Elizabeth A. McGough
April 16, 2012

Elizabeth A. McGough, 57, of Plains Township, passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born April 23, 1954 in Swoyersville, daughter of the late Andrew and Helen Gaydos Gulla.

A graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School, class of 1972, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Wilkes College in 1976, and a Master's Degree from Drexel University in 1985. While attending Wilkes College she was a member of the Circle K. Mrs. McGough served as the children's librarian for the Osterhout Free Library. She also was a teacher and librarian for Bishop O'Hara High School, Dunmore; Ss. Peter and Paul School, Plains Township; Tunkhannock Area School District; and the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.

She was a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Plains Township.

She enjoyed fishing.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Andrea William; and sister-in-law, Sister Mary Claire McGough.

Surviving are her husband, Bernard D. McGough; sons, Stephen McGough and Andrew McGough; brother, David Gulla, and his wife, Kristen, Newport News, Va.; nieces and nephews, Michael Bergold; Tammy Wenger, Darren Williams, Andrea Williams, Matthew Warren, Christopher Warren, Amber Gulla; sisters and brothers-in-law, Ann and John Bergold, Wilkes-Barre; Bernadette and Robert Warren, Bradford County; Msgr. Stephen McGough, Williamsport; and many cousins.

The funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Church, celebrated by Msgr. Stephen McGough.

Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.

Friends may call this evening from 4 to 9 p.m.

Published in Times Leader on April 18, 2012.