Jeanette Heller

Jeanette Heller, 91, of Clarks Summit died April 19 ^th at Allied Services Hospice.  She was the widow of Alfred Heller, Jr., who died in 2004.  The couple married in 1950.

Born in Dunmore, she was the daughter of the late James Davis, Sr. and Ethelyn (Evans) Davis.  She was a graduate of Newton-Ransom High School and Lackawanna Business School.  Prior to her retirement, she worked for Bell Telephone in Scranton.

She was a member of Countryside Community Church in Newton Township and the former Milwaukee United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher and superintendent.  She also served the church for decades as a choir member, choir director, and organist.  Jeanette was also a beloved Girl Scout leader for many years.  She will be lovingly remembered as a spitfire who didn't sugarcoat how she felt, yet whose 4'10" frame held an enormous heart.

Surviving are daughter, Susan Schaffer and her partner Bill Franklin; sons Donald Heller and wife Laura and William Heller and wife Cheryl; grandchildren Alyssa Carnegie, Becky and Rob Schaffer, Rachel McDonald, Ben Heller, Darren and Cory Heller; great grandchildren Maddy, Lochlain, Declan, and Ailey McDonald and Lucas Schaffer; sister Hazel Keyes and brothers Bruce Davis, Sr. and Gary Davis; several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Marilyn Kline, brother James Davis, Jr., and son-in-law Bradley Schaffer.

A funeral will be on Saturday at 2:00 pm from Countryside Community Church, 14011 Orchard Dr., Newton Township.  Friends may call at the church on Saturday from noon until the time of the service.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Countryside Community Church.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit PA.