Carol Ann (Jones ) O'Malley's Obituary

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Carol Ann (Jones ) O'Malley

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June 9, 1948 - February 28, 2012

Jun 9, 1948 - Feb 28, 2012

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Carol Ann Jones O'Malley, 63, of Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre, and formerly of Tilbury Terrace, West Nanticoke, passed away unexpectedly early Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, 2012, at her home.

Born on June 9, 1948, in Nanticoke, she was a daughter of the late George G. and Jean M. Gloss Jones. She graduated from Nanticoke High School, Class of 1966, and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She also earned a BS degree in nursing from Wilkes College.

Carol enjoyed a long career as a registered nurse, first with the former Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, later at the former Nesbitt Hospital, Kingston, and with the Wyoming Valley Health Care System at General Hospital for over 25 years. She was nurse manager at Mercy Special Care Hospital, Nanticoke, for six years and most recently accepted the position of RN supervisor at the Timber Ridge Nursing Center, Plains Township.

She was a member of St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke, and had been a member of St. Francis of Assisi Church until its closing. At St. Francis she was a Eucharistic minister, CCD instructor and coordinator and served on the financial board. At Greater Nanticoke Area School District she was very active in the football and basketball booster clubs and had served as president and treasurer of the PTA. She currently served on the LCCC Nursing Advisory Board.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John J. O'Malley III, on Dec. 3, 1986.

Surviving are her beloved son, John J. (J.J.) O'Malley IV, Wilkes-Barre, and his girlfriend, Jaclyn Canterini; a sister, Jorja Jones Sukowaski, Scranton; nieces, Aubrey and Amy Sukowaski, Scranton; Michelle Pane, Dupont; and Lisa Allardyce, Moosic; a sister-in-law, Rosanne O'Malley Sedlak and her husband, Michael, Avoca; aunts and uncles; and cousins, including Michael Hudak, Joyce Hudak Itkin and Nancy Hudak Schultz.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. in St. Faustina Kowalska Parish/Holy Trinity Church, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke, with the Rev. James Nash, her pastor, officiating. Those attending are asked to go directly to the church Saturday morning.

Interment will follow in Hanover Green Cemetery, Hanover Township.

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