Jennifer "Jennie" Jane Wright, age 68, of 35 Second St., Tunkhannock, PA, passed away on Tuesday morning, June 5, 2012 at Tyler Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
Jennifer was born on May 27, 1944 in Towanda, PA the daughter of the late Irvin and Esther Anderson Wright.
Jennie graduated from Wyalusing Valley High School in 1962 and immediately entered the US Army. She was stationed in San Francisco and in Germany.
After leaving the service she worked in central Florida for Ben Hill Griffith Co. and in San Francisco for California Pellet Mill Co. before returning to Pennsylvania to work for Proctor and Gamble from 1980 until she retired in 2004.
Jennie enjoyed cooking, reading, gardening, and was always very generous toward her friends and family members. She was especially happy to recently welcome two great-granddaughters into the world.
Jennie is survived by her son, John C. Wright of Tunkhannock, PA; granddaughters Jaelin Wright of Fernandina Beach, FL and Tyan Repsher of Kingsland, GA; great-granddaughters Lilly Bazzell and Natalia Southers; sisters Doreen Potter of Wyalusing, PA and Marilyn Babcock and her husband Charles of Alabama; and niece Diane Seymour and her husband Gary of Towanda, PA. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her nephew Lanny Potter.
Family and friends may call at Sheldon Funeral Homes, Main St., Laceyville, PA on Friday, June 8, 2012 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Interment with Military Honors will be on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 11:00 AM with the Wyalusing Post 534 American Legion conducting the service.
Those wishing to make memorial donations may do so in Jennie's memory to Disabled American Veterans, 1720 Sanderson Ave, Scranton, PA 18509.