The LuLac Edition #3678, December 26th, 2017

MOVING ON LOCAL 2017

2017 was a very tough year for many in the region who lost loved ones. During this year, more than a few of passings came to area residents that many people here had interactions with. Here is a list of the locals who left us. You will see links on some names where we covered their deaths in LuLac during 2017. 

Frank Pasquni long time community fund raiser,  educator and leader.
Phil Rudy, owner of Circles On the Square, Wilkes Barre.
Anne Friedman Glauber, Anne spent four years managing the marketing department at her family business, Friedman Electric.
http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=Friedman+Electric
Joseph McDade, Congressman 10th District Republican from 1963 through 1999.
http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=Joseph+McDade
Kevin Fenessey, former radio Deejay at WFIL in Philadelphia as well as doing a stint here in Scranton at the old Oldies 92.1 FM owned by Shamrock Communications.

L.A. Tarone, Drive Time afternoon talk show host on WILK but as we all know he was much more than the last stop he made in his broadcast and media career. http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.+Tarone+. 

D.C. Day, former mid day host on Rock 107. 

John Perry, long time news reporter and anchor at WDAU TV http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=John+Perry+.
Muriel Baltimore, wife of WBRE TV owner David Baltimore.
Bob Price, WBRE TV Camera technician and contract employee of WWE. 
http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=bob+price
Melaine Mizenko, 26 of Ashley was a reporter and columnist for the Times Leader. Mizenko wrote of many things but her essays on living with cancer were honest vignettes of someone dealing with the disease but also battling it on a daily basis. The Leader said that Mizenko affected people for the better with her writing and that there were lessons of how to live in her Beyond the Byline columns.
Patrick Murphy, the former president of the Scranton Friendly Sons of St Patrick, who passed away from a battle with cancer in October, at the age of 69.
Reverend Joseph Panuska, S.J., the University of Scranton's longest serving president died. He was 89 years old.  Father Panuska was the 22nd president of the University of Scranton. He served from 1982 to 1998. He returned to the university's campus ministry office in 2004 briefly to provide spiritual direction and programming for university staff.

Joseph "Red" Jones, local auctioneer and Luzerne County Commissioner.
http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=red++
Harry Krewsun, 55, passed peacefully after prolonged illnesses which included myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, thymoma and complications due to immuno-suppression which affected his breathing. Harry was the co founder of the Myasthenia Gravis support group which essentially saved my sanity and gave me the ability to deal with this disease. Harry was always available to take my call and ease my mind. Here’s a link to our friend Harry and what he meant to many not only in the MG group but to the people he worked with at the old Met Wire facility in Wilkes Barre and with his Ukrainian Church.
http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=harry+krewsun
Dr. Douglas Ayers, 56, of Shavertown passed away on Sept. 12,
Ayers grew up in Wilkes-Barre, but his heart was with the family farm, nestled in state game lands 57 in Noxen. Dr. Ayers was founder and visionary of The Lands at Hillside Farms, where he served as the chairman from its establishment until his passing. This is a 412-acre historic, sustainable living facility which has as its goal to educate people how every citizen might make sensible life choices where if enough of us practice these sustainable/sensible actions that our world would allow posterity to inherit a place with all the resources and opportunities we have now. Some of the tenets that he considered sustainable were individual responsibility such as "don't ask anybody to do for you what you can do for yourself," "All of the passengers in the boat should be required to help row." Love thy neighbor and please "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Servant leadership - instill in oneself and others a spirit of giving back." Financial responsibility - pay your bills and do not rely upon credit and live within your means." Character - this is something that one is not born with but rather is revealed via having been sculpted by life's vicissitudes." And lastly faith, the Lands at Hillside Farm was established by a group of Christians who desired to teach a walk-in life that mimicked Christ's as we feel that His walk in the Way toward a perfected trajectory individually and collectively.
In 1995, he opened Plains Animal Hospital. In 2007, he built the present environmentally green facility which houses Plains Animal Hospital and Northeast Veterinary Referral Hospital, a state of the art referral center. His excellence in veterinary service resulted in his inclusion on the State Board of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Anthony Musarri, former Wilkes Barre Area School Board member, professor and documentary producer. Here’s a link on his life: http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=ANTHONY+MUSSARI+
Al Boscov, driving force behind the commercial revitalization of Wilkes Barre. https://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=al+boscov
Nancy Berg, TV pioneer. http://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=nancy+berg
A car crash in Florida crash claimed the life of Janet Rains, 48, of Pittston, known professionally as Jane Train. Train was the lead singer of the band M80.