Edith E. Jakubos

Edith E. Jakubos, 94, of Clarks Summit, PA, passed away on Saturday morning at Mid Valley Healthcare Center, Peckville. Her husband, Joseph Jakubos, Sr., passed away in 1986. In her final days, she was surrounded by the people she loved most: her children, grandchildren and dear family.

Born in Newton Township on August 12, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Anson and Lorraine Antoine Miller. She was raised in Newton Township and graduated from Newton-Ransom High School. Following her marriage to Joseph in 1951, Edith devoted her life to supporting her husband and raising their three sons and a daughter. She worked as a seamstress making draperies and curtains for her customers for twenty years. She also, alongside her husband, ran a roadside market up until her husband died in 1986, then she worked with her son, Joseph Jr., until 2023, when she retired at 91 years of age.

She loved playing pinochle all her life and especially enjoyed playing with her Widow Ladies Pinochle Club. She was an avid fan of the boys and girls of the Abington Heights Comets basketball teams. Edith was a member of Countryside Community Church.

Distinguishing characteristics of Edith's life were her loving commitment to her husband, her pride in her children, her delight in her grandchildren, and her devotion to friendships forged over her long life. Her legacy will be the loving traits and solid values she passed on to her children and grandchildren.

Cherishing her memory are two children, Theodore Jakubos of Newton Township and Joseph Jakubos, Jr. of Factoryville. She was also a beloved grandmother to ten grandchildren: Dawn and Matthew Hicks, Lori Ann and Robert Harris, Debi Jean Richards and Jonathan Cordell, Oliver Samuels Jakubos and Anna Bryant, Kendall Samuels Jakubos, and Haley Samuels Jakubos. Also, nine great grandchildren: James and Garrett Harris, Hope and Sophia Richards-Cordell, Christine Lavelle, Kimberly and Pat Sawyer, David Lavelle, and Margot Bryant-Jakubos. Also three great great grandchildren: Tyler and Landon Eremo and Domenic DeCicco. She is also survived by her sister, Vida Trivelpiece.

Edith was preceded in death by two children: Gerald Jakubos and Jean Richards; brothers Floyd, Loren, and Carl Miller; and sisters Florence Miller, Loraine Blachek Knight, and Elsie Sopinski.

Edith left instructions to thank Dr. Darlene Dunay for all the years she took care of her and for being not only a doctor, but also a great friend. She also wanted to thank Dr. Dodge and all the nurses at Mid Valley Health Care for all of the great care she was given.

A funeral will be held on Saturday at 11 am at Countryside Community Church, 14011 Orchard Drive, Newton Township, PA 18411. Friends may pay their respects from 9 am until the time of the service. Interment will follow at Newton Cemetery, Newton Township.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Countryside Community Church or the Newton-Ransom Volunteer Fire Company.

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