Library Staff; for Flynnagan Blue Raess by the Bauer Family, by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Eroh & family, by the Children’s Department & the Staff of the Pottsville Library.

A donation was made in honor of Sue Reier by Aimee Eckley;  in honor of Mary Jane Wilson by Dr. & Mrs. William R. Davidson;  and in honor of Dr. Denis Wenders, O.D. by Ione Geier.  

Memorial donations from January to March 2008 were:

For Shirley Bradley by Frank & Jean Yanosky;  for Edward & Blanche Bubel  by Tom & Anna Helen McDonald; for the Chrin twin daughters by Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Eroh; for Jean Cola by Joanie Clark & Joe Gagno; for Daniel Davis by Joanne Yuengling; for  Dr. H. Bruce Fellows by Celie Muench, by Cyrus Palmer & Suzanne Ney Dolbin, by Ione Geier, and by Mr. & Mrs. William Zimmerman & Kate; for  Louise M. Darowish Fiorillo by Lengel Faculty & Staff; for John Fisher by the Pottsville Free Public Library Staff; for Paulette Fox by Tom & Julie Fiorillo; for Robert Fox by Mr. & Mrs. William Zimmerman & Kate; for James F. Harley, Sr. by Helen C. Hufnagle & Carolyn Daley; for Maureen Holahan Jefferson by Olga McSurdy & family; for Lawrence Mack by Frances Lorenz; for Dr. William J. Marencic by Janet & Richard Greco; for Alan Mullin by Nancy Smink; for Joseph J. Neary, Sr. by Anne Gill, by Ellen B. Brennan, by the Fleet Business Center, by the Southeast Industrial Business Office, by Fultz & Associates, by John & Frances Palko, by Marie L. Hogan, by Olga McSurdy, by R. Jayne Goguts, by the Republican & Herald Employees, by the Republican & Herald Friends, and by Ron & Haidy Kerber; for Margaret Bound Raymond by the 2008 Relay For Life Committee; for John Simms, Jr. by Susan Sullivan, Sally & Michael Hoffman; for Helen Slovik by C.Palmer & Suzanne Dolbin; for Lily Smink by Ione Geier; for Richard Torpey by Peggy & Ralph Jaeger; for Fred Valent, Jr. by Mr. & Mrs. William Zimmerman; for JoAnn Ballat Williams by DHH Lengel faculty & staff; for Martha Yanalitis by Frances C. Lorenz;  for Edith C. Yuengling by Atty. & Mrs. Robert N. Bohorad, by C. Palmer & Suzanne Dolbin, by Charles & Lynne Bressi, by John Dassios, by Richard & Barbara Higgins, by Kay & Dale Schoeneman, by Lipkin, Marshall, Bohorad & Thornburg, by M&T Bank Investment Group, by Marian E. Zimmerman, by Mary & Mildred Reid, by Mary A. Sitcoske, by Mr. & Mrs. William Zimmerman, by Nancy Williams, by the Philanthropic Club of Pottsville, by Randy & Jill Walpole, by Sam Khayatt's friends & colleagues at the Graduate Management & Admission Council, by Samiha & George Melas, by Samiha Khayatt, Shafika Khayatt, and Shaker Khayatt.

A donation was made in honor of Helen Barnes on her birthday by Tom & Anne Curry.

Plates are placed in the front of a new book in memory of a loved one or in honor of birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, or other special occasions. A donation to the memorial or honor book program can be arranged by calling the Library at (570)622-8880 or stopping by the front desk.