Yolanda Italia Lawler, 81, of Clymer Village, Lopatcong Twp., died Tuesday, November 23, 2004 in Warren Hospital.

She was an assembler, formerly working at Magnetic Windings, Palmer Twp. and New York Transformer, Alpha. She had also been a clerk at the former 5&10 in Phillipsburg.

Born February 8, 1923 in Chester, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Paul and Theresa Paglia Castiglia.

She was a member of St. Philip and St. James Roman Catholic Church, Phillipsburg.

She enjoyed playing bingo and was a member of both the Singles Club and the Friendly Club of Phillipsburg.

Her husband, the late James K. Lawler, Sr., died in 1981.

Survivors include a son, Dennis M. and his wife Susan A. of Alpha; three sisters, Jessie Bercaw of Harmony Twp., Mildred Y. Squarcia of Wilson Borough and Fior Vernon of Elverson, Pa. and many nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by two brothers, Paul R. and Eugene R. and three sisters, Flora Castiglia, Marie Unger and Josephine Lisinichia.

Services will begin 9:00 a.m. Monday in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. Monday in the church, 426 South Main St., Phillipsburg. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, Greenwich Twp. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Online condolences may be submitted at www.noto-wynkoop.com.

Those planning an expression of sympathy are ask to consider the Karen Ann Quinlian Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, N.J. 07860.