Jean Marie LaMas Reichard, 76, a long-time resident of Ashley died Sunday.
Born May 17, 1935 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late James and Ruth Miller LaMas.
Jean Marie was a 1953 graduate of G.A.R. Memorial High School and received her nurse's training at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
She was a member of the Parish of Saint Andrew.
Her husband, Nelson S. Reichard died January 17, 2010. An infant daughter, Nancy Murphy, son, John Murphy, step-daughter, Susan Reichard Etzle, step-son, James Reichard, step-grandson, Martin Casselberry, infant granddaughter, Kayleigh Brew Murphy and her sister, Ruth Snyder also preceded her in death.
Jean Marie will be missed by her children, Carol Wallace, Raymond and James Murphy; step-daughter, Lois and her husband James Clark; step-son, David Reichard; grandchildren, Derek and Ian Murphy, Naomi and her husband Alex Fabian, Zach and his wife Leah Wallace, James, Angela and Tiffany Murphy, Emily Reichard, Brandon Jackson and Kyle Etzle; great-grandchildren, Elijah Wallace, Kylea Bigus and Richard Schaffer; and many nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Jean Marie’s Life will be held Wednesday at 8:30 AM from McLaughlin’s, 142 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre with Funeral Mass at 9:30 AM in the Church of Saint Patrick. Interment will be in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Hanover Township.
Visitation will be held at McLaughlin's on Tuesday from 5 to 8 PM
Permanent messages and memories can be shared with Jean Marie’s family at
www.celebrateherlife.com