Gwendoline "Gwenny" James, formerly of Clarks Summit and Scranton, died Thursday at Abington Manor Nursing Home, Clarks Summit, following an illness.
Born in Scranton, she was a daughter of the late William J. and Gwen Evans Hopkins.
She was a graduate of Lackawanna Business College and was a retired clerk in the delinquent tax office of Lackawanna County.
She had been an active member of the former Welsh Women's Society of Lackawanna County. She was a member of the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton James, in 1959; sisters, Jenet Gilbert and Margaret Lewis; and a granddaughter.
Surviving are her sons, William James, Lake Winola; Robert James, Newton; and Milton Jr., Scranton; daughters, Nancy Calderone, Mountaintop; and Judith Hunter, Justus; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday from the Davies & Jones Funeral Chapel, 135 S. Main Ave., Scranton, conducted by the Rev. Rebecca Tanner, Presbyterian clergy.
Interment will be in Valley View Cemetery, Montdale.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Memorial donations may be made to the Abington Manor Activity Fund, 100 Edella Road, Clarks Summit, 18411.
Times Leader, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) - Saturday, October 17, 1998
Born in Scranton, she was a daughter of the late William J. and Gwen Evans Hopkins.
She was a graduate of Lackawanna Business College and was a retired clerk in the delinquent tax office of Lackawanna County.
She had been an active member of the former Welsh Women's Society of Lackawanna County. She was a member of the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton James, in 1959; sisters, Jenet Gilbert and Margaret Lewis; and a granddaughter.
Surviving are her sons, William James, Lake Winola; Robert James, Newton; and Milton Jr., Scranton; daughters, Nancy Calderone, Mountaintop; and Judith Hunter, Justus; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday from the Davies & Jones Funeral Chapel, 135 S. Main Ave., Scranton, conducted by the Rev. Rebecca Tanner, Presbyterian clergy.
Interment will be in Valley View Cemetery, Montdale.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Memorial donations may be made to the Abington Manor Activity Fund, 100 Edella Road, Clarks Summit, 18411.
Times Leader, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) - Saturday, October 17, 1998
Gwendoline "Gwenny" James, formerly of Clarks Summit and Scranton, died Thursday at Abington Manor Nursing Home, Clarks Summit, following an illness.
Born in Scranton, she was a daughter of the late William J. and Gwen Evans Hopkins.
She was a graduate of Lackawanna Business College and was a retired clerk in the delinquent tax office of Lackawanna County.
She had been an active member of the former Welsh Women's Society of Lackawanna County. She was a member of the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton James, in 1959; sisters, Jenet Gilbert and Margaret Lewis; and a granddaughter.
Surviving are her sons, William James, Lake Winola; Robert James, Newton; and Milton Jr., Scranton; daughters, Nancy Calderone, Mountaintop; and Judith Hunter, Justus; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday from the Davies & Jones Funeral Chapel, 135 S. Main Ave., Scranton, conducted by the Rev. Rebecca Tanner, Presbyterian clergy.
Interment will be in Valley View Cemetery, Montdale.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Memorial donations may be made to the Abington Manor Activity Fund, 100 Edella Road, Clarks Summit, 18411.
Times Leader, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) - Saturday, October 17, 1998
Born in Scranton, she was a daughter of the late William J. and Gwen Evans Hopkins.
She was a graduate of Lackawanna Business College and was a retired clerk in the delinquent tax office of Lackawanna County.
She had been an active member of the former Welsh Women's Society of Lackawanna County. She was a member of the Hyde Park Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton James, in 1959; sisters, Jenet Gilbert and Margaret Lewis; and a granddaughter.
Surviving are her sons, William James, Lake Winola; Robert James, Newton; and Milton Jr., Scranton; daughters, Nancy Calderone, Mountaintop; and Judith Hunter, Justus; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday from the Davies & Jones Funeral Chapel, 135 S. Main Ave., Scranton, conducted by the Rev. Rebecca Tanner, Presbyterian clergy.
Interment will be in Valley View Cemetery, Montdale.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Memorial donations may be made to the Abington Manor Activity Fund, 100 Edella Road, Clarks Summit, 18411.
Times Leader, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA) - Saturday, October 17, 1998
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