THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email fcnews@nep.net - PAGE 5

Area Obituaries

SEAN P. McGRAW, ESQ.Attorney-at-law

WILLS & ESTATES

Ziti With Your Sweetie in Clifford Feb. 16

The Clifford Community Youth Group will hold their annual Ziti with Your Sweetie Dinner Theater on Sunday, February 16th at the Clifford Fire Hall, beginning at 2 PM. Salad, ziti with meatballs, beverage and dessert will be served as the youth and friends present “And So They Had None.”

Donation $10. For tickets, please contact any youth mem-ber or by calling Robin at 570-222-4344. Thanks for support-ing our youth!

Mountain View Jr/Sr High School has launched a new job shadowing program for the 9th grade students. The students meet monthly with career team advisors who help individualize their job shadow experience based on their interests and goals. The team consists of School Counselors, Ms. Hayden, Ms. Martino and Mrs. White, Computer Applications Teacher, Mrs. Ross, Job Shadow Coordinator, Mrs. McHenry, Dean of Students, Mr. Bar-bolish and High School Principal, Dr. Elia.

Pictured above is Mrs. Sheri Ransom, Transition Coor-dinator meeting with student Scott O’Dell to find an ap-propriate placement in his career cluster.

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Exploring Careers at Mt. View

Helen Rebernik Skarbez

VandlingHelen Rebernik Skarbez of

Vandling, and recently of Brown-dale, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2020, of natural causes at the age of 97. Her husband, Ed-mund, died in 1998; the couple had been married for 48 years.

Born in Browndale, daughter of the late Joseph and Bertha Ro-zic Rebernik, she attended school in Vandling, and was a member of Ascension Parish, Forest City. She worked in the local garment industry and devoted her life to caring for her family. Helen en-joyed cooking, baking, gardening, crocheting and quilting.

The family would like to thank Carol Gamalia and Sandy Ravni-kar for their compassionate and loving care through Sinclair Home Health for the last four years.

She is survived by her sons, Ed-mund Skarbez and special friend, Mary Hubal; Thomas Skarbez and wife, Joan, Browndale; a sister, Al-bina Butts, Green Brook, N.J.; three grandchildren, Richard Skarbez, Melbourne, Australia; Kathryn Skarbez and husband, Brian Demers, Granby, Mass.; Jason Skarbez and wife, Erin, Mayfield; Helen’s great-grandson, Luke Skarbez; and several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by four brothers, Joseph, Edward, Albert and Stanley Rebernik; and five sisters, Mary Shuma, Bertha Heuer, Cecelia Loyal, Angeline Debevec and Margaret O’Malley.

The funeral was Thursday, Jan-uary 30 with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph’s Church, Dela-ware Street, Forest City, celebrated by the Rev. Stephen Krawontka, pastor. Interment followed in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Forest City.

Arrangements by the Jones & Brennan Funeral Home, 430 Main St., Forest City.

To send online condolences, visit the funeral home website

Michael R. Kresock

SimpsonMichael R. Kresock, 81, of

Simpson, died Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Allied Services Skilled Nursing Facility, Scranton.

Mike was born on Jan. 3, 1939, the son of the late John and Mary Dzurine Kresock. He was the last of five boys born to the Kresocks. He was also the last to follow them in death. They were John, Joseph, Frank and Stephen.

He attended Simpson schools and graduated from Fell High School in 1956. He graduated with an associate degree in ac-counting from Lackawanna Junior College in 1959. He was hired by Hendrick Manufactur-ing, Carbondale, on Sept. 1, 1959. He retired on May 31, 2006, and was very proud of his 47-year as-sociation with Hendrick Manu-facturing.

Mike was married to Shirley Jane Armstrong of Vandling on Sept. 3, 1966. Shirley passed away on Oct. 3, 1998, after a two-year battle with brain cancer. During their marriage Mike and Shirley also operated Kresock’s Café, Simpson.

The Kresocks became friends of John “ Trigger” Thomas and his wife, Shirley. “Trigger” died in 1990. Mike and Shirley Thomas continued their friend-ship and in 2001, Shirley moved into his home. Shirley was a true friend and companion.

The family would like to thank the staff of Allied Skilled Nursing and Moses Taylor Hos-pital for their exceptional com-passionate care.

Mike wanted to thank two of his best friends, John Gom-bita and Dale Jennings. John and Dale were always there when Mike needed something and that was quite often. Mike also wanted to thank Diane Kurtz for the friendship and care that she gave to Shirley Thomas and Mike for quite a few years.

Mike is survived by sev-eral nieces, nephews and great-nephews including Theresa and her companion, John, who also took care of him in his later years; and great-nephews, Brian, and Greg and his cat, “Buddy.”

