Elizabeth Ann Farber

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Elizabeth Ann Farber, 79, formerly of the East End section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital, Hospice Community Care.

She was the daughter of the late Donald M.and Hannah Noone Belles.

Mrs. Farber was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, and was a graduate of Coughlin High School.

She had worked for the Dallas Dairy as a bookeeper and also worked as a receptionist for the John Heinz Rehabilitation, Wilkes-Barre.

She was preceded in death by her daughters, Bonnie Ann Heinz and Lori Ann Snarski, and grandchildren, Chastity Lee Farber and Robert James Farber III and a brother, Donald Belles.

Surviving are her husband of more than 60 years, Robert Farber, Sr., and children, Deborah Vavrek, Swoyersville; Robert J. Jr. and his wife, Davida Farber, Palmerton; Gary and his wife, Kendra Farber, Center Moreland; Judy and her husband, Donald Dane, Swoyersville, and a brother, Robert and his wife, Sandra Belles, Wilkes-Barre; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Funeral services were Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter, with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Hughes Street, Swoyersville, with the Rev. Joseph Pisaneschi, pastor, as celebrant.

Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.