Eugenia J. Peshala, 68, of Sively Street, Ashley, passed away Monday evening, July 13, 2009, at Hospice Care of the VNA Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.
Eugenia was born in Ashley on July 23, 1940; she was a daughter of the late Walter and Anna (Shisko) Olkowski. She attended Ashley schools and was employed as a seamstress in the garment industry.
Most recently, she was employed as a nurse's aide for Serino's Nurses Registry for home health service. She was a member of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Wilkes-Barre, and a member of the parish Wilkes-Barre Sisterhood. She enjoyed drawing, gardening, needlework, cooking and playing bingo.
Surviving is her husband of 42 years of marriage, Henry S. Peshala, at home; daughter, Christine and her husband, Douglas of Lake Silkworth; grandchildren, Douglas II, Nicholas and Gregory; sister, Mary Ann Linski, Norwich, Conn.; several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 North Main Street, Ashley, with Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seneca Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Basil Micek and the Rev. Michael Lepa, officiating. Interment will be held in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas will be held today at 7:30 p.m. Panikhida will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. at the funeral home. Published in Times Leader on July 15, 2009
Eugenia was born in Ashley on July 23, 1940; she was a daughter of the late Walter and Anna (Shisko) Olkowski. She attended Ashley schools and was employed as a seamstress in the garment industry.
Most recently, she was employed as a nurse's aide for Serino's Nurses Registry for home health service. She was a member of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Wilkes-Barre, and a member of the parish Wilkes-Barre Sisterhood. She enjoyed drawing, gardening, needlework, cooking and playing bingo.
Surviving is her husband of 42 years of marriage, Henry S. Peshala, at home; daughter, Christine and her husband, Douglas of Lake Silkworth; grandchildren, Douglas II, Nicholas and Gregory; sister, Mary Ann Linski, Norwich, Conn.; several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 North Main Street, Ashley, with Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seneca Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Basil Micek and the Rev. Michael Lepa, officiating. Interment will be held in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas will be held today at 7:30 p.m. Panikhida will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. at the funeral home. Published in Times Leader on July 15, 2009
Eugenia J. Peshala, 68, of Sively Street, Ashley, passed away Monday evening, July 13, 2009, at Hospice Care of the VNA Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.
Eugenia was born in Ashley on July 23, 1940; she was a daughter of the late Walter and Anna (Shisko) Olkowski. She attended Ashley schools and was employed as a seamstress in the garment industry.
Most recently, she was employed as a nurse's aide for Serino's Nurses Registry for home health service. She was a member of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Wilkes-Barre, and a member of the parish Wilkes-Barre Sisterhood. She enjoyed drawing, gardening, needlework, cooking and playing bingo.
Surviving is her husband of 42 years of marriage, Henry S. Peshala, at home; daughter, Christine and her husband, Douglas of Lake Silkworth; grandchildren, Douglas II, Nicholas and Gregory; sister, Mary Ann Linski, Norwich, Conn.; several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 North Main Street, Ashley, with Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seneca Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Basil Micek and the Rev. Michael Lepa, officiating. Interment will be held in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas will be held today at 7:30 p.m. Panikhida will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. at the funeral home. Published in Times Leader on July 15, 2009
Eugenia was born in Ashley on July 23, 1940; she was a daughter of the late Walter and Anna (Shisko) Olkowski. She attended Ashley schools and was employed as a seamstress in the garment industry.
Most recently, she was employed as a nurse's aide for Serino's Nurses Registry for home health service. She was a member of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Wilkes-Barre, and a member of the parish Wilkes-Barre Sisterhood. She enjoyed drawing, gardening, needlework, cooking and playing bingo.
Surviving is her husband of 42 years of marriage, Henry S. Peshala, at home; daughter, Christine and her husband, Douglas of Lake Silkworth; grandchildren, Douglas II, Nicholas and Gregory; sister, Mary Ann Linski, Norwich, Conn.; several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 North Main Street, Ashley, with Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seneca Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Basil Micek and the Rev. Michael Lepa, officiating. Interment will be held in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Parastas will be held today at 7:30 p.m. Panikhida will be held on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. at the funeral home. Published in Times Leader on July 15, 2009
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