Obituary of Mary Beth Hanas

Mary Beth Hanas, 91, of the Hudson section of Plains Township, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday morning, following an illness. Born October 24, 1920 in the Hilldale section of Plains Township, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Pomytla Satanick. She moved from Hilldale to Hudson after her marriage to Joseph (Connie) Hanas. She was a life-long member of the former St. Joseph Church, Hudson and currently a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains. Mary graduated from Plains Memorial High School in 1938 and continued her education at Empire Beauty School where she became a certified cosmetologist. She was employed at Steffie Mack Beauty Shop in Wilkes-Barre. She had also worked for the Westinghouse Division in Newark, New Jersey and several other factories in the area prior to her retirement. Mary loved going to the ocean and spent many wonderful summer vacations in Ocean City, Maryland, with her son Jerome and her grandchildren Liz and Kris. She also loved to play bingo, going on an occasional trip to the casino and was an avid Yankee baseball fan. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph (Connie) on March 1, 1994; her son Jerome (Jerry) on September 30, 2005; brothers John, Joseph and Frank Satanick. Surviving are granddaughters Elizabeth and Kristina; great-grandchildren Jayden and Kayla Brown, Ashlyn and Brayden Hanas; nieces and nephews; her good friend and hair-dresser Nancy Piccollotti and her neighbors Martin and Joseph Flaherty, who were like sons to her and took care of her for many years before her death. Mary's funeral will be conducted on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. from the Mark V. Yanaitis Funeral Home, 55 Stark Street, Plains, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hudson. Friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.