Obituary of Anne M. Juzwiak

Anne M. Bucknavage Juzwiak, 95, of Plains Township, formerly of Miners-Mills, passed peacefully on Thursday, November 21, 2019, while in the care of the Allied Services Center City Residence, Wilkes-Barre.

Born on July 17,1924, in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Matichka Bucknavage.

Anne graduated from James M. Coughlin High School, class of 1942. She then worked at Leslie Fay Fabrics. She started as a seamstress and worked for the company for the next thirty years. Anne left the company as a supervisor when the plant closed. Anne was later employed by the Charles Adams Senior Center in Wilkes-Barre. She became the assistance director for the center for five years until she retired in 2011.

During her retirement, Anne lived in the Washington Square Apartments, Wilkes-Barre, and loved to participate in building activities and games with residence.

She was a member of St. Francis Church, Wilkes-Barre, until the church’s closure; a current member of Saints Peter and Paul Church, Plains Township; and a lifelong member of the I.L.G.W.U.

She was preceded in death by her parents, loving husband Clarence; brothers Frank, Joseph, Michael, Andrew, and Al; and brothers in law Joseph Miller, Dr. H. W. Schmidt, Frank Koss, Stanley Ciecierski; Theodore and Stanley Juzwiak; and sister in laws Theresa Juzwiak; Lousie Koss and Johanna Ciecierski.

Surviving Anne are her daughter Anne Gerrity and her husband Martin, Plains Twp.; son Mark and his wife Karen,  Marana , Arizona; sister Barbara Miller, Plains Township;sister in law Marina Schmidt of King of Prussia PA, grandchildren Colleen DeSchamp and her husband, Greg, Brownsville , Vermont;  Kevin Gerrity, Muncie, Indiana; and Brian Gerrity, Plains, and three great grandchildren: Dylan, Sarah, and Brady.

A visitation for Anne will be held in Saints Peter and Paul Church, 13 Hudson Road, Plains Township on Friday, November 29,2019, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:00 a.m. celebrated by Rev. John Lambert, Pastor. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wyoming.

Funeral Services in the care of the Yanaitis Funeral Home Inc., Plains Township.