Obituary of Marjorie G. Kloran

Marjorie Kloran, 88, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Friday morning, July 15, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, Pa. She was born April 23, 1923 in Williamsport, Pa, to the late Cyril and Mildred (Thomas) Darrow and lived most of her childhood in Shavertown. She served as a Wave in the Navy at Sampson, New York during World War II as a Dental Technician. In 1946 she and her husband, the late Thomas Kloran Jr. moved to Luzerne to raise their family. In 1980 they moved to Lake Carey where the whole family spent many enjoyable years. After her husband passed away in 1996, Marge moved into the Tioga Terrace Apartments where she spent most of her time visiting with her friends. Marge was a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church and the Wyoming County Senior Citizens Center, where she spent many hours with friends at the craft classes. Besides her parents and her husband, she was also predeceased by a son, Thomas Kloran III, who was killed in action in 1968 in Vietnam, a sister, Beatrice Gordon, Dallas, Pa., and a brother, Walter Darrow, Shavertown, Pa. She is survived by a son, Harold Kloran of New Orleans, La., two daughters, Linda Harding, Dandridge, Tn., and Patricia Glaush, Tunkhannock, Pa., Grandchildren, Frank Glaush III, NJ , Becki Potsko, Tunkhannock, Cheryl Malis, David Harding, and Jeff Harding all of Florida, and Great-Grandchildren, Colby Yurksza, Abby Yurksza, and Makayla Potsko, Tunkhannock, Brandon and Blake Tapasak and Brittany Harding, all of Florida. She is also survived by two brothers, Harold Darrow, Dallas, Pa. and Robert Darrow, Ephrata, Pa. Services will be at 11 am on July 19th from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home, 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. The family will receive friends from 10 am until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be made to The Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.