Dolores Eileen (Popp) Hranitz

Dolores Eileen Popp Hranitz passed away Friday morning at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Born in Indiana, PA, on June 27, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Anna and John Popp of Homer City, PA. Dolores is survived by her husband, John R. Hranitz; a son, Dr. John M. Hranitz, of Bloomsburg; daughter, her husband and grandson, Larissa E. and Larry Simon and Benjamin Simon, of Williamsport, PA; and daughter, Ms. Vanessa A. Hranitz, of Frederick, MD. Dolores worked as a nurse in the Indiana and Ft. Wainwright Army Hospitals, a Montessori Directoress of the Montessori Children's House of Bloomsburg, Director of the Health Center, Bloomsburg University of PA and Master Gardner of Columbia County. She was a member of the Holy Cross Orthodox Church, Williamsport, PA. Dolores is preceded in death by her mother and father, Anna and John Popp, of Homer City, PA; sister, Marie Benz; brothers, Steve Popp, Frank Popp, John Popp, Paul and William Popp. She is survived by sisters, Elaine Walker, of Homer City, Anna Mae Stehnach and her husband Paul, of Warren, Ohio; and brothers: George Popp and his wife Phyllis, of Homer City, Richard Popp and his wife Margaret, of Indiana, PA, and Peter Popp and his wife Sherry, of Atlanta, GA. Dolores loved the time she spent gardening, especially her love for flowers, which filled nearly every nook and cranny of the home and farm she loved. Her love of her church will always be remembered through the flowers and the work she did in support of her church. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at Holy Cross Orthodox Church, 1725 Holy Cross Lane, Williamsport, followed a Funeral Service at 11:00 a.m. with the Very Reverend Father Daniel C. Kovalak officiating. A visitation will follow from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday evening at the Frederick C. Bowser Funeral Home, 4606 Old US Highway 1195, Homer City, with a Parastas Service at 7 p.m. On Tuesday, a visitation will be held from 10 to 11 am., followed by a Funeral Service at 11 a.m. at the Frederick C. Bowser Funeral Home in Homer City. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Indiana, PA.