The funeral was Saturday, February 1 with service in the First United Methodist Church, 20 N. Church St., Carbondale, by the Rev. Donald Perry, pastor.

Spring interment will be in Rounds Cemetery, Union Dale. In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church.

Arrangements are by the Joseph W. Scotchlas Funeral Home Inc., Simpson. Condo-lences, visit www.scotchlasfu-neralhome.com.

Monica GurskyForest City

Monica Gursky, 85, of Forest City and formerly of Richmon-dale, died Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Wayne Memorial Hospital, Honesdale. She was the widow of Robert W. Gursky, who died on July 8, 2005.

Born in Richmondale, Fell Twp., she was the daughter of the late Paul and Helen Supko Egnatovich. She attended Fell Township High School, and was a member of the former Saint Agnes Church, now Accession Parish, Forest City. Monica was retired from Kartri Manufactur-ing , Forest City; she previously worked at the former Ames Shower Curtain Factory and as a cashier for the former Big Chief Market, Forest City.

Her greatest job was being a bartender at the former Dew Drop Inn, Richmondale. She en-joyed taking trips to Mohegan Sun Casino.

Surviving are a daughter: Bar-bara Striefsky and her husband Ed, Lansdale; a brother: Phillip Egnatovich and wife Millie, Rich-mondale, and 2 grandchildren: Michelle and Jonathon .

The funeral was Friday, Janu-ary 31 with a Mass of Christian burial in Saint Joseph’s Church, Delaware St. Forest City. Inter-ment, Saint John’s Cemetery, Richmondale. Arrangements by the Jones & Brennan Funeral Home, 430 Main Street, Forest City.

To send online condolences, visit the funeral home website.

Barbara Remington

ThompsonBarbara Remington of

Thompson, PA, prolific art-ist and renowned cover art illustrator of J. R. R. Tolkien novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, died Janu-ary 23, 2020.

Born into a St. Paul, Min-nesota family of artists and political activists, she moved to Chicago alone in her teens to pursue her art and discov-er city life. She later returned to Minnesota to continue her art studies and married mu-sician Robert Tweedy from the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The couple ven-tured West to the gold min-ing town of Central City, CO where Remington worked steadily as a freelance artist / illustrator.

After ending her marriage she moved to New York’s East Village becoming a fix-ture among it’s burgeoning beatnik / hippie community, befriending such poets as Al-len Ginsburg and personal mentor Lionel Ziprin. She opened up the “Boggle Shop” on Manhattan’s Lower East-side, focusing on handmade crafts and supplies (a brick-and-mortar Etsy pre-cursor), and as a former boatbuilder, volunteered restoring (and crewing on) the Petrel, the 70-foot yawl moored at South Street seaport. For 44 years she regularly opened her East 17th Street loft to itiner-ate artists, musicians, Union Square Farmers’ Market vendors, and even members of a traveling circus in need of shelter. She frequented late night music venues and clubs such as Max’s Kansas City, sketching many break-out personalities of the punk rock era.

Following two additional marriages (to the late Ed Preston, and later Brian Brughbinder), Remington settled full-time on her 25-acre remote rural property in Susquehanna Country, PA, where she was a beloved fig-ure of Northeastern Pennsyl-vania’s artists’ and writers’ community.

Her illustrated books in-clude Boat, The Christmas Mouse, Really Not Really, The Billy Goats Gruff, and illustrations in Highlights Magazine and Cooking from a Country Farmhouse.

Remington was prede-ceased by her parents Heck and ‘Pete’ Remington, and brother Bob Remington

Cremation was through the Kevin M. Lesjack Funeral Home, 513 Main Street, For-est City.

Condolences: www.les-jackfuneralhome.com.

Landowners who post their properties now have the option of using purple paint rather than signs to alert oth-ers that lands are private and trespassing isn’t permitted.

House Bill 1772, which was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf in November, took effect this week. The bill adds language to the section of state law dealing with crimi-nal trespass.

Under the law, a person is considered a “defiant tres-passer” – which carries en-hanced penalties – if he or she enters or remains in any place where notice against trespassing is given by actual communication, lawful post-ing or fencing. House Bill 1772 makes the use of purple paint on trees or posts a law-ful posting method in all but Allegheny and Philadelphia counties.

Vertical purple lines must be at least 8 inches long and 1 inch wide. The bottom of the mark must not be less than 3 feet or more than 5 feet from the ground. And painted marks must not be more than

100 feet apart.Now that the “purple

paint law” is effective, hunt-ers should know they might encounter purple mark-ings on trees and that these marks are meant to define the boundary of an adjoining private property that’s post-ed against trespassing.

The new law also autho-rizes unarmed persons to go onto private property for the sole purpose of retrieving a hunting dog.

