Dolores Labate

Dolores L. Labate, 82, of South Heidelberg Township, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at 12:15 p.m. in Penn State Health-St. Joseph Hospital.

She was the wife of the late Rocco Labate, who passed away March 20, 1996. Born in Reading, Mrs. Labate was the daughter of the late Stanley B. and Mary (Wisneski) Nowotarski.

She was employed at AT&T as an assembler.

Mrs. Labate enjoyed cooking, dancing and vacationing with her family to Disney World and Williamsburg,

Virginia.

She was a loving mother to her son, William A. Labate, with whom she last resided, and a loving sister to Cecelia Mullen, of Birdsboro, and Lorraine Overley, wife of

Benjamin Overley Sr., of Mount Penn, and was loved by her nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Labate was preceded in death by her siblings:

Mildred Gagliano, Edward, John, Stanley Jr., Eugene,

Bernard and Clarence Nowotarski.

The family of Mrs. Labate will receive relatives and friends in Bean Funeral Home, 3825 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring, Monday, November 28, 2016, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Graveside service will be held in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in the spring of 2017.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The

National Kidney Foundation Finance Department, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10016, or Alzheimer's

Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001, in memory of Mrs. Dolores L. Labate.

Online condolences may be made at www.beanfuneralhomes.com.