Josephine Milewski, 96, of Plains Township, died Saturday ,

January 14, 2012, in the Wesley Village Partridge-Tippett Nursing

Facility, Jenkins Township, following an illness.

Born January 14, 1916, Josephine was the daughter of the late

Joseph and Hedwig Jeannette Koteras Romanczak. She was a life-long

resident of Plains and was a graduate of Plains Memorial High Schools,

Class of 1934. Josephine had worked as a dress factory floor lady in

the local garment industry until her retirement. She was a life-long

member of the former Sacred Heart Church, Plains, until it was closed,

and a current member of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains. She was a

retired member of the I.L.G.W.U., Wilkes-Barre local, past member of

the Plains Senior Citizens Organization and a past den mother of the

Plains Boy Scouts Troop. Her hobbies were sewing, traveling and

cooking, especially making homemade pierogies. Josephine was preceded

in death by her beloved husband of sixty years, Joseph John, who

passed away October 24, 1998; a daughter Rose Marie Bonomo; brothers

Thomas J. Romanczak and Theodore Romanczak; sister Jeannette Swistock

; a grandson and a great-granddaughter.

Josephine is survived by daughters Regina Rodak and husband

John, South Hampton; Mary Louise Birosak, Harrisburg; sons Joseph and

his wife Ruth, Duryea; Francis and his wife Judy, Warminister; Thomas

and his wife Lynnette, Plains; 19 grandchildren and 28

great-grandchildren.

Josephine's funeral will be conducted on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.

from the Mark V. Yanaitis Funeral Home, 55 Stark Street, Plains, with

a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Church,

Plains. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday morning 8:30 a.m. to

time of services. .