Category: Nanticoke

Mary S. Kowalski OBITUARY

Mary S. Kowalski, 96, formerly of Nanticoke, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, in St. Lukes Hospital Hospice, Bethlehem.

She was born in Alden on April 22, 1916, and was the daughter of the late John and Josephine Kellar of Alden.

Mary attended St. Mary’s Elementary School and Newport Township schools.

She was a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Church, now St. Faustina Parish, and a member of the Purgatorial Society, Sacred Heart Society and a member and officer of the church choir. She was also past president of the Womens Catholic Council of St. Mary’s Church. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, American Legion Auxiliary Post 350 and the American Red Cross. She was also manager of volunteers of St. Stanislaus Hospitality Shop and, in her younger years, she was employed by Cimmets Variety Store.

Mary was preceded in death by her loving husband, Leo, in 1986; a son, Joseph, who died at birth; brothers, Alexander, Walter and Edmund; and sisters, Blanche Kellar, Helen Kielar, Leona Farrell and Alfreda Perch.

Presently surviving are daughters, Teresa Rodgers and husband, Robert, Easton; and Diane Demko and husband, Donald, Bethlehem; brother, Henry, Nanticoke; sisters, Celia Zukoski, Barnesville; Irene Dombrowski, Mountain Top; and Emily Kellar, Alden; and grandchildren, Kevin, Melissa and Elizabeth Demko.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday from Grontkowski Funeral Home P.C., 51-53 W. Green St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. in St. Faustina Parish (St. Mary’s Church) with the Rev. James Nash officiating and the Rev. John Victoria, member of the family, as co-celebrant.

Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.

Friends and relatives are invited to join the family for calling hours…

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Rose Kmietowicz OBITUARY

Rose Kmietowicz, 87, a life resident of Glen Lyon, passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016, at Guardian Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Nanticoke.

Rose was born Feb. 17, 1929, the daughter of the late Michael and Amelia Zlonkevich. She was a life resident of Glen Lyon and was a 1946 graduate of Newport High School.

Rose was employed as an assembler/tester by RCA/GE, Mountain Top, for more than 25 years until her retirement in 1994.

She was a longstanding parishioner of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Glen Lyon, where she was a member of the Sacred Heart Society and the church choir. She was a fixture at bake sales and served as the record keeper for several years.

In addition to her parents, Rose was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Edward Kmietowicz; sister Mary “Mae” Gayeski; brothers, Michael, Peter and Nicholas Zlonkevich and Paul Douglas; and niece and godchild, Sandra Sarmonis.

She is survived by her daughter, Karen Phair, West Nanticoke, and her husband, Bruce; son, Michael, Glen Lyon, and his wife, Jane; grandchildren, Michael and Jarad Kmietowicz and Kyra Yezefski and her husband, David; niece, Diane Petruska, Lake Silkworth, and her husband, Michael; and several other nieces and nephews.

Rose was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She took pride in her begonia garden and in baking for her family and her church. Rose could always be seen supporting family members at musical, sporting and other community events.

The family would like to extend gratitude to Guardian Healthcare for their excellent service over the past year.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday from George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., Glen Lyon.

Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Ukrainian…

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SHARPTOWN, MD – Salisbury University invited anglers of all ages and experience levels to help combat invasive fish species in local waterways during the fourth annual Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby on Saturday.

The annual derby, organized by SU biological studies assistant professor Dr. Noah Bressman, encourages the removal of blue catfish and northern snakeheads. The two species are invasive and pose a threat to fish and crustacean populations, including striped bass and blue crabs.

This year’s event was at Cherry Beach Park in Sharptown, and was followed by awards, educational activities, and invasive species research. A portion of Saturday’s catch will be donated to Bressman’s lab for ongoing studies. 

“We can get data and tissue samples and whatever we need from them at this event in front of everybody to kind of show that science is accessible,” says Bressman. “This event helps support the research in my lab as well as the research for our collaborators like USGS and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.”

A crew from the US Geological Survey was at the fishing derby. They are also using some of the fish caught on Saturday for research, including conducting fish health assessments. “We look at internals and externals to determine how healthy these fish are,” says Heather Walsh, a research fish biologist with USGS. “We’re also doing contaminant analysis. So we’re testing the plasma for PFAS, which is a forever chemical in the waters, and we’re also testing the muscle for heavy metals.”

Walsh tells WBOC that a lot of the fish that were caught will also go to local food banks and local churches in Wicomico County. 

The invasive fishing derby had over $1,000 in prizes, including gear from local companies. The event was free and funded by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources.

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Featured Speaker Bonnie G. Hall, tribal leadership officer and historian for the Nanticoke Indian Tribe, is also known in the Nanticokes’ native Algonquian language as Keenaahkiheet, meaning “She Who Cares.”

Hall presented “Nanticoke’s Lasting Legacy” at the Millsboro Town Council meeting on Monday, July 7. Her talk highlighted the tribe’s rich history, cultural resilience and ongoing efforts to preserve their identity in Delaware.

Recognized by the Delaware legislature since 1881, the tribe has maintained a strong presence despite the historical challenges that they have faced.

Hall described the Nanticoke flag — featuring green, symbolizing 800 acres of tribal land along the Indian River; blue for sustaining waters; and 32 wampum shells, 31 for the tribe’s founders and one for future generations; all centered around the historic Indian Mission School.

