Bernadine T. Hutz, 84 of Bear Creek, passed away Saturday evening, March 28, 2015, at her home.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Andrew & Anna (Yencha) Check.

Bernadine was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, and was employed by F.W. Woolworth, Wilkes-Barre, and worked in the Cafeteria at Sacred Heart Slovak School, North Wilkes-Barre.

She was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Slovak Church, North End section of Wilkes-Barre until his merger with St. Andre Bessette Parish, North Wilkes-Barre, and a member of the Ladies Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union.

She was preceded in death by her husband Walter Hutz, Jr. on August 14, 2012, brothers Bernie, Joseph, Andrew, Edward, and George Check, sisters Anna Castner, Rita Kearney, and Thelma Check.

Surviving are her daughter Cheryl Schattan and her husband Glenn, Shrewsbury, PA, sister Theresa Olshemski, Wilkes-Barre, and her brother Thomas “Butchie” Check, Allentown, several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 10:00 am at St. Andre Bessette Parish, 666 North Main St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705. Interment will be held in Sacred Heart Slovak Cemetery, Dorchester Avenue, Dallas, PA 18612. Friends and family may call Saturday morning from 9:00 am until the time of mass.

Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street Plains, PA 18705.