Yvonne Bozinski, the first woman elected to city council in Nanticoke history and well-known civic leader, has died.
Bozinski was first elected in 1997 and served two terms in office. She also served the city in many volunteer roles.
Those who knew Bozinski said she was also an accomplished nurse who had a lifelong passion for performing in theater.
Nanticoke City Administrator Donna Wall, who has worked for the city since 1994, said Bozinski was a role model, mentor and a trailblazing woman.
“There couldn’t have been a better woman to serve as the first woman on council than her,” Wall said. “She was a classy woman.”
Bozinski, who died Monday at her Nanticoke home, was the aunt of Luzerne County Democratic Party Chairwoman Kathy Bozinski and sister of the late legendary Nanticoke basketball coach Sylvester “Stretch” Bozinski.
Bozinski obtained her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and later earned her master’s degree in public administration from New York University. She served as a senior administrator for Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Bozinski served on the Luzerne County Commission for Women, the board of directors of the Wilkes-Barre YMCA and the Hospital and Education Authority
Alma Berlot, a lifelong friend who will deliver Bozinski’s eulogy at her funeral Monday, was devastated by the loss.
Berlot said the eulogy “will make you laugh and make you cry.”
“We had a wonderful life. Every day I spoke to her I said we should kneel down and thank almighty God for our lives,” Berlot said. “We were best friends since kindergarten. We never had an argument.”
Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday from Dinelli Family Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp.
Friends may call for viewing and visitation hours from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
If you knew Yvonne, please take a moment to toast to her incredible personality and life. A Manhattan, with extra cherry juice, lovingly suggested.
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