Regina “Mickey” Burcha, 95 of Plains Township, and a longtime resident of Georgetown, passed away Thursday evening, October 27, 2022 at Allied Services Hospice, Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, with her daughter Cindi at her side.

Born in the Georgetown section of Wilkes-Barre on May 15, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Victoria (Zakrosky) Rydzfski.

Mickey attended Wilkes-Barre Township schools and was employed by the Wilkes-Barre Area School District as a crossing guard.  She was a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre.

She was preceded in death by her husband George Burcha on June 9, 1996, sisters Charlotte Rydzfski, Mary Ann Mrackoski, Theodora Crissafulli, Norma Kuzemko, and Janet Sterling, brothers Bernard and Edward Rydzfski and Matthew and Joseph Komelski, and son-in-law Dave Pape.

Surviving are her daughter Cindi Pape, Plains, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held Monday, October 31, 2022 at 9:30 am at the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street, Plains, PA  18705, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, PA  18702, with Father John S. Terry, Pastor, officiating.  Interment will be held in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township.  Family and friends may call Sunday afternoon from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the funeral home.