THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012 PAGE 7A Kerry Kittle June 06, 2012 A Terry state Route 118, Sweet Valley, L. Kittle, 58, resident of passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in the Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes Barre. He was born March 20, 1954 in Nantico*ke, a son of Bertha Cragle Kittle, Sweet Valley, and the late Robert E. Kittle. Kerry served in the U.S.
Army and was employed by HCSC Laundry Service. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert E. Kittle, a and sister Cheryl L. 1 Kittle. Surviving in addition to his mother are sisters Diane M.
Hooker and husband John, Wilkes Barre; Karen L. Baltier and husband Albert, Lehman; Sheila A. Kittle, Luzerne; brother, Kenneth J. Kittle, and wife Kristen, Sweet Valley, and nephew, Angelo. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 2 p.m.
in the Clark Piatt Funeral Home 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek, with Pastor Raymond Purdy officiating. Military Services will be held at the funeral home. Family and friends may call the funeral home on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. Interment will be in the Kittle Family Cemetery, Ross Township, Sweet Valley. Louanne Shatrowskas June 6, 2012 ouanne Shatrowskas, 65, of Li Wilkes Barre, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, after being stricken ill at home.
Born in Wilkes Barre on January 16, 1947, she was a daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Sponsellar Peters. She attended Wilkes Barre schools and was a graduate of GAR High School, Class of 1965. She was employed by the Child Development Council of WilkesBarre for 35 years. She enjoyed photography, arts and crafts, and shopping with her family and friends. She was known to all as "Aunti Lou." Louanne was the caregiver to her entire family and will be sadly missed by all.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Theodore Pollins; and grandson Edward Kenzakowski "TIl. Surviving are her loving husband of 22 years, Stanley, at home; son, Jeffrey Pollins, and his companion, Sandy Fonzo, Wilkes Barre; daughter, Valerie Swaditch, Wilkes Barre; brother, George Peters, and his wife, Patricia, Wilkes -Barre; grandchildren, Joshua Pollins, Katie Martin, Corey Swaditch; several nieces and nephews, and her loving cat, Shadow. Funeral services will 1 be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from Mark V. Yanaitis Funeral Home, 55 Stark Plains Township.
Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to time of services. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the Luzerne County 524 E. Main WilkesBarre, PA 18702, or the American Cancer Society, 71 N.
Franklin Suite 106, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. To submit online condolences and access directions to the funeral home, please visit www.yanaitifuneralhome.com. Curtis Rozelle June 6, 2012 (urtis W. Rozelle, of Tunkhanwent to be with the Lord on June 6, 2012 at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, after a brief bout with cancer. Born March 1, 1945, in Whangarei, New Zealand, he was a son of Edward Curtis Rozelle, a U.S.
Marine, and Dulcie May Squires Rozelle. As a war bride, Dulcie brought infant Curtis and his older sister Sharon Rozelle Harvey home to live in northeast Pennsylvania. He grew up in Tunkhannock and graduated from Tunkhannock High School, Class of 1963. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served as a jet engine mechanic in Okinawa during the Vietnam War.
After his service, he returned to the states and went to work for where he retired after 34 years, starting in Bounty as the lines were set up, doing some welding and finishing his career in engineering, managing the drawing system for the facility. After retiring he was employed part time by Gays True Value, repairing small engines. He also was a coach of tee ball, Little League, U-14 youth soccer and squidget football, as well as assisting with scouts. Curtis came to know Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1990, and joined Mehoopany Baptist Church, where he served as an usher and for several years ran the sound booth for services. He joined the Wyoming County Gideons and served as Chaplain, Vice President and acting President.
His passion was going to various churches in the area and giving Gideon Presentations, sharing what the Lord is doing through the Gideons in the local chapter as well as in Curt was predeceased by both his parents and sister. He leaves behind his loving wife of 20 years, Wendy Munkelt Rozelle; two sons, Matthew and wife Lori, and Mark and wife Stephanie, all of Tunkhannock; three step Denise and husband Tony Hudson, Texas; and Karin and husband Steven Nagy, Montrose; and Brian and Cindy Reed, Pass Christian, as well as 10 grandchildren, Tristan and Lucas Rozelle of Tunkhannock; Destiny Antoine of Pittsburgh; Cody Powell and Steven Nagy of Montrose, and Hailey, Heather and Holley Reed of Mississippi. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday from the Mehoopany Baptist Church with Pastor Joe 1 Billingsley presiding. Friends may call today from 6 to 8 p.m.
at the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, 73 W. Tioga Tunkhannock. Interment will be in Sunnyside Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wyoming County Gideons, PO Box 392, Tunkhannock, PA 18657. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sheldonku- the world.
kuchkafuneralhome.com. More Obituaries, Page 8A Commissioners want Gap super out The Associated Press Houston-based Kinder MorSTROUDBURG Some gan plans to upgrade 40 miles of commissioners in North- its transcontinental Tennessee county eastern Pennsylvania are calling Gas Pipeline. of the superin- The Pike County commisfor the ouster tendent of the Delaware Water sioners say the pipeline compaGap National Recreation Area, right of way within the national ny had an existing one-mile saying he forced a natural gas recreation area, but that Superpipeline to detour around the intendent John Donahue park through seven miles of un- blocked the company from 'usspoiled forest and private prop- ing it. That will force the pipeerties. line to detour around the park, WYOMING VALLEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL CHARLOTTE THE TIMES LEADER Cynthia Beard picks up the spirit after graduating with her 333 other Wyoming Valley West classmates in Kingston on Thursday night.
