Obituaries

Joann C. Catanzaro

Joann C. Catanzaro

Sep 22, 2015

JoAnn C. Catanzaro, 52, of Garfield, New Jersey, died Tuesday, September 22 at her home. Born in White Plains, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Evans and JoAnn O'Connor Catanzaro. JoAnn graduated Garfield High School NJ, class of 1980, and Felician College Lodi , NJ, class of 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Education. She was...

John Joseph Nallin

John Joseph Nallin

Sep 22, 2015

John Joseph Nallin Sr., 93, of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday evening at Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. His widow is the former Marie Anne Button. They married on Nov. 12, 1976. His first wife, Florence Nallin, preceded him in death. Born in Scranton, son of the late John James and Kathryn Cummings Nallin, he graduated from the University...

Marshall T. Lewis, Sr.

Marshall T. Lewis, Sr.

Sep 19, 2015

Marshall T. Lewis Jr., 62, of Scott Twp., died Saturday evening at his home. He was the husband of the late Charlene Fiorucci Lewis. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Marshall Sr. and Grace Hall Lewis. He was a graduate of Scott High School and was the last person to be drafted into the Army from...

Robert D. Massaker

Robert D. Massaker

Sep 16, 2015

Robert D. Massaker of Tunkhannock passed away Wednesday September 16, 2015 in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born in Tunkhannock on November 2, 1920 son of the late Henderson and Lois Kester Massaker. Bob was a 1939 graduate of Tunkhannock High School where he was the first athlete to letter in five sports in the same year. He...

Barbara Czwartoski

Barbara Czwartoski

Sep 16, 2015

Barbara Czwartoski, of Factoryville, passed away unexpectedly at home on September 16th. Born on July 12, 1951, in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late John and Ruth Zymblosky Singer. Barbara attended school in the Scranton school district and was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughter Erica Lanting of Fort Collins, CO, her niece and caretaker Tamara...

Christopher Loren Dixon

Christopher Loren Dixon

Sep 15, 2015

Christopher Loren Dixon, 22, of Dalton, died unexpectedly early Tuesday morning as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Scranton, he was the son of David L. and Kathleen J. Scappatura Dixon. He was a 2011 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School, attended Penn State Worthington Campus for 2 years and was currently attending Penn...

Marion L. Reid

Marion L. Reid

Sep 14, 2015

Marion L. Reid, Factoryville died Monday afternoon at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Her husband was the late Forest C. Reid who died in 1997. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Warren K. and Lizzie DePew Anderson. Prior to retirement, she worked alongside her husband on their farm. She was a member of the Lake...

Howard D. Trauger

Howard D. Trauger

Sep 13, 2015

Howard D. Trauger 89, a life time resident of Lake Winola died at his home on Sunday. Preceding him in death was his wife Geraldine Jacques Trauger who died on January 23, 2011. He was born in Lake Winola on February 7, 1926 son of the late Carl and Mabel Hancock Trauger. Howard was a 1943 graduate of Falls Overfield...

Martha J. Migliori

Martha J. Migliori

Sep 13, 2015

Martha J. Fuller Migliori, 86, of Falls, died Sunday, September 13th. She was born in Olyphant, PA on February 22, 1929 daughter of the late Theodore and Bernice Slocum Fuller. Martha enjoyed playing cards and Yahtzee especially with her grandchildren and the weekly Tuesday Afternoon Club. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters; Dora Gumaer, Viola...

Reverend John Casey

Reverend John Casey

Sep 13, 2015

Reverend John William Casey 95, Pastor Emeritus of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Tunkhannock, and a resident of St. Luke's Villa, Wilkes-Barre died on September 13, 2015. Father Casey, son of the late John W. Casey, Sr., and Mary O’Boyle Casey, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 15, 1920. He was a graduate of Saint...

Nello E. Marzani

Nello E. Marzani

Sep 12, 2015

Nello Marzani, 88, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Clarks Summit, passed away Saturday, Sept. 12, at Legacy House Hospice of Marion County, Ocala, Fla., after an illness. His beloved wife of 64 years is the former Ann Trussell of Charlestown, W. Va. Born in Peckville, he was the son of the late Bruno Marzani and Emma Giombetti. He was a...

Boyd H. Strickland

Boyd H. Strickland

Sep 12, 2015

Boyd H. Strickland, of Nicholson, died at his home on Saturday September 12th. He was born in Springville on August 26, 1922, son of the late Raymond Boyd and Alberta Stark Bunnel Strickland. He was a self-employed dairy farmer all his life and during his farming career went to Russia to give seminars on agriculture and dairy farming. He was...

Esther C. Twordusky

Esther C. Twordusky

Sep 12, 2015

Esther C. Twordusky, 101, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015, at Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. She was born June 23, 1914, in Scranton, a daughter of the late Floyd and Johanna Smith. Esther worked in the Grove Silk Mill, Scranton, and Bocar Manufacturing, Tunkhannock, for many years. During World War II she worked in a factory making...

Joshua Aaron Epstein

Joshua Aaron Epstein

Sep 11, 2015

Joshua Aaron Epstein, 39, died suddenly in his home on Friday, September 11, 2015. He was the husband of Richelle Bixby Epstein. Born in Bowie, MD he was of David and Sandy Hull Epstein. Josh most recently worked in the insurance field and loved getting to know and serve people. Also surviving are four daughters Kyler, Zoe, Rylan, and Laynee...

Jean Maas

Jean Maas

Sep 11, 2015

Jean Maas, 90, of Ransom Twp., died Friday morning at the Jewish Home in Scranton. She was the wife of the late David "Wayne" Maas, who died in February of this past year. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Greame Anderson. She attended Clarks Summit Schools. Jean devoted her life to caring for...

Lora May Rohan

Lora May Rohan

Sep 11, 2015

Lora May Rohan, 64, of Scott Twp., died Friday morning at home. She was the wife of the late Thomas Rohan who passed away in 2012. The couple had been married 41 years. Born in Susquehanna County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Francis Grorener Valentine. She was a graduate of Scott High School and went on...

Virginia Penrith

Virginia Penrith

Sep 8, 2015

Virginia Penrith, 81, of Keiserville, PA, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at her residence in Keiserville. Born on August 16, 1934 in Greenslanding, PA she was the daughter of the late Dana and Amelia Gable Depew. She was a faithful member of the Biblical Baptist Church, Meshoppen, for over...

Vera M. Peregrim

Vera M. Peregrim

Sep 5, 2015

Vera M. Peregrim, 84, of Scott Twp., died Saturday afternoon at Allied Skilled Nursing Center in Scranton. She was the wife of Walter M. Peregrim Sr. The couple celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in June. A lifelong resident of Justus, daughter of the late Howard D. and Cecilia Kerr Miller, she was a graduate of Scott High School and went...

Diane L. Green

Diane L. Green

Sep 4, 2015

Diane L. Green of Tunkhannock died at her home on Friday September 4th. She was born in Asbury Park NJ on November 23, 1942 daughter of the late William and Lillian Policastra Savage. She was a 1960 graduate of Asbury Park High School. A loving wife, mother and grandmother and her grandsons meant the world to her. Surviving is her...

Warren H. Dunn

Warren H. Dunn

Sep 2, 2015

Warren H. Dunn, 89, of Dalton, died Wednesday morning surrounded by his family at his home. He was the husband of Doreen Carpenter Dunn. They were married for over 66 years. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Harold and Irene Robacker Dunn.He was a graduate of Scranton Tech High School and was a proud Navy veteran...