Nancy was the 4th of 5 children – Jack, Molly, Dick, Nancy and Peggy – born to Anna (Nance) Wright and Eugene Hughes. Like the rest of the Hughes family, she was raised in Wilkes-Barre and went to school at St. Mary’s.

Skip ahead to her life with Stanley. They met when Bill Burns, a friend who was dating Nancy’s friend, fixed them up.

Stanley grew up in the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre and was raised by his Lithuanian parents, Martha and Matthew Reveata. His father worked in the mines and, because of his broken English, the mining company thought he said Revitt and that’s the name that stuck! Stan was a PFC in the Medical Corp stationed in Texas during WWII. When he was discharged, he used the GI Bill to receive a Chemistry Degree from Scranton University.

He and Nancy got married in 1950 and lived with Nancy’s parents for a short time before moving to Belleville, NJ which was near M&M Candies in Newark. Nancy worked for Westinghouse before their first child, Michael, was born. Stan got a job in the lab at M & M. They lived in an apartment downstairs from her brother, Jack (who also worked at M & M) and his wife, May.

Late in 1957, they moved to Washington, NJ when M & M moved to Hacketstown. By this time they had another child, Bonnie. They bought their home for $13,000 with a $200 down payment that Stan borrowed from M & M. Ten years later, they were blessed with their youngest daughter, Marlene.

Nancy and Stan enjoyed traveling and made frequent trips to Wilkes-Barre to visit their relatives. They never missed the family trips to Wildwood and, after Stan retired, they enjoyed frequent trips to Atlantic City where they tested their luck in the casinos. Their greatest pleasure was spending time with all their family and they loved being grandparents to their beautiful grandchildren.

They had a great life. Stan passed in 2011 at 88 years old and Nancy passed in 2021 at 91 years old.

(Thank you to Mike Revitt for the story and the wonderful photos)

Obituary of Anna Revitt

Anna Revitt, 91. Of Washington, NJ passed away peacefully on May 1, 2021 at St. Luke’s Warren Hospital. Anna was born on August 4, 1929 in Wilkes Barre, PA to the late Eugene and Anna “Wright” Hughes. She married her husband Stanley Revitt in 1950. They were happily married for 61 years until Stanley’s passing in 2011. She was a homemaker all of her life and was known for incredible baking skills. She enjoyed making desserts for local bake sales. She also enjoyed going to the Casinos. Anna loved and adored her family especially her grandchildren.

Anna is survived by a son, Michael Revitt and his wife Sharon; Daughters, Bonnie Godfrey and her husband Bob and Marlene Peschel and her husband David; a brother, John Hughes; grandchildren, Leslie, Glenn, Ryan and Ian; Step grandchildren, Jennifer and Jessica and 5 great Grandchildren. In addition to her loving husband Stanley, Anna was preceded in death by her sisters, Mollie Smith and Peggy Blaum and a brother Richard Hughes.

Family and friends may pay their respects on Friday May 7, 2021 from 9:30 – 10:30 AM at the Warren Hills Memorial Home. 234 W. Washington Ave. Washington, NJ 07882. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph Catholic Church 200 Carlton Ave. Washington, NJ on Friday at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow at Northampton Memorial Shrine. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Warren Hills Memorial Home. To send an on-line condolence please visit www.warrenhillsmemorialhome.com