Obituary of Lorraine Evelyn Walkowiak

Lorraine Evelyn Walkowiak, age 82 of Hunlock Creek, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013 at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Twp. Mrs. Walkowiak was born on September 18, 1930 and was the daughter of the late John Fundalevicz and Mary Pesta. Lorraine graduated from Newport High School and was a lifelong member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth. She and her late husband John, owned and operated Walker products in Nanticoke for twenty years. They were also co-owners of Guys and Dolls Billiards in Edwardsville and Jack and Jills Billiards in Wilkes-Barre until 1997. Lorraine was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who took great pride in her family. She enjoyed swimming and picnicking at their summer home at Lake Silkworth. It would have been nothing on a rainy summer day for her to entertain and cook for her 5 children and their 10 friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Leonard Fundalevicz. Lorraine is survived by daughter, Linda Horvath and husband Michael of Hunlock Creek, son, David Walkowiak and wife Linda of Dallas, daughter, Judy Hislop and husband Don of Mountaintop, son, John Walkowiak of Shickshinny Lake, and daughter, Tina Albert and husband Danny of Benton, LA; grandchildren, Micheline and Nicholas Horvath, Jaclyn Moser, Lindsey Sears, Carly Hislop, Jamie and Bruno Walkowiak, Patrick and Danielle Albert. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM from the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home, Inc., corners of routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am from Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth, with Rev. Richard Fox officiating. Friends may call 7:00 - 9:00 PM on Tuesday at the funeral home.