First Posted: 12/13/2009
Sandra “Chuch” (Yankowski) Flynn, 60, of Pittston, died December 7, 2009, at Hospice Community Care, Dunmore.
She was born in Old Forge March 12, 1949, and was a daughter of the late Mathew Joseph and Ethel (Rominski) Yankowski. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston. She was a 1967 graduate of Old Forge High School. She worked for the U.S. Map Service, Washington, D.C., and worked 38 years for Emery Worldwide/UPS, Dunmore. She was an award-winning Equestrian rider. At 51 years of age, she won a gold medal in a fitness competition sponsored by Muscle Mag.
She is survived by her husband of 13 years, Patrick Flynn; step-sons Patrick Jr. and wife Teri, of West Pittston; Shaun and his wife, Amber, of West Pittston; and Ryan, of Pittston; her sister, Marie Pollock, of Scranton; step-grandchildren Michalene Flynn, Regan Flynn and Collin Flynn; a nephew, Andrew Pollock, and nieces Carol Graham, Diane McGoff, Deborah Kopko and Laurie Mikels.
Funeral services were Dec. 10 from the Kiesinger Funeral Services, Duryea, with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston. Interment parish cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre, 18702. Online condolences may be made to .
