Violet M. Shumski

ARCHBALD — Violet Mary Shumski, 90, formerly of Archbald, entered into eternal rest on Feb. 23, 2015, at Timber Ridge Health Care Center, Wilkes-Barre. She was the wife of the late Adam "Eddie" Shumski.

Born in Eynon on July 27, 1924, she was a daughter of the late John Misko and Olga (Howanitz) Misko.

She was a graduate of Archbald High School and Hoyt School of Practical Nursing. She was a devoted wife, mother, homemaker and a woman of great faith who spent much of her life taking care of others. She was an excellent cook and baker who was well-known for her delicious soups and the wonderful variety of cookies she made for everyone. Her other interests included crocheting and gardening.

She greatly enjoyed spending time with her family and will be forever missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her son, Anthony Shumski; and brothers, Vincent Misko and John Misko.

She is survived by her son, John Shumski and his wife, Rosemary, York; daughter, Valerie Boytin and her husband, Richard, Hunlock Creek; son, Vincent Shumski, York; grandchildren, Alexander Shumski, Pittsburgh, Jane Thomas and her husband, Patrick, Charlotte, North Carolina, Adam Shumski, York, Jennifer Shumski, Scranton, Damian Shumski and his wife, Wendi, Lake Ariel; step-grandchildren, Richard Boytin and his fiancee, Jamie Casey, Ashley, Bryan Boytin and his wife, Alicia, Rocklin, California; great-grandchildren, Johnathan Sureth, Scranton, Katarina and Victoria Shumski, Lake Ariel; step-great-grandchildren, Maxwell and Ava Boytin, Rocklin, Richard and Madelyn Boytin, Ashley; great-great-grandchild, Antonio Sureth, Scranton,; sister, Ann Marie Mahalik and her husband, Robert, Carrolton, Texas; and daughter-in-law, Joanne Shumski, Scranton.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Christ the King Parish, 429 Church St., Archbald. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Harrison's Funeral Home, 374 S. Main St., Archbald.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Alzheimer's Association or Timber Ridge Health Care Center.