\t\t\tBetty Ann McDonough \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
It is with heavy hearts we announce Betty Ann McDonough, of East Mountain, passed away peacefully on October 13, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. She is reunited with her daughter Shannon and now has a healed heart after losing her 17 years ago to cancer. Born in Scranton, She was the daughter of the late John and Margaret Crick Sylvester.<\/p>\n
\nBetty Ann graduated from South Scranton Central Catholic High School with highest honors. During high school, she developed her strong work ethic as she worked at Woolworth\u2019s until graduation. Afterwards, she worked over 40 years at the Pa. Department of Welfare in the Scranton State Office building where she retired in 2016. In 2020, she worked for a year as a food server at Howard Gardner \u201cMI\u201d Charter School. She loved seeing all the students at the school, but most of all, her beautiful granddaughter Cameron.<\/p>\n
\nThe love story of Betty Ann and Sean McDonough started one night at What\u2019s Happening A Go-Go on Pittston Ave. They were both dancing near one another when Sean happened to step on Betty\u2019s foot. Feeling awful, he asked her to dance, which started their love of dancing together. From there, it developed into a love that lasted over 6 decades, 51 years of marriage, 4 children, 3 grandchildren and many long lasting memories. For her, it was always Sean in her heart. Even after 60 some years together, they still looked at one another with the same care, affection, and love as they did on day one.<\/p>\n
\nBetty was the strongest, most loving mother of all time. She cherished being a mother to her four girls or as she would say, \u201cher little ducklings.\u201d She was the definition of a dedicated mom. Nothing brought her more joy than when her family and grandchildren were all together and when they played games together. Betty exemplified unwavering strength, determination and independence to her family and all who met her. She was a strong feisty Italian woman who loved her heritage. Traditions began early on in the family; Spaghetti on Thursdays and pizza on Fridays. Sean knew if he wasn\u2019t home with pizza, the Italian in Betty would come out.<\/p>\n
\nIn Betty\u2019s spare time, she was an avid reader, devouring book after book. She enjoyed visiting her lifelong best friend Patti Mulrine, playing Slingo & Snood, watching \u201cDays of our Lives\u201d and \u201cLaw and Order SVU,\u201d gabbing on the phone with her daughter Shawn all day everyday. Betty would always say how \u201cguess it\u2019s time to get off, we hit our hour mark\u201d on their calls. She and Shawn loved their time together especially when they got quality time, just the two of them. She and Barb loved discussing a great crossword puzzle and different documentaries. Betty would say how she \u201ccould always count on Barb to make her laugh with how funny she is;\u201d she and Sharon loved a good movie marathon together and playing with granddoggy Emma. They often would spend time on her Tuesday trips to Wilkes-Barre & make the most of the day together going shopping or playing games. Her sister Nancy was the Ethel to her Lucy. Some of her favorite memories with Nancy were Friday nights going grocery shopping, having pizza and playing games with the kids.<\/p>\n
\nAfter the heartbreaking loss of her daughter Shannon in 2009, she went through a very challenging time. But what truly brought the light back into her life were her grandchildren. She adored becoming a Nana and lit up when she first met her granddaughter Cameron. She loved watching her dance and seeing her become the young lady she is today. Having two boy grandchildren was exciting for Betty after having only girls in the family. She loved playing games with RJ and hearing about all the things he learned. Connor would make her laugh with his silly antics and mischievous smile. They all gave her an extra drive to beat MDS so she could watch them grow up. She never let her diagnosis of MDS in 2021 slow her down. She was determined to keep moving and even after several setbacks throughout the years, she would bounce back and continue on.<\/p>\n
\nBetty Ann leaves behind her husband of 51 years, Sean McDonough, daughters Sharon McDonough, Barbara Ann Craddock & spouse Daniel Craddock, Shawn Sara Lucas & spouse Robert Lucas, and 3 grandchildren, Cameron Craddock, Robert James Lucas and Connor Eli Lucas; her sister, Nancy Phillips & her daughters Michele Phillips & Jeanene Marr; many brothers and sisters in law as well as nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
\nShe was preceded in death by her loving daughter Shannon Marie McDonough.<\/p>\n
\nThe family would like to offer their most heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Joseph Lynch at the Hematology Oncology Cancer Center GWV, and nurse Janice T. Their care and compassion for Betty went above and beyond.<\/p>\n
\nA Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, October 21, at 10 AM in Immaculate Conception Church, 801 Taylor Ave., by Rev. Jeffrey Tudgay, Pastor. Inurnment, Cathedral Cemetery. friends may call at the church Wednesday morning from 9 to 10 AM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the McDonough family. For more information email mcdonoughfamily84@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betty Ann McDonough OBITUARY It is with heavy hearts we announce Betty Ann McDonough, of East Mountain, passed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-309264","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\/309264","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=309264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}