Bertha J. Holmes

Bertha J. Holmes, 79, of Dalton, died Thursday afternoon at Allied Hospice in Scranton. Her husband is John Holmes.  The couple have been married since 1984.  Her first husband, Raymond Finkler, died in 1982.

Born in Dalton, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Isabel Reyman Hetzel. Prior to retirement, she was a nurse's aid for the Ransom Convalescent Home, then later the Jewish Home of NEPA.  She was a member of the Dalton United Methodist Church.

Surviving are sons Raymond Finkler and wife Linda; daughters Laura Meyers and husband Jim, Lynn Ross, Lisa Hallock and companion Bill Shupp; stepson Glenn Holmes and wife Sondra; stepdaughters Alison Hollern and husband Bruce, Annette Zorka, and Amy Whittney and husband Stewart; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by brothers Charles, Walter, and Robert; and sisters Dorothy Smith, Anna and Mabel Bagg, and Alice Irving.

A funeral with services by Reverend Jean Blackie will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 418 S. State Street, Clarks Summit. Friends may call from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.. Interment will be private at the Shoemaker Cemetery, Dalton.