Gertrude Flanagan Strom

Gertrude Flanagan Strom, Dalton, died Saturday evening at The Gardens at Tunkhannock.  She was the widow of Garfield Thomas Strom.

Born in Pittston, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Gertrude Storz Flanagan.  She was a 1951 graduate of St. John the Evangelist High School in Pittston.  She attended Good Counsel College in White Plains, New York.  Gertrude was a member of Our Lady of the Abingtons Church and, prior to her marriage, worked for VEP Company in Richmond, Virginia.

Surviving are two daughters, Sharon Dolechek and her husband A.J. of Factoryville, and Ellen Strom and her husband John Thomas of Harrisburg; three grandchildren: Kyle Dolechek, Nikki Glowatch and her husband Eric, and John Thomas, Jr.; three great grandchildren: Riley Dolechek, Austin Glowatch, and Tyler Glowatch; a sister Joan Florey and her husband John; and a brother-in-law, David Blewett.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas and John Flanagan, and two sisters, Mary Hadley and Patricia Flanagan.

A memorial mass will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Abingtons Church, 700 W Main St., Dalton, PA 18414, with interment to follow in Fairlawn Cemetery, Dalton. The mass will also be live-streamed for anyone who is not able to attend.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Dalton Fire Company, 602 Bank St., Dalton, PA 18414, or to Our Lady of the Abingtons Church.

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