`off She Went' 
Deployment Day For Area Military Units 
Tears, Hugs Mark Goodbyes For Iraq-bound Troops

Area's Shift To Service Continues 
Manufacturing Jobs Steadily Lose Ground In Northeastern Pennsylvania

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December 31, 2003 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Verna (Veronica) Zapotok, 93, formerly of Lyndwood, Hanover Township, died
Wednesday in Fort Collins, Colo. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; She was born Feb. 23, 1910, in Wilkes-Barre. She attended Hanover Township
schools. She worked for Carter Rubber Co., Wilkes-Barre, and the Atwater
Throwing Co., Plymouth. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was preceded in death by her husband, George; son, John; daughter,
Anita Wolfkiel; brother, Stanley Wrobel; sisters, Ann Klimczak, Helen
Hrycenko, Josephine Pajowis and Sophie Gorka. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are seven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday from the S.J. Grontkowski
Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9
a.m. in St. Mary's Nativity Church, Plymouth. Interment will be in St. Mary's
Cemetery, Hanover Township. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 8 a.m. until service time Wednesday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Verna Zapotok