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Thomas Edward Savage, 74, of Bear Creek Township, passed away
peacefully Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at the Geisinger Wyoming
Valley Hospital, Plains, following an illness.
Born on March 26, 1938, in the Miners-Mills section of Wilkes-Barre,
he was son to Jacob and Constance Doblis Savage. As a child, he
attended local Wilkes-Barre area schools. He then began a career at
Prestige Shoes, Wilkes-Barre. He started as a leatherman, then a
cutting room foreman, and then a supervisor until its closure. Thomas
then became a heavy machine operator at the Eureka Stone Quarry Inc.
Tom was a member of the Plains American Legion, Post 558, and a member
of the Hudson Servicemen Club. He was a member of St. Benedict's
Community Parish, Parsons. He was happily married to the former Helen
Belcher for fifty-three wonderful years. He was preceded in death by
his brother Walter.
Surviving is his wife Helen, at home; daughter Darlene Farber and
her husband John, Myrtle Beach, SC; Tammy Soreth and her husband
Carmen, Tom's River, NJ; brothers Jacob and his wife Leonna, Luzerne;
Lawrence and his wife Rose, Miners-Mills; Allen and his wife Marge,
Plains; sister Patsy Parks and her husband Kevin, West Wyoming;
grandchildren James Weigand, Philadelphia; Joshua Thomas, Bear Creek;
Jessica Stucker, Georgia; Brianna Soreth, Tom's River, NJ; great
grandchildren Serenity Stucker; Jenna Coley; Joshua Thomas Jr.;
Julianne Coley; several nieces and nephews; and his beloved friends
Joni Belcher, and Bernadine Clark.
Thomas's calling hours will be on Friday, November 2, from 5:00 to
8:00pm at the Mark V. Yanaitis Funeral Home, 55 Stark Street, Plains,
PA. Funeral Services will be private and held at the convenience of
the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the S.P.C.A.,
524 East Main Street, Fox Hill Road, Plains, Pa, 18705. Condolences
and directions can be accessed at www.yanaitisfuneralhome.com.
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