\t\t\tKay Mary Kressler \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Kay Mary Kressler, 80, Jessup, formerly of Throop, passed away at Geisinger Scranton after being stricken ill at home.<\/p>\n
\nBorn in Scranton, Kay was a homemaker for many years. She returned to work as a housekeeper, and then became a CNA at Allied Services, from which she retired. Kay was known for her big heart and kindness to everyone she met. She loved spending time with her companions at Jessup Senior Housing, especially Bingo nights. Kay took great pleasure in baking and sharing her Christmas cookies and zucchini bread with everyone. She shared an avid love of reading with both her sister and daughters, often exchanging books.<\/p>\n
\nKay is survived by her daughters, Kristine, Throop, and Kerry Ellis, Jessup; her beloved grandchildren Evan Babarsky and Alivia Ellis, Jessup; her former husband, Paul Legos; her nieces Amy Cegelka and husband Frank and Lori LaVango; her great nephew, Brandon Cegelka; and her great niece Deja LaVango. She was preceded in death by her parents William and Maxine Kressler; her sister Lynn LaVango and brother in law Fred LaVango.<\/p>\n
\nA Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Tuesday at 11:00 AM in Queen of Angels Parish at St. Michael\u2019s Church, 320 1st Ave., Jessup. Burial will follow at Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton. Family and friends may pay their respects on Tuesday at the church from 10:00 AM until Mass.<\/p>\n
\nArrangements are under the care of the Kevin K. Kearney Funeral Home, Inc., 125 North Main Avenue, Scranton. Please visit the funeral home\u2019s website for directions or to leave a condolence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kay Mary Kressler OBITUARY Kay Mary Kressler, 80, Jessup, formerly of Throop, passed away at Geisinger Scranton after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-302694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}