Rose Ann Wayne

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Rose Ann Wayne , 77, Girardville resident, passed away peacefully Sunday morning at the home of her daughter in Frackville, with her family by her side.

Born in Ashland, she was a daughter of the late Peter J. and Marie C. (Winters) Cress. She had worked in several area factories as a seamstress. She was also a secretary for Ultimate Home Health Care and later worked as a secretary for Pennsylvania District Court System in the office of Magistrate Kilker.

Rose was an honor graduate of the former Immaculate Heart High School, member of the Ladies of the AOH and Red Hats both of Girardville and volunteered as PTA basketball coach. She had a passion for baking and loved decorating cakes but most of all she enjoyed spending as much time as she could with her family whom she loved so much.

She was preceded in death by her first husband James J. Burke; her second husband Raymond H. Wayne; granddaughter Mackenzie Rose; brothers: Peter James Cress, Joe Cress and her sister Elizabeth Cress.

Rose is survived by her son, James "Jim" and his wife Bridget Burke, Fountain Springs; her three daughters: Kathleen and her husband Joseph Stepulaitis, Jacksonville, FL; Liz, wife of John Roberts, Frackville and Kristin, wife of Michael Murphy, Smithsburg, MD; her brother Charles "Chucky" Cress and his wife Marie, Ashland and her sister Marie McCabe and her husband Gerald, Ashland; her grandchildren; Katelyn, Joseph, Michael, Greg, Avery, Nolan, Caden, Kailey and Ryan; her great-grandchildren: Garhett, Theodore and Noah; also by several nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, September 20th at 10 a.m. in St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Girardville with Rev. Guency Isaac, pastor, as the celebrant. Friends may call on Friday, September 19th at the Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, Girardville, from 6 to 8 p.m. and again on Saturday morning from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers the family prefers masses for Rose or donations, in Rose's name, be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 Saint Jude Pl, Memphis, Tennessee 38105

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