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Doris H. Charney, 83, passed away Monday, October 15 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born in Exeter, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Bessie Cywinski Kuklewicz.
Mrs. Charney was a member of St. Barbara Parish, Exeter and a former member of St. John the Baptist Altar and Rosary Society.
She was a 1947 graduate of Exeter High School and prior to her retirement she had worked in the garment industry and was a member of the International Ladies Garment Worker’s Union. Doris’ hobbies included quilting, sewing, trying to teach her granddaughters to sew and mend, and fixing her families’ attempts at sewing and mending.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Frank “Brownie” Charney in 1999 and children: David Charney and Carol Charney Novak, and a son in law, William J. James. Also brothers: Joseph A. Kuklewicz, Exeter, and Edward Kuklewicz, Maryland, sister: Frances Warkala, Bear Creek.
Surviving are her daughters; Kathleen James, Exeter and Janice Phillips, Exeter.
Grandchildren: Bill James, Heather James and her husband Ande Gonzalez, Kelli Jones and her husband John, Mollie Evans and her husband Michael, Krissy James, Anthony Novak, Amy Novak, and Robert Phillips
Great grandsons: Nico and Tyler Sciandra
Brother: Stanley Koch, Mobile, Alabama and a sister: Marion and her husband Joseph Pellegrini, Exeter and brother-in-law Joseph G. Warkala, Bear Creek.
Numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be on Thursday October 18, 2012 at 9:00am from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter with a Mass of Christian burial at 9:30am at St. Cecilia’s Church, Exeter. The Rev. Paul McDonnell, O.S.J., will be celebrant.
Interment will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Cedar St., Exeter.
Relatives and friends may call on Wednesday from 5:00pm-8:00pm at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to the Domestic Violence Services Center, 13 E. South St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18701
To send the family an expression of sympathy or an online condolence, please visit www.gubbiottifh.com
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