Obituaries
Elmer "Bud" G. Poehlman
Mar 5, 2014
Elmer G. "Bud" Poehlman, 77, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. He was the husband of Marjorie White Poehlman. The couple has been married for 57 years. Born in Mill City, he was the son of the late Elmer and Elsie Andres Poehlman. He was a United States Air Force veteran. Prior to his retirement...
Helen L. Yankosky
Mar 2, 2014
Helen L. Yankosky, 92, of Clark Summit, died Sunday morning in the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisigner Community Medical Center after a brief illness. She was the wife of Millard Yankosky, who died in 2002. Born in Bernice, daughter of the late John and Rose Ropeck Kososki, she attended Mildred High School in Sullivan County. She worked as a seamstress...
Esther S. Thomas
Mar 2, 2014
Esther S. Thomas 77, of Tunkhannock died Sunday morning, March 2nd, at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She is survived by her husband Raymond Thomas; they would have celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in May. She was born September 25, 1936 in Scranton daughter of the late Anthony and Helen Balla Kudalsky. Esther worked for the Tunkhannock Area School...
Donald G. Marabell
Mar 2, 2014
Donald G. Marabell Sr. of Tunkhannock died at his home on Sunday, March 2, 2014, He was born in Tunkhannock on February 29, 1944 son of the late Theodore and Ruth Steinrock Marabell. Don was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School Class of 1962. He was an Air Force Veteran serving in the Vietnam and was the owner operator of...
Carol Yacone
Mar 1, 2014
Carol Yacone, Scott Twp., died Saturday after a courageous battle with cancer. She and her husband, John "Jack" Yacone, married on July 27, 1985. Born in Scranton, daughter of Ralph and Irma Beck Kowalewski of Scott Twp., she was a guidance secretary for Lakeland School District, a member of Our Lady of the Snows Parish and a 1976 graduate of...
E. Lawrence Bellante
Mar 1, 2014
E. Lawrence Bellante, 88, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday morning at Commonwealth Hospice at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife is the former Ann Helstrom. The couple had been married for 64 years. Born in Easton on April 16, 1925, son of the late Santo and Carmella Italiani Bellante, he was veteran of the Air Force during World War II...
Clare A. Fisne
Mar 1, 2014
Clare A. Fisne, 82, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center. She was the wife of Joseph Fisne Sr. The couple had been married more than 60 years. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Monaghan Patterson, she graduated salutatorian of the 1949 class of St. Paul's High School. She attended Marywood College,...
Elizabeth Jane Harvey
Feb 28, 2014
Elizabeth Jane Harvey 78, of Tunkhannock succumbed to a long term illness Friday February 28, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was born in Binghamton, NY on June 8, 1935 daughter of the late Ray Pratt and Margarite Rugg Gleason. She is survived by her husband of 57 years Merle R. Harvey. Also sister-in-law Joyce Vought, of Owego, NY, her...
Cynthia Taylor
Feb 28, 2014
Cynthia C. Taylor, 69, of Meshoppen died Friday February 28th at Hospice of the Scared Heart, Scranton. She is survived by her husband of 51 years William Taylor. She was born July 27, 1944 in Nanticoke, PA daughter of the late Wesley and Genevieve Allen Robbins. Cynthia devoted her life to her family and grandchildren. She was an avid gardener...
William J. Sandly, Sr.
Feb 27, 2014
William Joseph Sandly Sr., 55 of Clarks Summit, formerly of Taylor, passed away on Febuary 27, 2014 at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Cheryll Murray Sandly. Born in Justus, he was the son of the late Donald Albert and Clara Howells Sandly. He was a 1977 graduate of Lakeland High...
Sharon E. Harvey
Feb 25, 2014
Sharon E. Harvey 57, of Tunkhannock died on Tuesday at Geisinger South Hospital in Wilkes-Barre. She was born in Meshoppen, on April 27, 1956, daughter of the late Almon and Olive Dymond Harvey. She was a 1974 graduate of the Tunkhannock High School. She worked as a Clerk at Wyoming County Public Assistance for fourteen years, and at the Wyoming...
Plechette L. Dunton
Feb 23, 2014
Plechette L. Dunton, 47 of Tunkhannock died Sunday February 23rd. She was born on July 5, 1966 in Rochester, NY daughter of Sharon Commercial, of Prattsburg, NY and the late Frank Berardicurti. She is survived by two daughters Ciara Dunton, of Tunkhannock and Alivia Dunton, of Tunkhannock and two grandchildren Makota and Aviana. A memorial service will be held on...
Alberta Eva Antoine
Feb 23, 2014
Alberta Eva Antoine, 88, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday evening at Lackawanna Health Care and Rehab in Olyphant. Born in Chinchilla, daughter of the late Herbert and Eva Alberta Miller Antoine, she attended Fleetville Baptist Church, Waverly Baptist and, most recently, Lake Sheridan Bible Chapel. Alberta was a woman of strong faith, loved to sing church hymns and especially looked...
Ann Teresa Kolmansberger Piazza
Feb 20, 2014
Ann Teresa Kolmansberger Piazza, 84, died Wednesday morning at home following a lengthy illness. Born July 26, 1929, in Scranton, daughter of the late George and Celia Maranelli Kolmansberger, Ann was a graduate of Old Forge High School. After raising six children, she worked for a number of years at the Clarks Summit State Hospital in the activities department. Born...
Richard Harris Lewert
Feb 16, 2014
Richard Harris Lewert, 78, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday morning in the VNA Hospice Unit of Geisinger Community Medical Center. Born in Scranton, son of the late John Robins and Gretchen Kleckner Lewert, he was a 1953 graduate of Scranton Central High School and earned an engineering degree from Keystone College. He was a proud Air Force veteran, serving as...
Constance H. Winlock Watson
Feb 15, 2014
Constance H. Winlock Watson, 94, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday afternoon at Allied Skilled Nursing in Scranton. She was the wife of the late George L. Winlock Jr., who died in 1950. He owned and operated Camp Choconut and Camp Choquita in Friendsville, Susquehanna County, Pa. Born in Brookline, Mass., she was the daughter of the late William and Frances...
Richard R. Castelletti
Feb 15, 2014
Richard R. Castelletti, 65, of Clarks Summit, died Saturday afternoon at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was the husband of the former Kathy Fisne. The couple had been married for seven years. Born in Martins Creek, son of Mary Schelero Castelletti and the late Amerigo Castelletti Sr., he was a 1966 graduate of Easton High School, received...
Ruth J. Brittain
Feb 13, 2014
Ruth J. Brittain, 79, of Clarks Summit, formerly of Beach Lake, died Thursday night at home. Her husband is James Brittain Sr. The couple married on June 2, 1962. Born in Honesdale and raised in Beach Lake, daughter of the late Alfred and Doris Winnie Crosby, she moved to the Clarks Summit area in 1953 with her dear friends, the...
Catherine Gorski
Feb 12, 2014
Catherine Gorski, 88, of Clarks Summit, died Wednesday morning in the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was the wife of Frank Gorski, who died in 1999. Born in McAdoo, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Caroline Tihansky Kowalchik. She was a 1942 graduate of McAdoo High School and a graduate of...


