Jill V. Baldo

Jill V. Baldo of Jake Lane Factoryville died Friday evening in the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia. She was born in Meshoppen on May 9, 1965 daughter of Richard Nichols and Linda McLaud Nichols both of Tunkhannock. She attended Tunkhannock Area High School and had been employed by Wayne’s Automotive Collision Service Inc in Tunkhannock as a secretary. In 1977 Jill was a member of the first girls soft ball team in Tunkhannock that went on to win the first state championship for Tunkhannock. Over the years she was instrumental in organizing and running several softball teams in the Tunkhannock area serving as president for the Tunkhannock women’s softball association. Jill was an avid supporter of Tunkhannock youth baseball. She served as coach for numerous teams and was an assistant coach for her son’s t-ball and squidget baseball teams and traveled long distances with her sons community traveling baseball team, the Titians . Jill was an avid supporter and very passionate about veteran’s causes and helped out with several fund raisers for the military. Jill enjoyed riding motorcycles and fishing for salmon in Pulaski, NY and for muskies on the Susquehanna river. Jill was always there to help community and friends. Surviving is her husband Sal Baldo, son Jakob of Tunkhannock, daughter Nikki Martin of Tunkhannock, grandchildren Dylyn, Tieler, Jaide, Ashton, Logan, and Chloe, brothers Dennis, Clint and Randi Nichols all of Tunkhannock, Paternal grandmother Helen Nichols of Tunkhannock. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday evening at 8 pm from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St. Tunkhannock with Rev Lori Robinson. Private interment will be in Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannnock. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 5 pm until the time of service. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Treatment Center of America , 1331 E. Wyoming Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., 19124 or the Tunkhannock Baseball Association, c/o Robert Barkley, 116 Woodcrest Drive, Tunkhannock, Pa. 18657. On line condolences may be sent to the family at sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com