Mrs. Geraldine E. "Geri" Ciprich, age 87, of SR 6, Laceyville, PA (Black Walnut), passed away at Geisinger Community Medical Center, in Scranton, PA, on Saturday morning, November 19, 2016.

Geri was born in Tunkhannock, PA. on December 27, 1928 the daughter of the late, Thomas E. and Marian Herman Cook. After moving from the Tunkhannock area, to the Laceyville area, Geri was a graduate of the Laceyville High School, with the class of 1946. During her younger years, she was employed as a telephone operator in Laceyville, along with her mother and sister.

Geri married Ignatius F. "Ig" Ciprich, of Laceyville, and together they raised their family in Black Walnut, PA, until his death on November 26, 1988.

Throughout the years, Geraldine was a member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, of Meshoppen and Wyalusing, and was a past member of the Parish Alter and Rosary Society. She was also an active member of the Rought Hall Post # 510 American Legion Auxillary, of Black Walnut, PA. She was a member of the Laceyville Birthday Club; the Laceyville Oldest House Society, and in her spare time Geri enjoyed sewing; cooking; crocheting, and playing Bejeweled on her computer. Her best of times was spent being surrounded by her large family.

Surviving is her children, Thomas and his wife Janet Ciprich, of Sackets Harbor, NY; Jane and her husband Eugene Ryan, of Black Walnut, PA; Judy and her husband Graham Wheel, of Seattle, Wash.; and Robert Ciprich, of Covington, KY.

She is also survived by her grandchildren, Erin Gaspard, of Tunkhannock, PA; Toby Ciprich, of Myrtle Beach, SC; Janelle Rudock of Binghamton, NY; Jennifer Cavanaugh, of New Jersey; Michael Ryan of Black Walnut, PA and Derek Wheel of Seattle, Wash. As well as 6 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Cook; and a sister Anna Mae Jayne.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 10:00 AM from the Sheldon Funeral Homes, Main St., Laceyville, PA, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM at the St. Mary of the Assumption Church, of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, in Wyalusing, PA, with Fr. Joseph Manarchuck of the church officiating. Interment will be in the St. Joachim's Cemetery in Meshoppen, PA. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday evening, November 22, 2016, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Rosary Prayers will be on Tuesday evening at 8:30 PM at the funeral home.

Those wishing, in lieu of flowers, may make memorial donations to the Geisinger CMC Step Down Unit, 1800 Mulberry St, Scranton, PA or the Allied Services Integrated Health System, 475 Morgan Highway, Scranton, PA.

Online condolences may be made at www.sheldonfuneralhomes.com