Kathryn M. Salmon

Kathryn M. "Kitty" Salmon, age 87, of Park Crest, died Friday morning at her home.  Born in Boston Run she was the daughter of the late John and Elsie ( Hulsman) Hanlon.  Kitty was a graduate of Mahanoy Township High School and a proud member of the majorette squad for the Purple Larks.  She was an avid bingo player and loved to frequent the Atlantic City casinos.  She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Mahanoy City and also the Mahanoy City Senior Citizens.  Kitty was employed by the General Cigar Factory in Mahanoy City for many years and later on worked for the American Tobacco Company in Mountain Top.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Francis in 1971, four sisters Anne Youch, Gertrude Soult, Elizabeth Kufro and Rose Jones, and three brothers John Hanlon and James Hanlon and William Herrity.  Kitty is survived by a son James at home, a daughter Sally Gennarini and her husband Ron of Shenandoah Heights, a grandson Jamie Gennarini and his wife Heather of Shenandoah Heights, and a granddaughter Tracy Bro and her husband Dan of Barnesville, five great grandchildren Amanda, Nicole, Felicia, Carson and Anthony. She is also survived by a sister Marie Repella of Mahanoy City.
Relatives and friends are invited to her funeral on Wednesday morning at 10:30 AM from the David D. Jarrett Funeral Home of Mahanoy City.  The Rev. Fred T. Crawford will officiate. Interment will follow in the German Protestant Cemetery in Mahanoy Township.  Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday morning beginning at 8:30 AM.  Contributions in Kitty's name to the First United Methodist Church or the Mahanoy City Public Library would be appreciated by the family and will be accepted at the visitation.  Please visit www.jarrettfuneralhome.co for more information.

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