Lois C. Stanziale

Lois C. Stanziale, age 88, 445 Hillside Drive, Bloomsburg, died at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Geisinger Bloomsburg Health Care Center, where she had resided for three and a half years.

Born in Wilkes-Barre on January 30, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Louis A. and Jennie (Baker) Frank. A 1944 graduate of Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, she had resided in Bloomsburg since 2007; and previously in Wilmington, Del. for 55 years.

Lois was employed at the former Sears-Roebuck and Co., Wilmington for twenty years, retiring in August of 1986.

She was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church, Bloomsburg.

Lois was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, William H. Stanziale on May 5, 2012; and by three sisters: Dorothy Leffler, Marjorie Eddy and Kathryn Stahl.

Surviving is a daughter, Karen L., wife of Larry Maurer and a son, Michael W. Stanziale, both of Bloomsburg; five grandchildren: Jody Maurer; Jacob Maurer, wife Erica; Anthony Stanziale; Christopher Stanziale and Nicholas Stanziale and three great grandchildren: Rachel Kempski, Brady Kempski and Chase Maurer.

Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. in St. Luke Lutheran Church, 9 St. Luke Way, Bloomsburg, with her pastor, Rev. Jeffrey G. Bohan, officiating. Interment in Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Wyoming. Friends may call at the church from 10-11 a.m. Monday.

The family will provide flowers. Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, 57 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.