Eileen Cosgrove Templeton, 46, of Trucksville died Monday in the care of Hospice of the Sacred Heart at the end of a valiant twenty-year fight with cancer.
Born January 26, 1967 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of Mary Curtin Cosgrove of Mountain Top and the late Patrick E. Cosgrove.
A 1985 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School, Eileen earned her baccalaureate degree from King's College in 1989.
Eileen was Human Resources Manager for Pride Mobility Products in Exeter where she served on various committees.
A member of the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, Eileen was a communicant at the Church of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception.
Her father, Patrick E. Cosgrove died in 1993 and her father-in-law, Richard J. Templeton preceded her in death in 2011.
She will be greatly missed by her mother; husband, Leo; son, Cory, currently studying pre-med in honor of his mother at the University of Scranton; sisters, Mary Pat Gill and Kathleen Fishe; brothers, Michael, Patrick and Matthew and his wife Audrey Cosgrove; mother-in-law, Anne Reidlinger Templeton; sisters- and brothers-in-law, Richard and his wife Debbie Templeton and Madleen and her husband Dean James and their son, Brandon James; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
Celebration of Eileen’s Life will be held Thursday at 8:30 AM from McLaughlin’s – The Family Funeral Service, 142 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre with Funeral Mass at 9:30 AM in the Church of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception. Interment will be in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Hanover Township.
Visitation will be held at McLaughlin's on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM
Eileen's entire family extends their thanks to Drs. Kevin Judy and Lyndon Kim at Jefferson University Hospital and the staff of Hospice of the Sacred Heart, especially her nurse, Donna, for their loving and compassionate care, and to her many friends for their continuing support and kindness.
Permanent messages and memories can be shared with Eileen’s family at
www.celebrateherlife.com