Obituaries

Apr 6, 2018

Elaine M. Tacij , North Abington Twp., died April 6, 2018 at Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. She was the widow of Theodore N. Tacij who died in 2016.

Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Bartley A. Zucosky and the late Mary Bartkowski Zucosky, on September 12, 1934. She graduated from the...

Apr 6, 2018

Frank A. Lovend, 83, of Scott Twp., died Friday morning at Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Dunmore. He was the widower of the former Janice M. Reese. The couple had been married 42 years. Born in Tunkhannock, son of the late Frank Lovend Sr., and Ethel and James Carpenter, he graduated from Tunkhannock High School and joined the Army. He...

Apr 6, 2018

Michael B. McDonald III of Waverly Township died early Friday morning at the Fox Chase Cancer Center surrounded by his family. He was 75. Starting at age 12 mowing lawns and delivering newspapers, Michael was a lifelong entrepreneur. After studying finance for a time at the University of Virginia, Michael started as a home builder in Connecticut progressing to multi-family...

Apr 4, 2018

Lois Jean Fritsch, 82, of Mill City, died Wednesday at Geisinger CMC in Scranton. Her husband of 64 years is Gerald Fritsch Sr.

Born in Chinchilla, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Frances Baker Hunsinger. She worked most of her life as a sewing machine operator for factory in Mill City. She was a...

Apr 3, 2018

Katarzyna Keller, 38, Newton Twp., passed away Tuesday evening at Geisinger Wyoming Valley after a courageous battle with cancer. Her husband is Raymond Keller.  The couple was married in August of 2013. Born in Legnica, Poland, she was the daughter of Boguslaw and Alicja Jaskiewicz Kwiatkowski.  She graduated from Wyoming Valley West High School and King's College with a degree...

Apr 2, 2018

Mary Elizabeth Bell Ostrowsky R.N. 84, died peacefully on April 2, 2018  at the home of her son Matthew Ostrowsky in Lewisburg, Pa. She died after a brief struggle with cancer. Mary “O” was the daughter of Herbert H. Bell and Winifred McAndrew Bell.

Mary “O” graduated from Meshoppen High School and Robert Packer School of Nursing. She was referred to as the...

Apr 2, 2018

Phillip Jude Wells, 45, Clarks Summit died Monday afternoon,  after a courageous battle with cancer at Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore.  His wife is the former Bobbi Joanne Compton, they were married on April 12, 1997 and would have celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary this year.

Born May 16, 1972 in Montour Falls New York,...

Apr 2, 2018

Katherine (Kathi) Bialczak Felker, 43, of Scott Township, was called home to God, surrounded by her loving husband, children, and family, after a 10-year courageous battle with brain cancer.

After a lifelong journey, Kathi met the love of her life, her soulmate, Robert (Bob) Felker and united their two families when they were married on October 1, 2011.

Born in Scranton, she...

Apr 1, 2018

Boyd Irwin Holgate, 82, passed away quietly at his home in Dalton on the morning of April 1, 2018.  His wife of 60 years is the former Mary Jane Zrowka.

Born in Clarks Summit, he was the son of the late Allen E. and Marion Johnson Holgate.  After graduating from Clarks Summit High School he was a...

Mar 31, 2018

Irene E. Kitchnefsky of Fall’s died on Saturday in Allied Services Hospice Center Inpatient Unit in Scranton. She was born in Kingston on May 20, 1939 daughter of the late John and Caroline Dimock Heydon.

She was a graduate of Falls Overfield High School class of 1957, member of the Lake Winola United Church. For several years she served Overfield Twp....

Mar 29, 2018

Nioma Combs Feeney, affectionately know as "Aunt Nina" to her family, died early Thursday morning, March 29, at The Lodge at Cold Spring, in Rocky Hill, CT at the age of 101. She was the widow of Frank (Francis) A. Feeney who died in 1988.  Frank worked at Metropolitan Life and he and Nioma lived in Clarks Summit, PA...

Mar 29, 2018

Lucille F. Campbell, 90, of Muncy died Thursday March 29, at Abington Manor in Clarks Summit. She was the wife of the late Sylvan Reed who died in 1985, and her second husband, the late Charles Campbell who died in 1999. Born in Moreland Township on July 15, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Blanche Temple...

Mar 27, 2018

Donald E. Lewis, 92, of Clarks Summit died Tuesday, March 27th at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. His wife of 66 years is the former Barbara Nicholls.

Born in Clarks Summit, he was the son of the late Levi Roy and Ruth Chivers Lewis. He graduated from Clarks Summit High School, Lehigh University with a mechanical engineering...

Mar 26, 2018

Hilda Brown, 96, of Clarks Summit died Monday March 26 at Geisinger CMC in Scranton.  Her husband was the late Edward Brown who died in 1989.  They had been married 29 years at the time of his death.

Born September 12, 1921 in New York, she was the daughter of the late Karl and  Bertha Schilling Niklas....

Mar 22, 2018

Margaret Ann Granquist, 86, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday at her home.  Her husband was the late Emil Granquist who died in 2015.  The couple had been married for 60 years at the time of his death. Born in Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elsie Hinson Robinson.  Prior to relocating to Clarks Summit, she...

Mar 22, 2018

Kenneth J. Hallock Sr.

Kenneth J. Hallock Sr., 78, of Tunkhannock died Thursday March 22nd at The Gardens in Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife of 56 years Diane Rutledge Hallock. He was born in Scranton, Pa on December 17, 1939 son of the late Alton and Dorothy Flesch Hallock. Ken was a veteran of the United States Army and...

Mar 20, 2018

Grace V. Finn, 95, of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday at the Jewish Home of Eastern Pa. She was the wife of the late Richard A. Finn. Born Jan. 16, 1923 in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Gaston and Alice Robbins Du Jardin. Before her retirement, she was employed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. as the...

Mar 20, 2018

Martha Allen Azar passed away peacefully on March 20, 2018 at the Allied Hospice Center in Scranton.  She was 74 years old.  Daughter of the late Dorothy Rosenberry Allen and Charles T. Allen, she was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania on September 21, 1943.

Martha grew up in Moosic, PA and spent many of her young summers at the family cottage near...

Mar 15, 2018

David T. Kulp, 65 of Lemon Twp. died Thursday at home. He was the son of the late Robert and Mildred Griffin Kulp.

Born in Norristown, he graduated from Methacton High School. David went on to be a mechanic and owned David's Auto Body and Repair. David loved cars from working on his own, or his customers,...

Mar 14, 2018

Ronald T. Carpenter, 44, of Dalton, died Wednesday March 14 at Geisinger CMC in Scranton. Born in Scranton, he was the son of Barbara Damm Carpenter and the late Glendon Carpenter.  He was a 1991 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and had worked as a baker at Weis Market.  He was a member of Lake Winola United Methodist Church. Throughout...