First Posted: 1/6/2013

Irene D. Migliore, 80, of West Wyoming, passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon, Dec. 28, in her home, surrounded by her family.

Born in the Hudson section of Plains Township, she was a daughter of the late Dominick and Josephine Ritter Beganski. She was a graduate of Plains High School, Class of 1950. Irene worked most of her life in the garment industry for Small Town Manufacturing Co. of West Wyoming, which later relocated to Pittston. She also was a graduate of the Veterans Administration Medical Center’s nursing program, where she received her LPN. She was employed for a time at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Church in West Wyoming and was involved for many years in the Girl Scout Troop of West Wyoming.

Irene played a very active and vital role in the lives of her family, and she will be missed tremendously by all who knew and loved her.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph W. Migliore, and her daughter, Linda Lee Mascioni.

Surviving are daughters, Judy Ann Migliore, West Wyoming; Debra Jean Joyce, Plains Township; and grandchildren, Cynthia Rinish, Mark Migliore, Melissa Ford, Tanya Gelb, Ryan Williams and Sarah Williams.

Funeral services were from the Metcalfe-Shaver-Kopcza Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Interment was in St. Rocco’s Cemetery, Pittston.