Mary "Tootsie" Barton
Diane Rollins • November 30, 2018
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Mary Barton, 84, formally of Dowdentown, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2018 at HCR Manorcare, Sinking Spring. Mary was born in Pottsville, April 27, 1934, a daughter of the late Anna Kalinich And John Stafansky. She was the widow of Robert Barton. She was a former member of Ss. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church.
"Tootsie" was loved and survived by
Sister - Julia Gogno - Sinking Spring PA
Nephew - Charles Gogno and wife Anita Gogno - Hatfield PA
Niece Diane (Gogno) Rollins and husband Vince Rollins - Sinking Spring, PA
Great nephews:
Nick Gogno wife Amanda - Philadelphia
Nathan Gogno - Pottsville PA
Neil Gogno - Bethlehem PA
Mitchell Rollins - Sinking Spring PA
Josh Rollins - Sinking Spring PA
She was a member of SS Peter & Paul Parish Minersville. Formerly
employed by State Factory New Philadelphia where she was a talented
seamstress and supervisor.
She will forever be remembered for her kind and gentle ways and her
great love for the children she cared for. We love you sweet Tootsie
and we thank you for loving and spoiling us!
I loving memory of Joseph M Gogno
Nativity BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church Ukrainian Food & Easter EGG stravaganza 2022
Each year my mom and her sister would gift each other bayberry candles - always a box of two tapers. The candles would burn in the kitchen one on Christmas eve and one on New Years eve. Bayberry candles signify a special gift giving pleasure at Christmas time. Legend has it that if you burn a gifted Bayberry candle down to the end on Christmas Eve, you will have good health and gold in your pocket the following year. Some families, like ours, burn one on Christmas Eve and one on New Year's Eve. Others only on Christmas eve. Many Christians believe that the light of the Bayberry Candle on Christmas Eve will welcome the Christ child into their home. Legend states that the Bay Tree sheltered the Holy Family during a storm and as a result lightning will never strike it. Give the gift of a Bayberry candle. Many believe burning a bayberry candle to the end on New Years Eve ensures your household will enjoy a year of prosperity and good luck. “These bayberry candles come from a friend. So on Christmas Eve & New Years Eve burn it down to the end. For a bayberry candle burned to the socket will bring joy to the heart & gold to the pocket.” Anonymous Learn more about the history and traditions of the bayberry candle from our friends at A COAL CRACKER KITCHEN here: Legend of the Bayberry Candle
Julie Gogno (née Stefansky) 83, passed away April 3 at the Reading Hospital. Born and raised in Dowdentown, she was the daughter of the late John Stefansky and the late Anna Stefansky Wallace. She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Stefansky Barton, Dowdentown, and her husband, Charles Gogno, Brier City.
Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Gogno! Here is a link to pics from Jacob & Angela's Wedding!
On March 23, 2019 the Wyomissing Public Library help a pysanky egg decoration class taught by Diane Rollins & Maria Everett.
Pysanky Egg Class at Nativity BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church on March 17, 2019.
Over time we began participating in various egg shows displaying and selling our pysanky egg creations.
Memories of a Young Child Learning the Art of Pysanky Egg decorating.
Our Ukrainian pysanky egg art stories, traditions, and food recipes.