Lorraine M. Skapura

WILKES-BARRE Lorraine M. (Feist) Skapura, 80, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011 in Timber Ridge Health Care Center, Plains Township. Born in Wilkes-Barre on August 18, 1930, she was a daughter of the late John K. and Margaret (McCarthy) Feist. Lorraine graduated from G.A.R. High School in 1947.She resided most of her life in Mountain Top. She was a member of the former First Primitive Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Business College and was formerly employed as a secretary by Dana Perfumes Corporation, Mountain Top and previously by Fowler, Dick and Walker, Wilkes-Barre. Lorraine married her late husband of 38 years, John Skapura on September 4, 1954. Lorraine loved traveling with her late husband, John. She enjoyed spending time with her family and attending family picnics at the cottage in Mountain Top. She was an avid shopper and enjoyed shopping for shoes and hand bags. In her later years, she was an avid bingo player. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Skapura; brother Jack Feist; sister Margaret Murray and niece, Emily Shortz. Surviving are her stepchildren Rita and John Skapura; 3 step grandchildren; brother Emil Feist, Sr. and his wife, Dianne, Wilkes-Barre; sister Emily Shortz and her husband Tom, Wilkes-Barre; sister-in-law Joanne Feist, Wilkes-Barre; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Kniffen O’Malley Funeral Home, Inc., 465 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre. The Reverend Carol E. Coleman will officiate. Friends may call Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Private interment will be held at the convenience of the family in Oak Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 63 North Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.