Arlene M. Merritt

Arlene M. Merritt , 81, Gordon, passed away unexpectedly on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024 at her residence.

Born on Preston Hill, she was a daughter of the late Clement and Margaret Quinn Kulenguskey. She had been employed as a clerk typist for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until her retirement.

Arlene was a devout Catholic having served as both a lector and Eucharist Minister for her parish church, St. Charles Borromeo, Ashland. She was a graduate of Butler High School, a member of The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Saint Ann's Guild of the parish, Ashland VFW, Frackville Area Senior Citizens and the Ashland Library. Arlene was an avid reader averaging two books a week for approximately 7,242 books over her lifetime. She loved traveling and spending time with her family at the beach.

She was preceded in death by her sister Margaret Chapman and brothers; Clement J. and James F. Kulenguskey.

Arlene is survived by her three daughters; Laura Merritt; Karen Merritt-Scully and her husband Joseph Scully; Jill Fisher and her fiancé Howard Watkins; her sister-in-law Mary Ann Kulenguskey; her grandchildren: Andrew Snyder, Jocelyn Merritt, Quinn Fisher, Kieran Fisher and Robert Watkins; nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Ashland, with Rev. Giuseppe Esposito, pastor, as the celebrant. Friends may call at the church on Monday evening April 1st from 5 until 7 p.m. and on Tuesday morning from 9 a.m. until time of mass. Interment will be in St. Vincent's Cemetery, Englewood, Frackville.

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Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, Girardville, is in charge of arrangements.