Transcription Monday (Amanuensis): Obituary of Anna (Kristofik) Dolinsky

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Mrs. Anna Dolinsky

Mrs. Anna Dolinsky, 75, of 102 West Columbus Avenue, Nesquehoning, died this morning at 4:15 o'clock in the Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Lehighton.  She had been hospitalized one week.

Born in Czechoslovakia, she came to this country 62 years ago.  She was a member of St. John's Slovak Lutheran church, Lansford.

Her husband, Paul Dolinsky, died in 1937.

Surviving are the following children: John, at home; Mrs. Christine Miranda of Nesquehoning; Miss Alzbeth Dolinsky of Allentown; Mrs. Susan Hollick and Martin of Jersey City, N.J., and Paul of Astoria, Long Island; 12 grandchildren.

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Death Notice

DOLINSKY--Mrs. Anna of 102 West Columbus Avenue, Nesquehoning, in the Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Lehighton, Tuesday, March 31, 1959.  Funeral at 1:30 p.m. with further services in St. John's Slovak Lutheran Church Lansford with the Rev. John Kovacik, pastor, officiating.  Internment in Slovak Lutheran cemetery, Nesquehoning. Friends may call Wednesday 4 p.m. until time of funeral.  JOseph E. Sniscak, funeral director.

Note:  The above details are all correct except that she arrived in the U.S. in 1899 not 1897.  As a child, my great-uncle John still owned that house and I was in it several times.