In Pennsylvania, defiant trespass is a third-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and $2,500 in fines. And if trespassing occurs while hunting, addi-tional game-law violations – and additional penalties – also might apply.

A recent legislative act has provided the Game Commis-sion the authority to investi-gate trespassing complaints and enforce trespassing vio-lations as a primary offense, even if game-law violations aren’t alleged and the agency will enforce trespassing ag-gressively.

PURPLE PAINT MEANS NO TRESPASSING

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Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday breakfast Mar. 8

On Sunday, March 8th, cel-ebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday with a breakfast buffet that includes Green Eggs and Ham and much more. Meet the Cat in the Hat, grab a picture with him and enjoy breakfast while being reading Dr. Seuss sto-ries.

There will be two seat-ings, one at 9:30am and one at 11:30am.

Adults $16.95, child 6-11 yrs. old $7.95, child 5 and under FREE! Includes tax and tip.

Event will be held at Pete’s Place at the Manor, Salem Ave Carbondale.

For reservations 570-281-9797. Benefits Lynnette’s Twirlerettes.

All-U-Can Eat Spaghetti Din-ner Sat. Feb. 22

The Preston Area School will host an all you can eat spaghetti dinner on Sat., Feb. 22 (snow date Sat. March 7), from 3:30 to 7 p.m.

The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and kids un-der 5 eat free. Menu includes spaghetti & meatballs, gar-lic knots, salad, dessert and a drink. Take outs available until 6:30

All proceeds benefit the Preston Area School Student Activities.

Effective Com-munication Ser-vices Feb. 25

Join the partnership be-tween Wayne Memorial Hos-pital, The Area Agency on Aging & The Alzheimer As-sociation for an evening of education and fellowship as together they work to expand resources, awareness and ac-cess to quality dementia care in Wayne, Pike and surrounding counties.

The event will be held on Tue. Feb. 25, (snow date Thur. Feb. 27) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Park St. Complex 648 W. Park St. Honesdale, and a light dinner will be provided.

Learn about how communi-cation changes throughout the disease; how to decode verbal and behavioral messages and how to respond; identify Strat-egies to help you connect and communicate; and about avail-able resources/services.

RSVP Jean Tuttle 570-253-8990 or tuttle@wmh.org

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Trinity Church Soup Sale cont.In February

Trinity Episcopal Church, 58 River Street in Carbondale is extending their Soup Sale for the month of February. Take out only.

$5 Pints and $9 Quarts. List of soups are: Clam Chowder, Broccoli, Minestrone, Split Ham & Pea, Beef Barley,

Chicken Noodle, Broccoli & Cheddar. Pickup time is Mon-day - Friday; 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. Any questions or pre-or-ders, please call Church Office at (570) 282-3620.

Roger L. SlocumForest City

Roger L. Slocum, 55, of For-est City, died Jan. 22, 2020 at Regional Hospital of Scranton after an illness.

Born Aug. 27, 1964, in Susquehanna, he was the son of Phyllis Towner Slocum of Kingsley and Gayle Slocum of Waymart.

Roger was a 1982 graduate of Forest City High School and had been employed as a nurse at Meadow View Healthcare Center, Montrose, before his illness. He was a fan of Star Wars and the rock band KISS, and maintained a vast collec-tion of memorabilia for both. He was especially fond of his cats.

He is survived by a sister, Dale Weida and husband, Rob-ert, of Kingsley; two nieces, Shaunna Holmes and hus-band, Nicholas, of Pleasant Mount; and Alexis Hancock of Kingsley; a nephew, Christo-pher Fico of Kingsley; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

A memorial service will be held in the spring.

Cremation arrangements were entrusted to Shifler-Parise Funeral Home and Cre-mation Services, Clifford.

The family requests memo-rial contributions be sent in Roger’s name to True Friends Animal Welfare Center, 16332 State Route 706, Montrose, PA 18801.

To share condolences with Roger’s family, visit his book of everlasting memories at www.parisefuneralhome.com.

1st Friday at Equinunk Hist.Soc. Calder Cafe

The next session of the Calder Cafe will take place on Fri., Feb. 7 with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and music beginning at 7:15. Any musician wishing to add their name to the roster can call Pat at 570-224-0223, and plan for three songs or about 15 minutes of perfor-mance time.

The Calder Cafe is located at 1972 Pine Mill Rd. (where Pine Mill meets Rte. 191 in the center of Equinunk.) Call 570-224-6722 if you need directions. Light refresh-ments will be sold. There is no charge for admission, but donations are always wel-come.

Chapel Com. Kitchen Closed For February

Due to the uncertainty of inclement weather, the Cold Spring Chapel Community Kitchen will be closed for the month of February. They plan to reorganize the kitch-en facilities to better serve you when they re-open in March.