First Posted: 5/11/2008

Julia Novabilski, 86, of Port Griffith, died May 7, 2008, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
She was born April 9, 1922, in Jenkins Township, a daughter of the late Joseph and Zofia Kovalcik Novabilski. She was a member of St. John the Baptist Church, Pittston. Prior to her retirement, she was employed by Consolidated Cigar Factory.
She was preceded in death by brothers Francis, William and Joseph, and sister Mary.
Surviving are her sisters, Sophie Novabilski, Port Griffith; Theresa Kalazavich, Pittston; Margaret Piskorik, Pringle; brother Bernard, Old Forge; nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be Monday at 9 a.m. from the Bednarski Funeral Home, 168 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, with Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church, Pittston. Interment will be in parish cemetery, Exeter. Friends may call Sunday, from 5 to 8 p.m.