Bright beginnings Sun comes out for grads during outdoor ceremony By SUSAN DENNEY Times Leader Correspondent KINGSTON Wyoming Valley West seniors sat in the pouring rain on the guest side of the football stadium waiting for their graduation to start. On the home side of the field their guests either huddled under umbrellas or found shelter underneath the stands. It was still raining as seniors processed in as the band played "Pomp and Circ*mstance" from soggy music sheets. But just as the ceremony was about to begin, a rainbow appeared and the rest of the event took place under blue skies. Many of the members of the class donned sunglasses as they faced the setting sun.
Ryan Hettes, president of the GREATER Emotions Grads, ready to move on, say farewell By SUSAN BETTINGER Times Leader Correspondent NANTIco*kE One hundred sixty eight seniors became the 2012 graduating class of Greater Nantico*ke Area High School on Thursday evening. The graduates expressed their plans for the future, as well as their emotions about their final day as GNA students. Brian Bevan said he has "bittersweet feelings It is good to move on to bigger and better things, but I am leaving the people that I have been with for the past 12 years." Bevan will major in history at Kutztown University in the fall. Deseree Spaide, who will join the U.S. Air Force in September, summed up her feelings by stating, "I am ready to start life." Class President Klayton Kasperzyk will attend Mansfield University as an environmental science major, along with playing defense for the school's football team.
"I am ready to move on," Kasperzyk remarked. During his address to his classmates, Kasperzyk reminded them they are the "new generation" and they are "prepared to handle their inheritance, which is life." Kasperzyk concluded his speech by stating, "We are the future of this great country." Class Treasurer Kyle Hamil- senior class, took a humorous view in his address and reminded his 333 fellow students that when they got to high school, "some became nerds, some became jocks and some even became better-looking." Hettes quoted rules for life from his golf coach ending with rule number one: "Have fun and live life to the fullest." Senior Cody Swan, a representative of the student council, borrowed a thought from the fictional Albus Dumbledore, headmaster at Hogwarts in the "Harry Porter" series of books and movies. Swan said, "Help will always be given to those who ask for it at Wyoming Valley West." He thanked faculty, staff and parents for the support they gave to the senior class. NANTIco*kE are Principal Erin Keating had to compete with beach balls and Silly String that kept appearing from among the seniors during her talk. But students paid attention when she began listing the achievements of the senior class.
In addition to achievements in academics, the arts and sports, she praised the class for charitable work. Keating cited the large amounts of money raised by the student council and the senior class for charitable organizations. Her advice to the seniors: "Please make good decisions." "Your choices impact so many others," she said. She then announced the top three students of the class: Veronica Zimmerman, Jocelyn Sickler and Ryan Yashinski. ValedictorianZimmerman, 18, of Edwardsville, was praised by Keating for her ability to overcome adversity.
Keating said Zimmerman had persevered even after losing her father to cancer during her high school career. Superintendent Charles Suppon praised faculty and staff for their work in educating the senior class. He counseled the seniors to have faith and courage in knowing that they have the skills to succeed. After receiving their diplomas, many students waited in front of the stage for friends and group hugs. Zimmerman said she will be attending Wilkes in the fall.
She has not yet decided on a major. She did say, "My English classes were my favorites." Sickler, of Larksville will be attending Wilkes as well. Yashinski, 18, of Edwardsville, said he will be attending Penn State at University Park in the fall. He, like Zimmerman, will be an undecided major. AREA HIGH SCHOOL bittersweet I at AMANDA THE TIMES LEADER Greater Nantico*ke Area grads get excited as their commencement ceremony concludes Thursday.
ton encouraged the class by letting them know that "everyone has something great going for them this school has molded us all, and we are ready to take on the world." National Honor Society President Alexa Gorski quoted Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." Gorski also told the class that "sometimes you only get one chance to do or say the things that you want to." Class Valedictorian Brianne Tomko's speech included the advice "follow your own path, not someone else's" and "never stop learning, education doesn't end, your future can be what you want it to be." School Board President Jeff Kozlofski told the graduates they were "living in a world where boundaries have no limits only those who can leave the past behind so that they can move forward will survive." District Superintendent Anthony Perrone gave this advice; "Let there be no halfways follow through with what you start." "In the end," he said, "you. don't want to find out that you pleased everyone else but yourself." GNA Education Association Awards for the top academic students were given to Danielle Ellersick, Alexa Gorski, Matthew Kingston, Mallory Markowski, Christopher Miller, Hannah Rubasky, Kelsy Rynkiewicz, Brianne Tomko, Thomassina Watson and Cassandra Yalch..
