Nesbitt Hospital Nurse 
Leaves Legacy Of Love 
Nurses Rally 'round The 
`mother' Of The Obstetrics Unit: 
Dorothy Tribus

Equipment Operators Want 
Low-cost Rental Plan Dumped 
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Photo 
Paul Kanjorski 
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Towns Say Kanjorski Bill

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Elizabeth Hensley dies at age of 79; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 community leader in many activities &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Elizabeth Hensley &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Nov. 19, 1992 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Community leader Elizabeth (Betty) K. Hensley, 79, of Madison Street, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wilkes-Barre, died Thursday in River Street Manor, Wilkes-Barre, where she
had been a guest for the past monthBorn in White Haven, she was the daughter
of the late John H. and Edith Moyer Krumanocker. She was a 1930 graduate of
White Haven High School. She received a bachelor of science degree from
Bloomsburg State Teachers College in 1934, and had also done additional
graduate work at Bucknell and Temple universities. She had begun her teaching
career at the former White Haven High School and was later with the
Wilkes-Barre schools and the Wyoming Seminary Day School. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was a member of the Girl Scouts of America for more than 65 years, and
had served as a troop leader, board member, district chairman, training and
program chairman, field director, camp director at Harveys Lake, family
camping director and chairwoman of cookie and candy sales for many years. She
was the executive director of the former Wyoming Valley Girl Scout Council
from 1955 to 1963, and was assistant executive director of Penn's Woods Girl
Scout Council from 1963 until her retirement in 1972. In addition to her other
duties, she had been a den mother and trainer with the Wyoming Valley Council,
Boy Scouts of America and with Cub Pack 98, Christ Lutheran Church,
Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She had been a volunteer with the former Community Chest and the Wyoming
Valley United Way for more than 35 years and was also a past president of the
Coughlin High School and Wilkes-Barre City Parent-Teacher Associations. She
was also active in the former Wilkes-Barre YWCA and had been assistant camp
director and craft instructor at the YWCA camp at Harveys Lake, and served as
a member of the board. She had been a member of the League of Women Voters,
Wilkes-Barre, for more than 40 years, and was assistant editor of the Voters'
Guide for several years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was Girl Scout troop and craft instructor at the Wyoming Valley
Crippled Children's Association, craft supervisor of the Playground and
Recreation Association of Luzerne County and a member of the Wilkes-Barre
Women of Kiwanis for more than 25 years, serving two terms as president. She
had also been a member of the American Association of University Women, the
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs, the Women's Planning Committee for
the Japan International University Foundation, the Wyoming Monument
Association, the Wilkes-Barre Business and Professional Women's Club, the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Valley Crest and Wyoming Valley Red Cross
Chapter Auxiliaries and the Republican Women's Association. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She had done publicity and public relations for Showcase Theatre and was
affiliated with the Pennsylvania State and National Education Associations,
the National Council of Teachers of English and the Association of Girl Scout
Professional Workers. She was associated with Kappa Delta Pi and Gamma Theta
Upsilon national honor societies. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was a member of the former Christ Lutheran Church, Wilkes-Barre, where
she had been an instructor and director of the vacation church school for some
time. She had been a teacher of religious education classes for the Wyoming
Valley Council of Churches for 10 years, and following the merger of Christ
Lutheran Church into Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Wilkes-Barre, she taught
the junior-senior high school class of Sunday school. She served as president
of the Lutheran Church Women of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre District and was a
member of the Lutheran Social Welfare Commission of the Northeastern
Pennsylvania Synod of the Church. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was honored twice with the Thanks Badge of the Girl Scouts of the
United States and received the Scouters Key of the Boy Scouts of America and
the Community Hero Award of Radio Station WBAX, Wilkes-Barre. She had been
named "Women of the Week" by the Sunday Independent newspaper, Wilkes-Barre,
and received the "Time to Care" award from WYOU-TV Channel 22 in 1989. She was
made a life member of the Parent Teachers Association by the Wilkes-Barre
Council of the P.T.A. and received the William T. Schmidt Award-Northeastern
Pennsylvania Lutheran Lay Person of the Year by the Lutheran Brotherhood in
1989. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She and her husband had been the first husband and wife alumni who were
presented the "Distinguished Service Award" by Bloomsburg University in 1984. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Charles F., Aug. 29,
1992; sister, Josephine M. Krumanocker. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Surviving are sons, Charles J. and Robert H., both of Wilkes-Barre; three
grandsons; sister, Mrs. E. Louise Zehner, Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church, South Main and East South Streets, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. C.
Frank Terhune, pastor, and the Rev. Peggy Sue Pfeffer, pastor of Faith
Lutheran Church, Mount Penn, officiating. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Interment will be in Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Carverton. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday from the H. Merritt
Hughes Funeral Home, 451 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, and from 10 a.m. until
time of services Monday in church. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 In lieu of flowers, memorial donations, if desired, may be made to the Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, 190 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 18702; or to the
Penn's Woods Girl Scout Council, City Heights Shopping Center, Wilkes-Barre,
18702.

Elizabeth Hensley Dies At Age Of 79; 
Community Leader In Many Activities 
Elizabeth Hensley 
Nov. 19, 1992 
Community Leader Elizabeth (betty) K. Hensley, 79, Of Madison Street, 
Wilkes-barre, Died Thursday In River Street Manor, Wilkes-barre, Where She Had 
Been A Guest For The Past Month.

Elizabeth Hensley Dies At Age Of 79; Community Leader In Many Activities Elizabeth Hensley Nov. 19, 1992 Community Leader Elizabeth (betty) K. Hensley, 79, Of Madison Street, Wilkes-barre, Died Thursday In River Street Manor, Wilkes-barre, Where She Had Been A Guest For The Past Month.