December 16, 2011

HENDERSON, N.Y.  —  Marcia H. Fulkerson Scartelli, 72, of Dunmore, Pa., and formerly of Henderson, N.Y., died Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Hospice Unit of the Regional Hospital of Scranton, Pa., following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. 

Marcia is survived by her husband of 18 years, Robert W. Scartelli, Dunmore, Pa.

Born Dec. 6, 1939, in Watertown, the daughter of the late Sidney and Dorothy Thomas Hess, she graduated in 1957 from Henderson Central School.  

She served as the attendance clerk for the South Jefferson Central School District, Adams, N.Y., for 20 years, where she loved being a part of the lives of so many students. Marcia also worked in the restaurant industry throughout her life. She was employed by the Gill House Restaurant, Westview Lodge in Henderson Harbor for many years.  

After moving to Pa. in 1994, she was employed by Stirna's Restaurant, Scranton, Pa., until her retirement last year.  

Marcia was an avid bowler. She also loved to travel, dance, and spend time with her family and friends.  

She was a member of the Henderson Methodist Church, Henderson. After moving to Pa., Marcia became a communicant of Saint Peter's Cathedral, Scranton, where she was an active member and volunteer, proudly serving as an usher. 

Also surviving are four children, Thomas Fulkerson, Adams, Karen Peebles and husband, John, Adams, Robin McDermott and husband, Brian, Watertown, and Christina Kuchak and husband Jack, Moosic; nine grandchildren, T.R., Katie, Tara, Todd, Kirk, Aaron, Ashley, Morgan, and Brady; two great-grandchildren, Jude and Reese; two sisters, Nancy Quirk, and husband, Francis, Fulton, and Mary Jones and husband, Bernie, Copenhagen; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins; a daughter-in-law, Kimberly Fulkerson Jareo, Belleville.   

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert W. Fulkerson

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 19, at Saint Peter's Cathedral, 315 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa.

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, in Woodside Cemetery, Belleville, N.Y.  

Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Albert P. O'Donnell Funeral Home, 2025 Green Ridge St., Dunmore, Pa., and 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home, 7883 NYS Rt 289, Belleville, N.Y. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hospice Unit at Regional Hospital, 746 Jefferson Ave., Scranton, PA 18510.  

Online condolences may be sent to info@odonnellfuneral.com or made at www.carpenterstoodley.com. 








Information provided by Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.