Skook News Obituaries: January 31st, 2025
Obituaries published from the Schuylkill County area.
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Josephine T. Crishock, 82, formerly of Mahanoy City, passed away Thursday morning, January 30th, 2025 at the Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest hospital in Allentown.
Funeral service information and a full obituary will be published upon completion.
Funeral service information and a full obituary will be published upon completion.
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Denny was born in Williamstown on Sunday, July 4, 1948, a son of the late John and Mildred Heninger Raho. Denny was a graduate of the former Williamstown Catholic High School.
He was a United States Army Veteran of the Vietnam War.
Denny worked for many years at the former AMP, Inc., Tower City. After retiring from AMP, he was the supervisor with the Williamstown Sewer Authority.
He was of the Catholic faith and was a member of the Williamstown American Legion and the Williamstown VFW.
Denny was an avid outdoors man, who enjoyed all kinds of hunting, fishing, and just taking in what nature had to offer. His sons and grandsons were his life. He was extremely proud of them.
Denny was preceded in death by his youngest son, Peter C. Raho, February 8, 1997, whom he deeply missed. He was also preceded in death by four sisters, Martha Davis, Yvonne Hoover, Marian Malick and Carole Hulvey.
Surviving are his son, John F. Raho and his fiancé, Tonya, Tower City; three grandsons, Devin Raho and his wife Morgan, North Carolina, Alex Raho and his wife Alyssa and Bo Raho, both of Tower City; a great grandson, Macklin Raho; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 11:00 am from the Chapel of the Dimon Funeral Home, Inc., Tower City. Visitation will be from 10:30-11 at at the chapel. Denny will be laid to rest with military honors beside his son in the Williamstown Methodist Cemetery.
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Jane attended East Norwegian Township elementary schools and Saint Stephen’s High School, Port Carbon, of which she graduated as valedictorian with the class of ’48.
While in high school she worked at Pomeroy’s Department Store, Pottsville. After graduation she worked as an operator with Bell Telephone in Pottsville. She later worked in the business office of Style Specialists, Pottsville, and a few other local clothing manufacturers until she started to raise a family.
Jane enjoyed learning to dance and attended many local dances including one at the “Vets” in Pottsville where she happened to meet her future husband, Arthur. She and Arthur were married in Saint Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church on June 16, 1956. Arthur and Jane’s home was always a welcome place for family and friends; you were invited to enter, sit down and relax, and have something to eat and drink.
Jane was a member of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, and later St. Teresa of Calcutta R.C. Church, both of Mahanoy City. She was faithful in her visits to Eucharistic Adoration in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.
Jane and her siblings enjoyed visiting St. Kieran’s R.C. Church, and the “Irish Festival” in Hecksherville. Jane enjoyed reading, spending time in the kitchen, and relaxing with music or an episode of Lawrence Welk. She was known for baking apple cake for church fundraisers, preparing Easter bread and Easter ravioli dinners, and playing the piano - traditions that she passed down to her family.
Jane is survived by her children Arthur (Lynn), Lisa Broomell (Arnold), Christine Evancho (David), and John (Teresa); grandchildren: Kayla (Tim), Arthur, Gianna (J.P.), Christy Alise, Zachary (Bryianna), Aaron (Cassie), Emmanuel (Julianna); great grandchildren: Blaise and Henzley Jane, and several nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Teresa of Calcutta Church, Mahanoy City, on Thursday, February 6 at 11 AM with the Rev. Kevin P. Gallagher officiating.
Friends and family may call from 9 AM to 11 AM at the church. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Mahanoy Township.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Blessed Sacrament Chapel of Perpetual Adoration at St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish.
The James P. Haughney Funeral Home of Mahanoy City with the assistance of the Oravitz Home for Funerals Inc, of Shenandoah are entrusted with the arrangements.
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These obituaries are being brought to by Mark J. Hummel Funeral Home, Frackville
