First Posted: 1/27/2013
Regina M. Chury, 83, of Yardley, Pa., died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 at St. Mary Medical Center, Middletown Township, Pa.
Born in Pittston, she lived in Hughestown before moving to Yardley 30 years ago.
Mrs. Chury retired from working with the U.S. government as an administrative assistant at the Tobyhanna Army Depot. She was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE), a former volunteer at St. Mary Medical Center and a member of the Middletown Senior Citizens. Regina was a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Yardley, and enjoyed being outdoors, especially working in her yard.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Rose (Baumgartner) Dehner, and her husband, Edward Chury.
She is survived by a sister, Rosemary Groark of Fairless Hills, Pa.; a brother, Carl Dehner of Champion, Mich.; many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and -nephews, and great-great-nieces and -nephews.
Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate her funeral Mass at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 at St. John the Evangelist Church, 728 Big Oak Road, Yardley. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary Assumption Cemetery, Hughestown.
Friends may call Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel, 41 W. Trenton Ave., Morrisville, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to St. John the Evangelist Church, 728 Big Oak Road, Yardley, PA 19067.