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First Posted: 3/23/2012 Marjorie L. Hall Ogonosky Dorris, 77, of Wyoming, left the world with a little less sparkle on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in the Hospice Community Care Unit of Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. 
She was the widow of Donald D. Dorris, a retired Pennsylvania State Police Lieutenant and Luzerne County prison warden, who died on April 6, 1982.
 Born in Taylor and raised in Moosic, daughter of the late Perly L. and Ruth Beebe Hall, she was a 1952 graduate of Moosic High School. She furthered her education and graduated from the Scranton-Lackawanna Business College in 1953 and attended Luzerne County Community College. She resided in Moosic until 1981 and served as the reunion coordinator of the Moosic High School Annual Reunion Committee from 2002-2004. Before her retirement, Marjorie worked as a troop administrative officer for the PA State Police from 1968-1999, specifically at Troop R in Dunmore, Troop N in Hazelton, and Troop P in Wyoming. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Sorrows Church at the Parish of St. Monica, West Wyoming.
 Marjorie was also a Girl Scout leader and neighborhood chairperson for the Scranton-Pocono Girl Scout Council from 1964-1968. She loved to study genealogy extensively and traced her roots all the way to Leeds, England. In her lifetime, she traveled to many places, including Ireland, Germany, England, Austria, Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Nassau in the Bahamas, Canada, Nevada, California, Texas, Oregon, Florida, North Carolina and Illinois. Margie loved family and having fun .... never wanted the party to end. She had a great sense of humor and compassion for others ... and the ability to make strangers feel comfortable. 
 Surviving are three daughters, Deborah Anne Ogonosky Castrignano, of Kingston; Dianne Marie Ogonosky Loiacono, Atlant, Ga., and Kathryn Louise Ogonosky Everding, Mountain Top; a son, Lawrence James Ogonosky, Wyoming; a brother, Richard Emerson Hall, Fla.; twin sisters, Doris Rae Hall Beardsley, San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Dorothy Mae Hall O'Neil, Norwich, N.Y.; 11 grandchildren, Jason and Holly Loiacono, Anicia Ogonosky-Gau, Dominic Castrignano Jr., Katie Rogo Hughes, Jordyn Ogonosky, Jennifer Everding, Frank Castrignano, Jessie Ogonosky, Danielle Castrignano, and Lee Ann Everding; six great-grandchildren, Jacob, Lucas and Penelope Hughes, and Ashton, Scarlett and Holden Gau; her best friend, Marilyn Foley; her former spouse, Henry Charles Ogonosky; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
 She was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Lee Hall, in 1984; two sisters, infant Ruth Eleanor Hall in 1933 and Frances Ruth Hall Thomas in 2002; nieces, Carol Beardsley Durrenberger, Patricia Ann O'Neil, and infant Cathy Joan Thomas; and nephews James Francis Beardsley Jr., Michael Bernard O'Neil, Frederick Martin O'Neil and Dale Edward Hall.

 The funeral will be Monday at 10 a.m. from the Victor M. Ferri Funeral Home, 522 Fallon St., Old Forge, with Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of Sorrows Church at the Parish of St. Monica, 363 West 8th St., West Wyoming, to be celebrated by the Rev. Leo McKernan, pastor. Interment will be privately held in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.
 Friends may call Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. To leave an online condolence, visit <a href="http://www.ferrifuneralhome.com">www.ferrifuneralhome.com</a>.