She highlighted the tribe’s deep-rooted commitment to education in its early years, showcasing the first-ever one-room schoolhouse that served Nanticoke children for grades 1-8 with a single teacher during Segregation. The school, which now houses the Nanticoke Indian Museum, stands as a testament to their resilience and cultural preservation, with the words “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” on the flag, embodying their legacy.

Hall described the Nanticokes’ strong ties to the area, noting that their original name, Nantaquak, directly translates to “The Tidewater People,” demonstrating their ancestry in the Indian River region.

The tribe’s mission is to preserve their “aboriginal/indigenous heritage while embracing core values: respecting Mother Earth, honoring Nanticoke identity, promoting peace and unity, and demonstrating reverence for elders, families and youth.”

Hall highlighted that the historic Indian Mission School is set for renovations starting this fall. The project aims to transform it into a cultural community center, with a commercial kitchen to serve tribal events and support the Delaware Food Bank.

She also celebrated the Nanticoke Indian Museum, opened in 1984, as Delaware’s only…

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Vice President JD Vance said something during a Luzerne County rally Wednesday that needed a good amount of context.

“The mainstream media, the corporate press, doesn’t like what we accomplished,” he bellowed toward the crowd in West Pittston, as he touted the One Big, Beautiful Bill that made President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spend policies law. “It doesn’t like what we did.”

There’s something Vance, Trump, every one of their devout supporters and hardline members of their administration should understand: We would like it if they’re right; we would also like the bill’s critics to be proven wrong.

We would like the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that the bill will increase the federal deficit by $3.3 trillion between now and 2034 to turn out to be a wildly inaccurate product of bad math from what the administration has labeled a “partisan and political” government entity.

We would like to believe — as our own U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., maintains — the CBO’s estimates of $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade somehow aren’t cuts at all.

We want to look back in a decade at the early consternation surrounding the bill’s passage and be able to say it all turned out to be unfounded, that the bill’s benefits were met and exceeded, and that fears of those who are hungry, sick and feeling unheard and uncared about by those who championed it were unfounded.

It’s just a whole lot easier to believe math than it is politicians.

We remain concerned that parts of the bill Vance raved about Wednesday are much more effective as a rallying cry on the campaign trail for Republicans than they are actual, difference-making policies for average Americans.

Specifically, that centers on the two tenets of the law Republicans tend…

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Obituaries

Jul 15, 2025

Dolores Ann Edwards

Dolores Ann Edwards, formerly of Aaronsburg, passed away on July 10, 2025, at Mount Nittany Medical Center. She was 93.

Dolores was born June 11, 1932, in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Paul and Dorothy Pluckard. She graduated from Nanticoke High School in 1950.

In 1955, Dolores married David Edwards and moved to Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania where she and her family lived for nearly 70 years.

Dolores is remembered as a kind person and gracious friend with great love and dedication to her family ­ her life partner, children, grandchildren and great-grandson.

She is preceded in death by her late husband, David C. Edwards. Dolores is survived by two daughters, Sheree Hosterman (Rich), of Centre Hall, Pa., and Dianne McManigal (Keith), of Seattle; and her son David, who resides in Middlebury, Vt. Also surviving are grandchildren, Tyler McManigal (Ashley), of Seattle, Brooke Hanson (Taylor), of Minneapolis, Minn.; and great-grandson Casey Hanson, of Minneapolis, Minn. Her grandchildren and her great-grandson were her heart and soul.

In accordance with Dolores’ wishes, she will be laid to rest in Salem Lutheran Cemetery in Aaronsburg during a private service. Donations in her memory can be made to Pets Come First at 2451 General Potter Highway, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. The Steven R. Neff Funeral home assisted the family with the arrangements.

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The Nanticoke Minor League all-star baseball team led Lower Sussex 9-4 into the fourth inning of the District III tournament but fell by a score of 16-10 in the game played in Seaford. Lower Sussex utilized 15 total walks in the game to overtake Nanticoke for the win.

Nanticoke’s James Brown, Jr. opened the game when he was hit on the leg by Lower Sussex pitcher Brian Seymour. Brown’s base stealing skills moved him up to third base and he later came home on a passed ball. Nanticoke scored a second run on a Ryan Downs’ RBI infield ground out. Nanticoke scored the third run on an error and then an

Shown (l to r) is the Nanticoke Minor League all-star baseball Team: first row- Ian Castro Mender, Max Lathbury, Lincoln Condos, Carter Lankford, Cade McAvoy; second row: Ryan Downs, James Brown, Jr, Ace Maxwell, Asher Maxwell, Deklan Lankford, Brady Hamilton; coach Jonah Lathbury, manager Tyler Massey, and coach Chris McAvoy.

other passed ball scored the fourth run when Deklan Lankford was safe at home.

Starting pitcher for Nanticoke, Max Lathbury walked a batter, struck out two, and a ground ball to second baseman Ian Castro Mendura accounted for the three outs in the inning.

Nanticoke added runs in the top of the third inning beginning with a Lincoln Condos single who moved up to third base on a steal and fielder’s choice. Catcher Ryan Downs hit into a ground ball out but collected an RBI for a 5-0 score.

Lower Sussex scored in the bottom of third inning with a walk, single to right field, and a single that loaded the bases. An error and a passed ball scored a total of three runs before Lathbury ended the inning on a ground ball out back to the mound.

Nanticoke came back…

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