Theresa A. Hammer

Theresa Ann (Zoranski) Hammer, 56, passed away, Tuesday, December 11, 2007, in Plano, Texas, after a long and valiant battle with breast cancer.
Born October 16, 1951 to Frank and Mary Zoranski in Nanticoke, she graduated from Nanticoke Area High School, as well as Bloomsburg University with a bachelor and master’s degree in elementary education.
She was formerly a teacher in the Daniel Boone School District, Birdsboro, Pa., as well as for Plano ISD, Plano, Texas.
A 25-year member of Sweet Adelines, Theresa formally sang with the Lehigh Valley Chorus, Allentown, and the Farmington Valley Chorus, Farmington, Conn.
She was a member of the award winning Rich-Tone Chorus, Richardson, Texas for the past 18 years.
She was an active member of Custer Road UMC in Plano, where she had been a care minister, a facilitator of the breast cancer support group, and a worship team music leader at the Waterford Retirement Home.
For many years, Theresa was a Reach to Recovery volunteer for the American Cancer Society, as well as a driver for the Collin County Meals on Wheels program.
She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Gary; as well as three sons, Matthew and his wife, Jacqueline, of Lewisville, Texas, Christopher and his wife, Heather, of Dallas, Texas, and Michael and his wife, Amy, of Dallas, Texas.
The latest delights of her life were her three grandchildren, Thomas, Lilli and Paige Hammer.
She is also survived by her mother, Mary, of Glen Lyon; two brothers, Bernard Zoranski and his wife, Janet, of Mountain Top, and Frank Zoranski and his wife, Marianne, of Hanover Township; her father and mother-in-law, William and Elaine Hammer, of Elizabethtown, Pa.; two brothers-in-law, James Hammer and his wife, Nancy, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Robert Hammer and his wife, Wendy, of Manheim, Pa.; two nieces and eight nephews.
Many thanks are extended to the numerous friends who were always available to encourage her and the family.
A memorial and celebration service will be held on Friday, Dec. 21 in the Custer Road United Methodist Church, 6601 Custer Road, Plano, Texas. A memorial Mass will also be held locally at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 in St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, 226 S. Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may greet the family prior to the Mass.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Theresa’s memory to the Young Singers Foundation of Sweet Adelines, P.O. Box 470168, Tulas, OK 74147, Community Hospice of Texas at www.chot.org , or a charity of the donors’ choice.