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<b>First Posted:</b> 7/19/2009<br><br>Matthew D. Marley, of Brooks Estates, Jenkins Township, died July 16, 2009, at the Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. 
Born on November 26, 1930, in Hanover Township, he was a son of the late Matthew M. and Agnes Marley. He attended Hanover Township area schools and was formerly employed at Pittston Stove Company, Rowan Gas Company, 15 years at General Electric, and was also self-employed in the heating and air conditioning business. He also worked at Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, at the University of Maryland. He was a member of Good Shepherd Polish National Catholic Church, Plymouth, and the Pittston Moose Lodge. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Michael and Gene. 
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Dorothy Draus; son, Donald and his wife, Robin, Laurel, MD; daughter, Darlene, West Palm Beach, FL; grandchildren, Kara Kobaiser and Joseph Marley; great-grandchildren, Cali Jae and Jackson Stuart; sisters, Marguerite Morgan, Hillcrest Heights, MD, and Patricia Marley, Greenbelt, MD. 
Funeral services will be held at a time to be announced by the Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial in Good Shepherd Polish National Catholic Church, East Main Street, Plymouth. Interment Holy Cross section of Oak Lawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call Sunday, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. 
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hospice Community Care, 601 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, 18704.