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Laura E. McGuire

May 11, 2009

        Laura E. McGuire, 90, a lifelong resident of Scranton, died early Monday morning in the Mercy Inpatient Hospice Unit after a brief illness.  She was the Widow of Frank J. McGuire who died December 15, 2007.

        She was born in Scranton, the daughter of the late Orran and Catherine Sillner Tucker.  She was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School and a member of Nativity of Our Lord Church.

        She was a loving mother, grandmother and aunt who will be dearly missed.

        Surviving are two daughters, Dianne Ballino and her husband Eugene, Scranton, Eileen Bohn and her husband John, Scranton; four grandchildren, Deborah Bohn, Thomas J. Bohn and his wife Tiffany, David Ballino and his wife Rebecca, and Eugene Ballino, all of Scranton; five great grandchildren, David Ballino Jr., Elliott Ballino, Alec Bohn, Aidan Bohn and Addison Bohn all of Scranton; 1 great great granddaughter, Lily Ballino, Scranton; nieces and nephews.

        She was preceded in death by a brother Paul Tucker who was killed while serving with the military during WW II.

        The funeral will be Thursday in the Miller Bean Funeral Home, Inc., 436 Cedar Avenue, with a Blessing Service at 10 a.m. by the Reverend Michael Bryant, pastor of Nativity of Our Lord Church.  Interment, Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton.

        Friends may call on Wednesday from 5 to 7p.m. in the funeral home.

 



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