Elizabeth A. Michaels

Betty Yuhas was born on April 30, 1929, in Swoyersville. She attended Holy Trinity Grade School and graduated from Swoyersville High School in 1947, where she was a majorette.

Following graduation, she worked in Laros for several years before relocating to Philadelphia to work as a practical nurse in Doctors Hospital. Betty cherished her time at the hospital, where she worked in the nursery, tending to the needs of newborn babies. The caregiving skills she acquired stayed with her throughout her life.

During Betty's 84 years on earth, she lived in Ohio, California, New Jersey and New York. In all her travels, she always created and maintained a warm and loving home for her four children. The last 15 years of her life were spent in Swoyersville, where she lived in the family homestead, a place she truly loved.

Not a day went by that Betty didn't laugh, enjoy and give thanks for her life. She was always able to find the good in everyone and everything. When it came to her four children, she was a selfless caregiver until the end of her life.

Betty passed into eternal rest while in the arms of her daughter, Mary Ann, and her son, Paul, on July 10, 2013. She was greeted by her mother, Anna Schlossar Yuhas; her father, Stephen (Peggy) Yuhas; her brothers, Johnny, Junior and Jimmy; and her many relatives and friends.

Betty is survived by Walter Michaels, whom she married in 1954; her four loving children, Mary Ann Youngblood and her husband, Paul; Walter and his wife, Carmela; Mark and his wife, Mary Ellen; and Paul and his wife, Terriann; her eight grandchildren, Daniel, Samantha, Nicole, Emily, Victoria, Grace, Maxwell and Matthew. Betty was lovingly called "GB" by the kids because she was their dear and giving Grammie Betty. Also surviving are her sisters, Anna Mae Batory and Doris Sickler; and her sister-in-law, Mary Jule Yuhas.

Betty's family offers very special thanks to Drs. Mario Adajar and Erik F. Kruger as well as to Kristol, a terrific registered nurse in the intensive care unit at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

A private funeral service was held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Swoyersville. Her pallbearers were her three sons, Walter, Mark and Paul; her grandson, Daniel; her son-in-law, Paul; and her adopted son from West Islip, N.Y., Dave Efron. Betty's granddaughters, Emily and Samantha, read from scripture, and her grandchildren, Victoria and Matthew, presented the gifts of bread and wine. She was eloquently eulogized by her granddaughter, Nicole.

Donations in Betty's memory may be made to the American Heart and Stroke Association, www.stroke.org.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the care of the Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort.

For additional information or to send the family an online message of condolence, visit the funeral home's website, www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com.