Obituaries
Dorothy M. Sands
Sep 12, 2014
Dorothy M. Sands of Falls, died on Friday, September 12th. She was born in Kingston on October 3, 1945, daughter of the late Roland and Mary Milbrodt Keithline. She was employed by Nesbitt and Wilkes-Barre General Hospitals as a housekeeper and retired from Penguin Group (Book Shipper) USA after 11 years of service. Dorothy was a member of the Back...
Kenneth M. Shepard
Sep 5, 2014
I, Kenneth M. Shepard, 49, of Clarks Summit, went to be with my savior Jesus Christ after passing Friday, September 5th following a journey with kidney cancer. I predeceased my best friend and wife Tonya Shepard. We had been married for twenty wonderful years. Born in North Syracuse, NY, I was the proud son of the late Kenneth Shepard and...
Pauline E. Wells
Sep 5, 2014
Pauline Elizabeth Wells, 74, Dalton, died Friday morning at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton after a long battle with leukemia. She is survived by her husband, James A. Wells. Born in Clarks Summit, daughter of the late Samuel and Lillian Pringle Menichiello, Pauline was a graduate of Abington Heights High School, class of 1957, and early in life she was...
Margurite Cook
Sep 3, 2014
Marguerite “Maggie” Cook Marguerite “Maggie” Mae Cook, formerly of Tunkhannock peacefully went home to spend eternity with her Lord on Monday September 3, 2014. Maggie was the widow of Francis Cook and beloved mother of Beverly Ann and John Mark Cook. Throughout her life, Maggie relied on the strength, comfort, and joy of serving her Lord at the Bowman’s Creek...
Patricia "Pat" Clara Burns
Sep 2, 2014
Patricia ("Pat") Clara Burns, age 70, passed away on September 2, 2014. She was the wife of the late William Phillip Burns who died in 2012 Born in Philadelphia, Pat was the loving daughter of Frederick and Clara Lee Oelshlegel. She was a graduate of Frankford High School. Most of her married life was spent raising her five children. She...
Charles "Mayes" D. Wywiorka
Sep 1, 2014
Charles D. "Mayes" Wywiorka, 73, of Scott Twp., died Monday morning at Commonwealth Hospice at Regional Hospital in Scranton. His wife is the former Dorothy Pacanowski. The couple would have been married 43 years on October 2. Born in Taylor, he was the son of the late Charles and Tessie Slagowski Wywiorka. He was a proud Army veteran and a...
Frederick M. Drake
Aug 31, 2014
Frederick M. Drake of Tunkhannock died Sunday in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born on Buffalo, NY on March 16, 1944 son of the Frederick M. and Alma Nelson Drake. Fred was a 1962 graduate of Dallas High School and an Air Force Veteran. For several years he was employed by the United States Post Office servicing in...
Robert A. Takacs
Aug 25, 2014
Robert A. “Ratsy” Takacs of Nicholson died Monday August 25th due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident early in the day. He was born in Perth Amboy, NJ on August 22, 1974 son of Ronald and wife Carolyn Takacs of Lovelton and Donna Lee Lindh Ardito and Husband Jack of Georgetown, SC. Robert graduated from Tunkhannock High School in...
Pamela J. Schoonover
Aug 25, 2014
Pamela J. Schoonover of Tunkhannock died in Geisinger Wyoming Valley on Monday August 25. She was born in Wilkes-Barre on January 10, 1949 daughter of the late John and Julie George Nixon. She was preceded in death by a daughter Jennifer Boston. Surviving are sons Frank and Brian of Tunkhannock, Michael of Minersville, brothers Jack and David Nixon, sister Kathy...
John Kobylski
Aug 24, 2014
John A. Kobylski Sr. 91, of Tunkhannock died Sunday August 24th at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 51 years Cecelia Wiernusz Kobylski. He was born in Kingston on March 8, 1923 son of the late Michael and Antoinette Holka Kobylski. He was a graduate of Kingston High School. He then served for the US Army in...
Frances R. Nealon
Aug 23, 2014
Frances R. Nealon, 90 of Clarks Summit, died Saturday morning at the Jewish Home in Scranton. She was the widow of the late Paul J. Nealon who died in 1990. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late William and Kathleen Hawley McGraw. She was a member of Our lady of the Snows Church, and the Ladies Auxiliary,...
Cynthia Lewis Schmidt
Aug 22, 2014
Cynthia Lewis Schmidt passed away Friday morning due to the progression of complications associated with multiple sclerosis, with her loving daughter by her side. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Arthur Lewis Jr., Dalton, and the late Theresa Fazio Lewis, who died on Sept. 22, 2013. She was a graduate of Lacka-wanna Trail High School. She showed passion...
Evelyn Scranta
Aug 21, 2014
Evelyn A. Scranta of Tunkhannock died Thursday in the Celtic Hospice Unit of Geisinger South. She was born in Tunkhannock on October 10, 1931 daughter of the late Henry and Agnes Sands Giberson. After high school she was employed for a short time at the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company in Tunkhannock. Evelyn had been employed by Rowker Dress Co., Ronox...
Ira J. Wittig
Aug 21, 2014
Ira J. Wittig, of Tunkhannock died Thursday evening, August 21st, in the Sacred Heart Hospice Unit in Dunmore. Born in Wilkes-Barre March 5, 1941 he was the son of the late George and Mildred Smith Whittig. He was a 1961 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was an avid firefighter serving many local fire departments, and having fought his first...
Rocco Dettore
Aug 19, 2014
Rocco Dettore, 93, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Tuesday, August 19 at the Jersey Shore Center in Eatontown, NJ. He was the widower of the late Virginia Pistolese Dettore. Born in Clarks Summit, he was the son of the late Phillip and Janette Gabriel Dettore. Rocco was raised in Clarks Summit, enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1941. He was...
Dorothy "Dottie" King
Aug 19, 2014
Dorothy "Dottie" T. King, 83, of Mill City, died Tuesday morning in the VNA Hospice unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was the widow of the late Robert King, who died in 2001. Born in Flagstaff Maine, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Annette Murray Targett. Dorothy was a loving mother, aunt, grandmother, and...
Paul E. Homnick
Aug 17, 2014
Paul E. Homnick, age 87, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Sunday at his residence in New Port Richey, FL. He was the widower of the late Beatrice Ann Sebastianelli, and the couple was married for 57 years. Born February 16, 1927 in Throop, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Chichura Homnick. Paul proudly joined the Navy...
Angelo J. Sabbatini
Aug 13, 2014
Angelo J. Sabbatini Angelo J. Sabbatini of Mehoopany died Wednesday evening at the Hospice of the Sacred Heart in Dunmore. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on December 10, 1937 son of the late Romolo and Viola Lawrence Sabbatini. Angelo was an Air Force Veteran, and for over 40 years he was employed as a bricklayer by local 5 of the...
Mark Richard Rosengrant
Aug 11, 2014
Mark Richard Rosengrant 41, of Montrose died unexpectedly at home on August 11th, Born July 24, 1973 in Tunkhannock son of Richard and Diana Brogdon Rosengrant and Judith Cortright Bonavita all of Tunkhannock. Mark was a 1991 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and served in the National Guard 1991-1997. He was recently employed at the Carlton organic farm in...
William J. Strollis
Aug 11, 2014
William J. Strollis Jr. William J. Strollis Jr. 68, of Tunkhannock died Monday, August 11 at his residence; he was preceded in death by his wife Susan Smith. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on July 10, 1946 son of the late William J. and Marie Nikodem Strollis Sr. He was a United States Army Veteran and a self-employed Carpenter. He...
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