W/o Walter F. Bittner

This obituary is from the Sunday, January 3, 2010 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Lillian M. Bittner
Seamstress was devoted wife and mother
Lillian M. Bittner, 89, of 211 Duval St., Berwick, concluded her journey in this life at 9:55 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, in the Berwick Hospital Center with her family by her side.
Born in Berwick, April 21, 1920, a daughter of the late Stanley and Daisie Kishbaugh Remley, she lived her entire life in the Berwick and Nescopeck area. A devoted wife and mother, she was also a seamstress.
A member of First United Church of Christ, Nescopeck, and the Ladies Aid Society at the church, she loved to be with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Walter F. Bittner, who died Feb. 2, 1982; a daughter, Margaret "Peggy" Barski, who died Jan. 15, 2004; brothers: Arthur and Richard Remley; and sisters: Anna Mary Eveland and Ellen DiPasquale.
Lillian will be remembered by her daughter, Susan Karchner, and husband, Marlin, with whom she resided; grandchildren: Kris Barski, Kentucky; Scott Karchner and wife, Barbara, Berwick; Matthew Karchner and wife, Terry, Berwick; Stephanie Kelchner and husband, Sonny, Berwick; Michele Silvetti and husband, Jay, Berwick; 13 great-grandchildren; four step great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; brother, Terry Remley, and wife, Mary, Berwick; sisters: Alice Kemmerer, Nescopeck; Annetta Bankus, Berwick; Dorothy Remley, Berwick; Kay Creveling, Berwick; and Sandra Knorr and husband, John Berwick. "Always in our hearts."
Entrusted to the care of the Heller Funeral Home, Nescopeck, where services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Richard Dennison, her pastor, presiding. She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Elan Memorial Park, Lime Ridge. Calling hours on Monday from 7-9 p.m. Family will provide all the flowers.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Memorial Fund of First United Church of Christ, 832 E. Third St., Nescopeck, PA 18635.