Born: July 12, 1927
Died: March 04, 2010
Services: Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral which will be conducted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 9:30 AM from the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 AM in Holy Name/Saint Mary’s Church, 283 Shoemaker Street, Swoyersville, with the Reverend William J. Karle, her pastor, officiating.
Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Memorial Shrine Burial Park, Carverton.
Visitation: Family and Friends may call on Monday, March 8, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the funeral home.
The Confraternity of Christian Mothers of Holy Name/Saint Mary’s Church will recite the Rosary on Monday evening at 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Marion Alice Martorana, 82, formerly of Oak Street, Forty Fort, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, March 4, 2010, surrounded by her family at the home of her daughter, Patrice Warren, in Kingston.
Her beloved husband was the late Michael Martorana, who passed away on November 1, 1978.
Born on July 12, 1927 in Kingston, Marion was the daughter of the late Charles White and the late Veronica (Bujnarowski) White Hartz. Marion was raised in Forty Fort and had resided there most of her life.
Marion was a graduate of the former Forty Fort High School, Class of 1945. She later went on to further her education at Temple University, Philadelphia, where she received her degree in nursing.
Prior to her retirement in 1972, Marion was employed for many years by the Sperry Rand Corporation. In her earlier years, Marion was employed as a registered nurse, working for numerous doctors throughout the local area and also working as a private duty nurse. Also in her earlier years, Marion was employed as an account payable clerk for the United States Treasury Department.
A woman of faith, Marion was a member of Holy Name/Saint Mary’s Parish Community, Swoyersville. Also, Marion was a member of her parish’s Confraternity of Christian Mothers.
Marion served as past treasurer for the Forty Fort Women Republicans.
In addition to her husband, Michael and her parents, Charles and Veronica, Marion was also preceded in death by her step-father, Edward J. Hartz.
Marion is survived by her daughter, Patrice Warren, of Kingston; her grandchildren, David Shane Balester and Jessica Alice Frey; her great-granddaughter, Kaylee Jade Sarubbi; her brother, Charles John White, of San Jose, CA; numerous nieces and nephews.
Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral which will be conducted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 9:30 AM from the Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 AM in Holy Name/Saint Mary’s Church, 283 Shoemaker Street, Swoyersville, with the Reverend William J. Karle, her pastor, officiating.
Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Memorial Shrine Burial Park, Carverton.
Family and Friends may call on Monday, March 8, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at the funeral home.
The Confraternity of Christian Mothers of Holy Name/Saint Mary’s Church will recite the Rosary on Monday evening at 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
For additional information or to send the family of Marion Martorana an online message of condolence, you may visit our web-site www.wroblewskifuneralhome.com.
Memorials: Memorial Contributions may be made in Marion’s memory to Saint Ann’s Basilica, 1233 Saint Ann’s Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18504 or to Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702.
Cemetery: Memorial Shrine Burial Park, Carverton (Map)
Location: Wroblewski Funeral Home (Map)
Church: Holy Name/Saint Mary's Church (Map)
