Adele R. (Matushik) Swiatek

Adele R. (Matushik) Swiatek, 97, Clarks Summit, died Sunday, June 12th.

Born and raised in Throop, she was a lifelong resident of the Scranton area. Her father, Peter Matushik, worked in the coal mines for over 40 years and her mother, Cecelia, was a homemaker.

After graduating from Throop High School in 1942, she worked for General Metal Fabricators making military cigarette lighters until 1946, then took a job working the candy counter and in the cash office at Woolworth's until getting married in 1952. Her marriage to Walter L. Swiatek, an Army veteran of World War II and an engineer at Daystrom (now Lockheed Martin), lasted until his death in 1999.

Mrs. Swiatek was a homemaker, raising three sons in Green Ridge and Clarks Summit, where they moved in 1959. She cultivated a large circle of diverse friends during her life. She was a Cub Scout den mother and an Abington Little League volunteer when her sons were younger and was an active parishioner for most of her adult life at Church of the Epiphany in Glenburn, where she counted the offering for over 20 years, served on the altar guild and hosted a home Bible study. She also was an elected poll worker in Clarks Summit for four terms and was proud to be named to the Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame for voting in 50 consecutive November elections. She became a baseball fan, attending Scranton Red Sox games in the 1930s and she picked up golf in middle age. In her later years she stayed up on current events, listening to WILK talk radio hosts Frank Andrews and Bob Cordaro.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Sue Swiatek, Jeff and Julie Dart Swiatek, and Jay and Patti Swiatek, and by four grandchildren: Molli Swiatek, Christopher Swiatek, Jonathan Swiatek and Virginia Greenlee.

Services will be 11 am on Saturday, June 25th at Church of the Epiphany, 25 Church Hill Road, Dalton, PA. Contributions may be made to the church.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., 418 S. State Street, Clarks Summit.