Ruth Ellen Trasciatti, 80, of Wyoming, formerly of Lindenhurst, New York, passed away on Sunday September 22, 2013 at the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital, Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit.

Born in Pittston, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Imelda Gibbons Gilboy.

Ruth was a member of St. Monica’s Parish at Our Lady of  Sorrows Church, West Wyoming and a  former member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston.

She attended Pittston twp. schools and had worked for Lee Mfg. Co., Pittston and subsequently at Woolworths Dept. Store in Long Island, N.Y.

She was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and had taught Religious Education in Long Island, N.Y.

Preceding her in death were her sister, Mary Theresa Musto and a brother James Gilboy.

Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Dominick Trasciatti, Wyoming and a son, Lawrence Trasciatti, Wyoming and a daughter MaryAnne Trasciatti and her husband Steven Caslowitz, Long Beach, N.Y.; grandchildren Michael, Sam, and Bridget Caslowitz.
Also a sister Lauren and her husband James Antosh, Harding, and brother-in-law, Frank Musto of West Wyoming along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be on Wednesday at 9:00am from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30am at St. Monica’s Parish in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 8th St. West Wyoming.
Interment will be in Italian Independent Cemetery, West Wyoming.

Relatives and friends may call on Tuesday evening from 6-9pm at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice Community Care inpatient Unit or St. Jude's Children's Hospital.