Obituary of Lorraine Patla

Lorraine Patla, age 90 of Sweet Valley, passed away Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. Mrs. Patla was born in Shickshinny on May 23, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Stanton Willis and Myrtle Lutz Parker. She attended Shickshinny Schools and was employed at A C & F, Berwick, General Cigar Co., Kingston, Racusins Clothing of Shickshinny, the areas local garment industry of Sweet Valley and Benton as a presser. Lorraine was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth and was past president of their Women's Society. She was happy to work the church bazaar for many years at the food stand, where she was known for her pulled pork barbecues. Mrs. Patla moved to Sweet Valley to the farm which was owned by her late husband, Charles L. Patla. They got married on January 29, 1944 and was proud to be known as "Big Babcia" to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and many children that she considered to be friends. She loved to play bingo, going to church functions while she was able, and sitting on her porch overlooking the pond with family and friends. She would speak of all her grandchildren and watch many birds and animals that came to the pond. Lorraine was the last of the Willis and Myrtle Parker's children. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by brothers, Beach Parker, Pat Parker, Robert Parker, and infant Edgar Parker; sister, Geraldine Varner; infant grandson, Scott; step-grandson, Kevin Newell; daughter-in-law, Kathleen Sorber Patla. Surviving are her children, Mary Ann Kukosky and her partner Robert Stucker , Charles J. Patla and his wife Gayle , Edward L. Patla and his wife Nikki , James M. Patla and his wife Cheryl, and Barbara Scott, all of Sweet Valley, and Joan E. Newell and her husband Rance of Hunlock Creek; grandchildren, Thomas and Nicolas Kukosky of Sweet Valley, Christopher Kukosky of Harveys Lake, Stephanie Kukosky Novakowski of Trucksville, and Matthew Kukosky of Lehman, Charles J. Patla, Jr. of Sweet Valley, Pauline Patla of Unityville, Angela Patla of Wilkes-Barre, Edward Patla of Harveys Lake, Amanda Patla Matisik of Connecticut, Stephen Patla of Virginia, Adam Patla and Katrina Patla of Sweet Valley, Kenneth Maculloch of Hunlock Creek, Charles Maculloch of Dallas, Stasia Maculloch Lanning of Sweet Valley, Nicole Scott Stockage of Sweet Valley, and Gregory Scott of Oklahoma; step-grandson, Richard Post of Loyalville; great-grandchildren, Jared, Tyler and Brynn Kukosky of Sweet Valley, Hunter and Caleb Hill of Trucksville, Iva June Kukosky of Lehman, Aidan, Mason, and Addison Kukosky of Sweet Valley, Caylin and Jacob Patla of Sweet Valley, Kaitlyn, Morgan, and Nathaniel Patla of Loyalville, Emily, Christian, and Matthew Maculloch of Hunlock Creek, Jacob Maculloch of Dallas, Derrick Lanning of Sweet Valley, Olivia and Benjamin Stockage of Sweet Valley, Hannah, Abigail and Michael Matysik of Connecticut. Funeral will be held Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 9:30 AM from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corners of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek. with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am from Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth, with the Rev. Richard Fox officiating. Interment will be in the Patla Cemetery, Sweet Valley. Friends may call from 6:00 - 9:00 PM at the funeral home on Wednesday.