Martin "Frankie" Dunay

1930 - 2019

Martin "Frankie" Dunay, 88, of Duryea, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 19, 2019.

Martin was born in Duryea on Dec. 8, 1930. He was the son of the late Martin and Anna Pavlisko Dunay. He was a graduate of Duryea High School, Class of 1949.

He was a certified appliance repair technician and employed for over 50 years at Jacob Kurlancheek Furniture Store in Duryea as a repairman, warehouse manager and salesman. From 1976 through 1983, he served as a member of the Pittston Area School Board.

He was a member of the former St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Pittston, and a member of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Pittston. He was the president of the American Legion Fishing Club and a social member of both the American Legion Post 585 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1227 in Duryea.

He was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He was the master of all trades and no work was too difficult for him. He was the first person you thought to call when something needed to be fixed. "He was a man of golden hands." He enjoyed fishing, gardening, building, and watching Penn State football.

Preceding him in death, besides his parents, were his brothers, Joseph, Michael, and Albert Dunay; his sisters, Mary Dunay, Pauline Vitek, Veronica Reese, Theresa Macuga, Ann Breig and Ruth Pernot.

Surviving are his loving wife, Irene Yurkanin Dunay, Duryea. They would have celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary on May 26. Also surviving are two daughters, Dr. Darlene Ann Dunay and husband, Anthony Wastella, Old Forge; Renee Poveromo and husband, attorney Carl Poveromo, Duryea; one son, Martin Dunay and wife, Cathy Dunay, Clarks Summit; six grandchildren, Anthony Wastella, Rachele Poveromo, Catherine Wastella, Julianne Dunay, Rhianna Dunay and Ricky Beccaloni; sisters, Helen Champi, Duryea; Irene Kosik, Dupont; brothers, Paul Dunay and sister-in-law, Anna Mae Dunay, Shelton, Conn.; Joseph Dunay, Enola; nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins and friends.

He will be remembered often, in a thousand different ways, in the morning with a cup of coffee, in the night working under the lights, by the water casting a hook, in the yard growing a garden and, in our hearts, forever.

His family would like to thank the staff and nurses at the Regional Hospital of Scranton and also the loving care of Dr. Linda Barrasse.

The funeral will be held Saturday with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 35 William St., Pittston, with the Rev. John Kulavich and the Rev. Phillip Sladicka officiating. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Duryea.

A viewing will be held Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bernard J. Piontek Funeral Home Inc., 204 Main St., Duryea.

Family and friends are asked to go directly to the church the morning of the funeral.

To leave a condolence for Martin's family, please visit the funeral home's website, www.piontekfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Care and Concern Ministries, 35 William St., Pittston, PA 18640.