Katherine Farrell Hines

Katherine Farrell Hines, 57, of Mountain Top, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019.

Born December 12, 1961 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Eugene J. and Dorothy Zwiebel Farrell.

Kate was a 1979 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School. She earned her degree in health care management from King's College in 1983, and her MBA from Wilkes University in 1986.

Kate worked for SmithKline Beecham for a few years before joining Sallie Mae in 1990. For the past nineteen years, she has been proud to work as a job coach with life skills students through Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18.

Kate was a member of the Parish of Saint Nicholas and the Ladies Auxiliary of Saint Conrad's Society.

Kate will be greatly missed by her husband, Robert F. Hines; daughters, Meghan, a registered nurse at Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, Elizabeth (Liz), pursuing a career in theater, and Erin, studying biology on a pre-med track at the University of Pittsburgh; brothers, Eugene J. Farrell, Jr. of Hanover Township, and Jack and his wife Jeanne Farrell of Larksville; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other family and friends.

Celebration of Kate's Life will begin Monday with visitation from 4 to 7 PM at McLaughlin's, 142 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre and continue there on Tuesday with gathering at 8:30 AM followed by a Funeral Mass at 9:30 AM in the Church of Saint Nicholas.

Memorial donations are preferred and may be made to the Parish of Saint Nicholas, or Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Memories and condolences may be shared with Kate's family at www.celebrateherlife.com