Dolores M. Techentin |

Dolores M. Techentin, 81, of 10 Spruce Ave., Barnesville, died Tuesday morning in her home.

Prior to retiring, she had been employed by the former J.E. Morgan Knitting Mills.

Born in Coaldale, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Isabella (Cheglick) Cipko.

She was Catholic by faith.

The 1947 graduate of the former Coaldale High School was a loving mother, grandmother and sister. She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.

Surviving are a daughter, Patricia Techentin, at home; two sons, Robert "Butch," at home and Elbur, and his wife, Carol Ann, of Talladega, Ohio, and two grandchildren, Aaron and Vanessa Techentin; three sisters, Isabelle, wife of William Howard of Coaldale, Deanna, wife of William Goodman of Harleysville and Lorraine, wife of Joseph Mancuso of Harrisburg; and two brothers, Joseph Cipko of Lansford and Robert Cipko of Southampton.

She was also preceded in death by a sister, Joan Stianche.

Service: 10 a.m., Saturday, James P. Haughney Funeral Home, 101 E. Mahanoy Ave., Mahanoy City, with the Rev. Joseph Whalen officiating. Interment, Sky View Memorial Park, Hometown. Call Saturday, 9-10 a.m., at the funeral home.

Published in Times News on January 13, 2011