Gene Cannella

Gene Cannella, Falls died Sunday morning surrounded by her family.  She was the widow of Martin D. Cannella who died on January 1, 2000.

Born in Washington D. C.; daughter of the late Charles H. and Louise M.  Plitt Beauverd.  She was a 1940 graduate of McKinley High School.  Before starting a family she was a typist and stenographer.

She was a church pianist for many years, also enjoying gardening, crafting and cooking.   Her greatest joy was her family who always came first.

Surviving are four sons, Paul and his wife Linda, Dalton, David and his wife Marland, Lake Winola, Marty, Meshoppen, and Charles and his wife Amy, Falls; six daughters, Anna Cannella, Wisconsin, Marie Arndt and her husband Dwain, Bartonsville,  Sarah Wainman and her husband Rick, Illinois, Rose Smith and her husband Steve, Falls, Ruth Voorhees and her husband Randy, Falls and Louise Kent, Lake Winola; 34 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild, nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by a sister Mildred Smith.

A funeral service will be held on Thursday at 7pm from the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit .  Friends may call on Thursday from 5 until the time of the service.  A graveside service will be Friday at 10am in the Fairview Cemetery, Lake Winola.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Care Net Pregnancy Center, 512 Towne Plaza, SR 6, Ste 112, Tunkhannock, PA 18657 , PA for Human Life Scranton Chapter, 400 Wyoming Ave. Scranton, PA  18503 or the Smile Train, 633 Third Avenue 9 ^th Floor, New York, New York 10017 .

To leave an online condolence, visit the funeral home website.