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Altha "Toni" Swelgin (Salanis)

June 20, 1937 - January 8, 2017

Service Date: January 12, 2017

Funeral Home Corcoran Funeral Home Inc

Cemetery St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery

Church Saints Peter and Paul Church

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Altha “Toni” Swelgin, 79 of the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Sunday morning, January 8, 2017 at Riverstreet Manor Nursing Home, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Plains Township, she was the daughter of the Joseph and Mary (Usdavin) Salanis.

Toni was a graduate of Plains Memorial High School, Class of 1955, and was employed as a seamstress for Leslie Fay, until her retirement. She loved to cook and bake and received a degree in Culinary Arts from Luzerne County Community College. She was a member of Saints Peter & Paul Church, Plains.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph W. Swelgin, Jr. on January 28, 2001, her daughter Nancy Hamm Swelgin, and her sister and brothers.

Surviving are her daughter Patty Krushnowski, Wilkes-Barre, grandsons Jude Krushnowski and his wife Fio, Cory Krushnowski, and Sean Krushnowski and his companion Judee Kalenkoski, great-grandson Alex Krushnowski, nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 9:00 am at the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street, Plains, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 am in Saints Peter & Paul Church, 13 Hudson Road, Plains, PA 18705. Interment will be held in St. Francis Cemetery, Plains, at the convenience of the family.

Friends may call Thursday morning from 8:00 am till 9:00 am at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to The S.P.C.A. of Luzerne County, 524 E. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.

Contact

Phone 570-823-1358
Fax 570-829-6699

Address

20 South Main St.
Plains, PA 18705

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