WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Mary H. Wolsieffer, 76, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at the home of her son, William. She was born Oct. 5, 1935, in Brewer, a daughter of James E. and Georgianna Stone Welch.
Mary was formerly employed as the cafeteria supervisor at St. Nicholas/St. Mary’s Parochial School, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and she was also an active volunteer at the school. She was a member of St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where she was active on the bazaar committee, the church bingo and assisted with instructions for First Holy Communion. She was a member of St. Conrad’s Society Auxiliary, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mary was an avid fan of the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins and enjoyed attending their games, and also loved her annual trip to the Jersey shore with her bingo family. Mary was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was affectionately known as “Grandma Mary” by all of her grandchildren’s friends.
She was predeceased by her husband, William P. Wolsieffer, in 1984. She was also predeceased by her brothers, Richard Welch and James Edward Welch Jr.; and by her sister, Barbara Brooks. Surviving are sons, William Wolsieffer and his wife, Deneva, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Richard Wolsieffer and his wife, Wendy, of Ashley, Pa., Michael Wolsieffer and his wife, Suzanne, of Hanover Township, Pa., and Timothy Wolsieffer and his wife, Amy, of Mountain Top, Pa.; daughter, Theresa Flowers and her husband, William, of Wilkes-Barre Township, Pa.; grandchildren, Kyle Wolsieffer and his wife, Mandy, Keith and Kyra Wolsieffer, Nicholas and Thomas Wolsieffer, Michael and Ryan Wolsieffer, and Grace and Nathan Wolsieffer; sisters, Katherine Leonard of Maine and Joanne Goodson of West Virgina; and two nieces.
Friends may call 5-8 p.m. Friday at Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where funeral services will be held 9 a.m. Saturday with a Mass of Christian burial beginning 9:30 a.m. at St. Nicholas Church, 226 South Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Interment will be at Parish Cemetery, Shavertown, Pa. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice Care of the VNA, 900 Rutter Ave., Suite 8, Forty Fort, PA
18704; or Medical Oncology Prescription Fund, 382 Pierce St., Kingston, PA 18704. Online condolences may be made at
www.natandgawlasfuneralhome.com.