Dorothy Hossler

KINGSTON — Dorothy Hossler, of East Walnut Street, Kingston, died peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Felix and Ethel Koscielski of Wilkes-Barre. A graduate of Coughlin High School, she resided in the Wyoming Valley her entire life, the last 60 years in Kingston where she was a member of St. Ignatius of Loyola Church, Kingston. Prior to retirement, she was as an administration assistant for Leslie Fay in Wilkes-Barre for 18 years. After retirement, she focused on spoiling her adult children and grandchildren in many ways, including frequently making culinary delights such as her famous coleslaw, cranberry mold, red and white baked macaroni and cheese, strawberry slup-pie and Texas sheet cake.

She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert M. Hossler; sisters Florence Koscielski, Mae Kowalski and Eleanor Gordon; and brothers Joseph, Richard and Robert; as well as son-in-law William Pfeiffer. Dorothy is survived by her son, Robert J. Hossler and wife Kathleen, of Smyrna, Del.; daughters Gail Pfeiffer, of Apalachin, N.Y., and Carol Lojewski and husband Chad, of Shavertown; sister Carole Ferruggiaro, of Gwynn, Va.; as well as grandchildren John, Brian, Maureen, Sara, Laurel and Drew; and many nieces and nephews, including Mary Ellen Delbalso, of Wilkes-Barre.

Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christina Burial at 9 a.m. Dec. 22, 2018, in St. Ignatius Parish, 339 N. Maple Ave., Kingston. Interment will be in Oaklawn Cemetery, Hanover Township.

Funeral services are entrusted to the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, Forty Fort.

Dorothy became a Penn State fan after having both a child and grandchild attend the university, so in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to THON, the largest student-run philanthropy in the world that benefits childhood cancer, 227 Hetzel Union Building, University Park, PA 16802, or online at www.thon.donordrive.com.

For more information or to send the family an online condolence, visit the funeral home website at www.hughbhughes.com.