Dorothy Austin

Dorothy Austin, 91, a resident of Provincial Towers, Wilkes-Barre, formerly of the East End section, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in the Celtic Hospice Unit, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

Mrs. Austin was born in Wilkes-Barre, daughter of the late Frederick and Elizabeth Borthwick Oliver. She was a graduate of Coughlin High School and Wilkes-Barre Business College.

She had been employed many years as a secretary by several insurance companies. Prior to her retirement, she had been secrectary for the late Wilkes-Barre Mayor John McGlynn.

Dorothy was a life member of the East End Primitive Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas J. Austin Jr., on Christmas Day of 2008; brother, Fred Oliver; and sisters, Elizabeth Turner and Ellen Williams.

Surviving are her son, Thomas J. Austin III and his wife, Joan, Wilkes-Barre; grandchildren, Matthew Austin and his wife, Aimee, Dallas; and Rebecca Leonori and her husband, Steven, Scranton; great-grandchildren, Joshua and Sophia Leonori and Luke Austin; a niece and two nephews.

A private funeral service will be held at the convenience of the family from H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., a Golden Rule Funeral Home, 451 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Marty Garms, pastor, East End Primitive Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, officiating.

Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.

At her request, there will be no calling hours.

The family requests that flowers be omitted and that donations in Mrs. Austin's name be made to the East End Primitive Methodist Church, 79 Laurel St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.