Lillian V. Lacey March 23, 2024

Lillian V. Lacey, 96 of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Saturday, March 23 at Hospice of the
Sacred Heart, Dunmore.
Lillian was born May 1, 1927, a daughter of the late Stephen and Veronica Ungvarsky Tomasko.
She was a 1945 graduate of Coughlin High School and member of St. Aloysius Church,
Hanover Twp.
For over 21 years, Lillian was a sales manager for Pomeroys department store in Wilkes-Barre
and served as president of their credit union. She worked as a library aide at the Heights Murray
Elementary School, Wilkes-Barre. Lillian was also a member of Firwood Senior Citizens.
She was preceded in death by her husband William in 1985 and sisters Louise Gulius and Alice
Yogodzinski.
Lillian is survived by her son Robert, Gilbert, AZ, daughters Kathleen Hartwigsen (Randal),
Dallastown, PA, Annette Devaney, Wilkes-Barre, and Joanne McDade, Shavertown, 10
grandchildren, many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, and several nieces and
nephews.
The family wishes to extend a heart-felt thank you to her caregivers, Donna Williamson and
Delores Richards, and to Hospice of the Sacred Heart for the excellent care and compassion
they showed to Lillian.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10am on Saturday, April 6 in St. Robert Bellarmine
Parish/St. Aloysius Church, Hanover Twp. Everyone is asked to go directly to the church, and
the family will receive friends from 9:30-10am. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery,
Hanover Twp.
Arrangements are by Mamary-Durkin Funeral & Cremation Services, 59 Parrish St. Wilkes-
Barre.
Memorial donations may be made in her name to St. Robert Bellarmine Parish.