Biography

Lois C. Rubinstein, 78, of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2011 at Riverstreet Manor, Wilkes-Barre.

She was born January 21, 1933 in Wilkes-Barre a daughter of the late Harley and Elsie Remley. A graduate of Julia Richman High School, New York and St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, Patterson, New Jersey, she was a registered nurse at Bellevue Hospital from 1953 to 1963. She later was employed for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, NPW Hospital, and First Hospital of Wyoming Valley until her retirement in 1998.

Lois touched the lives of many people and she will be greatly missed by her family and friends. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Rubinstein.

Surviving are her daughter, Anne Amico and her husband, David, Collegeville; son David Rubinstein and his wife, Pamela, Nanticoke; grandchildren, Elyse, Claire, Jillian, Benjamin.

The funeral will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. from E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Avenue, Wilkes-Barre. Services will be conducted by Rev. K. Gene Carroll, Ph.D. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Thursday from 5-8 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to: National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016, or to SPCA of Luzerne County, 524 East Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.