Alice Mae (Dow) Groblewski

WILKES-BARRE-Alice Mae (Dow) Groblewski, 83, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, surrounded by her loving daughters. Born in Riverdale, New Jersey on September 29, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Donald and Nellie (Turk) Dow. Prior to retiring, she was employed at the former Spinning Wheel, Wilkes-Barre. Alice was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Joseph Paul Groblewski, who passed away April 21, 1999; infant son, Joseph; brothers Donald “Sonny” Dow and Jack Sheffield; and a sister Virginia Montgomery. Surviving are her daughters, Alice C. Basile, Shavertown; Doreen G. Osmulski and her husband, Ed, Dallas; Myra A. Ditzel, Peoria, IL; Joann C. Reed and her husband, Jeff, Wyoming; 9 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Joan Jasulevitz, Eynon; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home, Inc., 465 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. Private interment will be held at the convenience of the family in Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming. Friends may call Thursday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Bible in 1st Corinthians teaches, “If I have not love, I am nothing“, and “the greatest gift is love.” That is what we daughters saw in our precious mother-the gift of love. She taught us by example, always reaching out her love to other people; touching many lives and receiving much love in return.