Larraine Iorio Eddowes

Larraine Iorio Eddowes, 81, of Bear Creek, passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2025

Born September 17, 1943 in Wilkes-Barre she was a daughter of the late Leonard and Mary Burayak Iorio.

Larraine grew up in a family of restaurateurs and started working with them at twelve. She was a graduate of Saint Ann's Academy in Wilkes-Barre.

Larraine and her husband of thirty-nine years, Robert J. Eddowes, purchased the Bear Creek Inne in 1973. They operated the restaurant together for thirty-two years before Bob died on May 15, 2005. Larraine continued operations with her family for the next twenty years before closing for the last time on August 31st.

Larraine's life was defined by her devotion to family, her strong work ethic, and her remarkable ability to make everyone feel at home. Her legacy will live on through the countless lives she touched.

Her children, Denise and her husband Brian Love of Bear Creek, Yvonne and her husband Sean Mann of Melbourne, Florida, Jeffrey Eddowes of Celebration, Florida, and Gregory Eddowes and his wife Alissa of Bear Creek; grandchildren, Ashley, Christopher, and Amy Love, Emily Mann, Jacob Eddowes, and Freddie Shaffer; a great-granddaughter Stella Love; siblings Pamela Zaledonis, Leonard Iorio, and Deborah Terzian; and other family and friends will miss her very much.

Celebration of Larraine's Life begins on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, with visitation from 4 to 7 PM at the Bear Creek Inne, 5501 Bear Creek Boulevard in Bear Creek. It continues on Thursday, September 18, 2025, with a Funeral Mass at 10 AM in the Church of Saint Nicholas - Saint Mary, 226 South Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Donations to the Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 156, Bear Creek, PA 18602, or Meals on Wheels Wyoming Valley, 190 South Sprague Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704 are preferred and will honor Larraine's memory.

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