Obituaries
William H. Wohkittel
Jul 30, 2016
William H. Wohkittel, Tunkhannock, died Saturday at Mountain View Care Center, Scranton. His wife of 58 years is Donna Hughes. Born July 22, 1935, in Scranton, son of the late Paul and Elise Nuber Wohkittel, Bill was a member of Tunkhannock United Methodist Church. He attended LaPlume Elementary and Dalton High School, and was a graduate of Keystone Junior College...
Betty Eleanor Shell
Jul 26, 2016
Betty Eleanor Shell, 76, of Dalton, died Tuesday afternoon at Geisinger Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Cecil F. Shell who died in 1988. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Owen Franklin and Eleanor Betty Snyder Simonson. Prior to retirement she was a van driver for the Abington Heights School District as well as...
Iona Jacoby Roberts
Jul 26, 2016
Iona Jacoby Roberts, 98, of Milford, CT, died Tuesday morning at her home. Her husband was the late Ivan L. Roberts who died in 1994. The couple had been married for 52 years. Born in Clarks Summit, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Martha Rosenkrans Jacoby. Iona resided in Connecticut most of her life and prior to...
Gladys Audrey Yacovoni
Jul 26, 2016
Gladys Audrey Yacovoni, 98 , died Tuesday morning at home. Her husband was the late Louis Yacovoni who died in 1970. Born in Carbondale, she was the daughter of the late Montague and Sarah Tyrrell Harris. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a nurse's aid at the Clarks Summit State Hospital. She was a member of Our Lady...
Walter Kuzara
Jul 26, 2016
Walter Kuzara, resident of Nicholson, died early Tuesday morning at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore, at the age of 87. His wife is the former Geneva Helfrich. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Walter and Susanne Ferkol Kuzara. He attended high school in West Scranton prior to joining the United States Navy at...
Kenneth B. Squier
Jul 25, 2016
Kenneth B. Squier 83, of Sugar Run died Monday, July 25th at the Williamsport Home. He is preceded in death by his wife of 48 years Eloise Sick Squier. He was born on October 14, 1932 in Russell Hill son of the late Walter and Martha Furman Squier. Kenneth is a Veteran of the United States Army he was based...
John Scheibe
Jul 23, 2016
Dr. John Scheibe, 73, of Springville passed away July 23, 2016 in the comfort of his home surrounded by his son and daughter in law, former wife and friend Lori Clark, his brother Robert and his sister in law Sue. Born in Glenridge, NJ on February 18, 1943 John was the son of the late John and Dorothy Scheibe. John...
Paul Edward Yacabitis
Jul 21, 2016
Paul E. Yacabitis Sr., 50, of Covington Twp., PA. died while on vacation in Buckhannon, WV, where he grew up with his father, the late Carl Yacabitis. Paul's wife of 24 years is Lori R. Yacabitis. He was a 1984 graduate of the Buckhannon-Upshur High School in WV and attended classes at Penn State University. He was a long time...
Wanda W. Price
Jul 21, 2016
Wanda W. Price, 70, of Tunkhannock, peacefully passed away surrounded by loved ones on July 21, 2016 after a five-year battle with cancer that she fought with courage until the very end. Born October 28, 1945, Wanda was raised in Jacksonville, Florida, and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1963 and Georgia Southern University in 1967 with a...
Taylor A. Ciprich
Jul 20, 2016
Taylor A. Ciprich 19, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday, July 20th. She was born in Tunkhannock, PA on August 3, 1996 daughter of Stacia Lent Hobbs, of Nicholson, PA, and the late Todd Ciprich. Taylor enjoyed listening to music, writing poetry, swimming at the “Glenn”, and spending time with her family especially her little sister. She was preceded in death by...
Scott E Decker
Jul 18, 2016
Scott E. Decker of Meshoppen passed away Monday July 18 at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock PA. Born in Meshoppen in 1961 Scott was the son of John and Laura Bishop. Scott was also the husband of Kathy Howard Decker for 42 years. Scott is preceded in death by his Father John C. Bishop Scott is Survived by his mother Laura...
Carlton C. Shupp
Jul 15, 2016
Carlton C. Shupp, of Tunkhannock, PA passed peacefully in the arms of his Lord on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Celtic Hospice, Wilkes-Barre, PA. He died following a battle with brain cancer. He was born on November 9, 1931 to Clarence and Hilda Crispell Shupp of Buckwheat Hollow, Monroe Township, PA. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Sickler Shupp;...
James Hannigan
Jul 15, 2016
James Hannigan, 80, of Belle, WV passed away July 15, 2016. He was born December 14, 1935 in Shrewsbury, WV. James often spoke with great affection of his childhood and the love of his adoring family. His mother, Laura and father, John set a foundation of honesty, integrity, and kindness that would stay with James his entire life. James was...
Robert N. Peffer
Jul 12, 2016
Robert N. Peffer, 67, of Glenburn, originally from the Keyser Valley Section of Scranton, died Tuesday morning after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was the husband of Jeanne Brack Peffer. The couple would have celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary this coming October. Born in Scranton, Robert was the son of the late Stanley and Amelia Neroski Peffer. He...
John Tice Waardenburg
Jul 10, 2016
John Tice Waardenburg of Bradenton, FL (previously of Tunkhannock) passed away at his home on Sunday, July 10th . His wife of 16 years, Nancy Keock, stepson Brian, daughter Wendy Waardenburg Miller, and twin brother Charles and wife Joyce Waardenburg were by his side. John was a truck driver for 20 years. He was then employed by Allied Bendix Areospace,...
William A. Carl
Jul 9, 2016
William A. Carl, Clarks Summit, died Saturday evening after a brief illness at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. He was the husband of the former Margaret N. Perlitis. The couple was married for 56 years. Born in Carbondale, he was the son of the late Orval J. and Mary Monahan Carl. He was a graduate of Scranton...
Richard W. Brown
Jul 3, 2016
Richard W. Brown, 73, of Factoryville died Sunday, July 3, 2016. Born January 12, 1943 in Scranton, he was the son of the late Wellington and Mary Ann (Kopak) Brown. He was to married Antonia Vorstenbosch Brown for 52 years. Richard was a 1961 graduate of Abington High School and served in the Air Force for 8 years. He was...
Marjorie Ash
Jul 2, 2016
Marjorie Ash R.N., died Saturday evening at Hospice of Sacred Heart in Dunmore. She was the wife of the late Robert E. Ash who died in 1992. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Sara Greame Morgan. She was a graduate Central High School and Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing, Bryn Mawr Pa....
Cecelia T Kobylski
Jun 29, 2016
Cecelia Theresa Wiernusz Kobylski, 90, of Tunkhannock, passed away peacefully at Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre, PA on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 surrounded by her devoted children. Born in Wilkes-Barre on October 31, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Frances (Rokosz) Wiernusz and was the wife of the late John Kobylski, Sr. Cecelia’s greatest joy was her...
Gloria J. Rought
Jun 29, 2016
Gloria Jean Schoonover Rought went to be with her Lord on June 29, 2016. Born in Kingston on January 11, 1940 she was the daughter of the late George and Edith Winters Schoonover. Gloria was a 1957 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and worked at Commonwealth Telephone Company in Dallas where she developed her love of the phone and spent...
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