Stasia Dutzar

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Stasia Dutzar, 94, of Wanamie, passed away Friday at the Guardian Elder Care, Sheatown.

Born on Oct. 6, 1917, in Wanamie, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Stephania Pawlush Yaniga. She was a graduate of Newport High School and the Smith School of Nursing.

Mrs. Dutzar had been employed for many years as an LPN at the St. Stanislaus Nursing Center in Sheatown. She was a member of Holy Child Church of St. Faustina’s Parish.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph, on March 1, 2000 and brothers, Chester, Albin, Edward and Alex Yaniga.

Surviving are her daughters, Cynthia Scalisi and her husband, Frank, and Denise Sabatini and her husband, Richard; sister, Melania Kropiewnicki; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Stanley S. Stegura Funeral Home Inc., 614 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in the main site of St. Faustina’s Parish, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke. Entombment will be in the mausoleum at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m. Donations, if desired, may be made to the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Stasia’s memory.