Obituary of Mary Noffke

Mary D. Noffke, 102, of Pocono Pines, died Wednesday, December 28 at Getz Personal Care Home in Polk Township. She was the widow of Paul E. Noffke. Born in Guderhansviertel, Germany, she was the daughter of Hans and Meta (VonHusan) Dammann. Mary came to the United States in 1925 via Ellis Island, New York. She was a former member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Brick, New Jersey, and presently attended the Faith Lutheran Church in Blakeslee. She is survived by a daughter, Wilma Studenmund of Pocono Pines; two grandchildren, Denise Conley and Heidi A. Pickard both of Pocono Pines; two great grandchildren, Branden Conley and Madison Asmund of Pocono Pines; and one niece, Joan Gebhard of Tamarac, Florida. She was preceded in death by a sister, Anita Gebhard and a brother, Richard Dammann. The Reverend Wayne Kauffman of Faith Lutheran Church in Blakeslee will conduct a Memorial Service at 12:00 noon on Monday, January 2, at the Bolock Funeral Home, corner of routes 940 & 390 in Paradise Valley. Friends and family may gather from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Salvation Army Citadel Corps, 226 Washington St., East Stroudsburg, Pa. 18301 or the VNA Hospice of Monroe County, 502 Independence Road, East Stroudsburg, Pa. 18301