Mary Ann Sledzinski

Mary Ann Sledzinski, 79, a lifelong resident of Scranton, died Tuesday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. She was preceded in death by her former husband, Michael Sledzinski Jr., in 1984.

Born in West Scranton on May 16, 1935, daughter of the late John and Beatrice Bienick Pivovarnik, Mary Ann was a graduate of West Scranton High School. For 17 years before her retirement, she worked as a welder for the Trane Co. in Dunmore. She was a longtime member of Immaculate Conception Church in Scranton's Hill Section. An avid gardener, her family also has fond memories of their years volunteering together with their mother for Allied Services. A beloved mother, sister and grandmother, she will forever be missed by all of those who loved her.

She is survived by her children, Michael Sledzinski, Scranton; Ruth O'Neil and husband, Tom, Lake Ariel; Janice Muskey and companion, Joe Barry, Taylor; Karen Roberts and companion, Mike McConnell, Scranton; and Judy Kermidas, Scranton; siblings, Joseph Pivovarnik, Helen Panek, Diana Jacobe, Barbara Gilbride, Sue Miller and Beatrice Burkhart; six grandchildren; a great-grandson; many nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Sledzinski, on Oct. 8, 2009; and a brother, John Pivovarnik.

The funeral will be today at 9:15 a.m. from the Kevin K. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 125 N. Main Ave., Scranton, with a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in Immaculate Conception Church, 801 Taylor Ave., Scranton, to be celebrated by the Rev. Patrick J. McLaughlin. Interment will follow at Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton.

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