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Thursday, January 23, 2003 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 6A 





Agnes ``Babe'' Konopka, 81, of Second Street, Wyoming, died Tuesday at the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Born Sept. 4, 1921, in Wyoming, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and
Agnes (Warganin) Zavada. She was a 1940 graduate of Wyoming High School. She
was employed by Star Garment, Exeter, and was a member of the Cosmopolitan
Senior Citizens, Exeter, and St. John the Baptist Church, Pittston. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She was preceded in death by brother, Andrew. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are her husband, Jacob, Wyoming; son, Robert, Plains Township;
daughter, Mary Ann Harmanos, Bethlehem; six grandchildren; a great-grandchild;
brother, Jerry, Edgewater Park, N.J.; sisters, Dorothy Dzugan, Larksville;
Marie Cheskiewicz, Exeter; Jean De Angelo, Ocala, Fla.; and several nieces and
nephews. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday from Bednarski Funeral Home,
168 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at
St. John the Baptist Church, Pittston. Interment will be in St. Joseph's
Cemetery, West Wyoming. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. John the Baptist
School, Pittston. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Agnes ``babe'' Konopka