Marian Martha Hinkle – Hazleton Standard spokesperson

Marian Martha Hinkle

OBITUARY

Marian Martha Hinkle, 95, passed away peacefully Monday at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown.

She was born September 23, 1924 in West Hazleton, the daughter of the late Leroy and Elizabeth Buchman Kromis. She was married to the love of her life, the late Robert “Bob” S. Hinkle, for 74 years. Bob died in 2017.

Marian was a lifelong resident of West Hazleton and attended West Hazleton High School. She worked for many years as a floor manager at Reidler’s Knitting Mills, Hazleton and Beaver Meadows, and later worked as a consultant in the wallpaper department at Boston Hardware, Hazleton. Most recently, she worked as a secretary at the Leo Dagostin insurance agency. Marian loved sewing, gardening and decorating her home and was known for her creative cooking and baking. Marian was a member of Faith United Church of Christ, Hazleton.

Marian is survived by her son, Robert C. Hinkle, husband of Cheryl, Lancaster; daughter Deborah, wife of Sylvester Beozzo, Pittsburgh; three granddaughters, Lynn, wife of Jason Crumbling, Columbia; Abbie, wife of Paul Cornblatt, Reisterstown, Maryland; and Michelle, wife of Sean Anderson, Lakewood, Colo.; four great-granddaughters; and a great-grandchild. She is also survived by two sisters, Elizabeth Mandel and Florence Horsfield; and a brother, George Kromis.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Marvin Kromis and Leroy Kromis II.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Apostles, 1850 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, preceded by a viewing beginning at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be at Mountain View Cemetery in West Hazleton at 3 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Greater PA, 2595 Interstate Drive, Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA 17110 or Hospice at Masonic Village, 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, 130 N. Market St., Elizabethtown. Memories and condolences may be shared at www.Finkenbinderfamily.com.