Dolores Chipego

April 8, 2004

Mrs. Dolores (Dolly) Chipego, 64, of Meadowbrook Drive, Swoyersville, passed away on Thursday evening at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, following a brief illness, surrounded by her family.
Born in Swoyersville, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Genevieve (Ratowski) Aritz. She graduated from Swoyersville High School, class of 1958. She also attended Wilkes-Barre Vocational School and was in the L.P.N. program.
She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend. She resided in Swoyersville for most of her life other than a few years in Downingtown, Pa. She had formerly been employed as an administrative assistant for Butler Balancing Company in Downingtown and earlier as a legal secretary for Attorney Frank Aritz, her brother.
She was a member of Holy Name/Saint Mary's Parish Community, Swoyersville.
Surviving are her husband of 42 years, John (Chip) Chipego; daughter, Jeannie Baur, Larksville; sons, Jack and his wife, Naida, of East Windsor, N.J., and Frank and his fiancee, Tracey, East Windsor, N.J.; four grandchildren, Jennifer and Matthew Chipego and Michael and Abigail Baur; sister, Margaret Sieminski, Swoyersville; brothers, Dominick and his wife, Jean Aritz, Trucksville, and Frank and his wife, Jane Aritz, Swoyersville; and her brother-in-law, Albert and his wife, Andrea Chipego, Newtown, Pa.
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Hugh B. Hughes & Son, Inc., Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, with the Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Holy Name/Saint Mary's Church, Swoyersville, with Father Louis Grippe, officiating. The interment will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Swoyersville.
Friends may call on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Memorial contributions, if desired, can be made to the Guillian-Barre Syndrome Foundation International, P.O. Box 262, Wynnewood, PA 19096.