Beverly G. Singer

Beverly G. Singer, 83, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.

Born in Wilkes-Barre on March 27, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Elizabeth (Bell) Swick. She was a graduate of Hanover High School.

Beverly was a member of Puritan Congregational Church, Wilkes-Barre. She was also a member of the peer committee and residents' council at River Street Manor.

Prior to retiring, she was employed by Hanover Bank, where she worked as a proof operator.

Beverly loved spending time with and caring for her grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Arthur R. Singer Jr., who passed away on April 27, 2008; and her infant daughter, Tricia Singer, who passed away in 1971.

Surviving are her daughters, Bonnie Rice and her husband, John, Forty Fort, and Beth Rapson and her husband, Mark, Wilkes-Barre; five grandchildren, Jason Rice and his wife, Lauren; Beth Rice; Lindsey Shook and her husband, John; Mark Rapson and his wife, Sarah; and Scott Rapson; great-grandchildren, Eleni and Evan Paximadas, Ruby Shook and Bailey and Ben Musial.

The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Kniffen O'Malley Funeral Home, 465 S. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Jim Wilbur officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Residents' Council Fund, Riverstreet Manor, 440 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.

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