Obituaries
Hugh K. Ashcraft
Jul 21, 2013
Hugh K. Ashcraft Hugh K. Ashcraft 76, of Forkston, PA died Sunday July 21 at the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Hugh was born on June 3, 1937 son of the late Norman and Pauline Krewson Ashcraft., He was a 1957 graduate of the Tunkhannock Area High School and received his Bachelors Degree in Dairy Science from the Pennsylvania State...
Kenneth Henry Klinkel
Jul 20, 2013
Kenneth Henry Klinkel, 86, of Dalton, gently passed away at home early Saturday morning. He was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Joyce Helms Klinkel. His wife is Jeanne Thomas Jason Klinkel. The couple would have celebrated their sixth anniversary on Aug. 17. Born April 10, 1927, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Henry...
Loretta M. Gower
Jul 20, 2013
Loretta M. Gower of Scranton died Saturday evening at Hospice Community Care of Dunmore. She was the wife of Robert Gower. The couple would have celebrated 53 years of marriage in August. Born in Chinchilla, daughter of the late Herman and Beatrice Woodyatt Ross, she attended Clarks Summit High School. She was employed at Mallard Sportswear and, before retirement, was...
Eleanor Wells
Jul 19, 2013
Eleanor Wells, 82, of Dalton, passed Friday morning. She was the wife of the late Robert J. Wells, who passed in 1980. Born in Throop on January 30, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Mary Rumovitz Dolinak. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed gardening and collecting dolls. She will be greatly missed...
Michael P. Castellano
Jul 13, 2013
Michael P. Castellano, 69, of Scranton, died Saturday morning at Northeast Regional Hospice after an extended illness. Born in Irving, Texas, he was the son of the late Michael and Florence Castellano. He was a talented certified mechanic who enjoyed working on automobiles. Michael was a tractor-trailer driver and enjoyed the opportunity it afforded him to see many great places....
Demaris M. Farrell
Jul 13, 2013
Demaris Ceccoli Farrell, 75, of Waverly, died on Saturday at Hospice at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Her husband is Dr. Robert Farrell. Demaris, daughter of the late Joseph and Helen Ceccoli, was born in Eynon on Memorial Day, May 30, 1938. She was a member of the Church of St. Gregory, Clarks Green. Demaris graduated from Marywood College with a...
Lois A. Long
Jul 12, 2013
Lois A. Amendt Long, Clarks Summit, died Friday morning at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. She was the widow of Frank Valvano who died in 1953, and Jack Long who died in 1986. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Emma Amendt. Prior to retirement she worked as a book processor at Haddon Craftsman. She...
Adam E. Onzik
Jul 9, 2013
Adam E. Onzik Adam E. Onzik of Towson, Maryland died peacefully at his home on Tuesday July 9, 2013. He was born in Kingston on September 19, 1984 and is the son of Edward P. and Mary Ann Kupstas Onzik of Shavertown. Adam was a 2003 graduate of Bishop O Reilly High School and 2007 graduate of Loyola College in...
Armistice Louise Nahlik
Jul 5, 2013
Armistice L. Nahlik Armistice Dude Louise Nahlik of Springville died Friday July 5, 2013 in the Tunkhannock Methodist Home, Tunkhannock. She was born in Mehoopany on November 11, 1923 daughter of the late Lloyd and Ellen Atkinson Robinson. Dude lived in Queens Village for 31 years moving to Springville in 1986. She was an active member of St. Peters Episcopal...
Ronald Sepesi
Jul 5, 2013
Ronald Sepesi, 68, of Moscow, died early Friday morning in the hospice unit at the Regional Hospital in Scranton. Born in Somerville NJ, he was the son of the late George Yurek and Henrietta Hantz Sepesi, and his step father the late Emre Sepesi. Ronald held various job position throughout his life but he loved being a driver most of...
Danilo De Soto
Jul 5, 2013
Dr. Danilo A. de Soto, Moscow, died Friday morning. Born in Brooklyn N.Y., he was the son of Danilo A. and Lidia F. Contreas de Soto, North Point, N.Y. His office was in Moosic where he practiced in the field of geriatric psychiatry. He was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Church in Clarks Summit. He attended St....
Joseph Andrel Mershon Gluba
Jul 3, 2013
Joseph Andrel Mershon Gluba died Wednesday, July 3, at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. He was the husband of Ruth Corby Koelewyn of Dunmore, Pennsylvania. Born in Denver, Colorado, Joe was the son of Andrew Joseph Gluba and Marsha Murray. He graduated from Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina, and received a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech...
Warner Mackay
Jul 2, 2013
Warner Mackay, 89, originally of Pittsburgh, passed away on Tuesday at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Margaret Mackay of Glenburn, where he resided for the last two-and-a-half years. He was married to Marjorie Jane Hugus of Spring Hill on the north side of Pittsburgh in 1946. Marjorie preceded him in death in August of 2002. Warner...
Leonard J. Keller Sr.
Jun 28, 2013
Leonard J. Keller Sr., Newton Township died Friday morning at home surrounded by his family. His wife is the former Bonnie Smith, the couple married on November 30, 1963. Born in Jamaica, NY he was the son of the late Gustave and Mabel Neisham Keller. He was self-employed throughout his life working alongside his sons as a farmer and a...
Bonnie Brooke Hopkins
Jun 28, 2013
Bonnie Brooke Hopkins, 72, of Dalton, died Friday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton after a short but brave battle with cancer. She and her husband, Robert W. Hopkins, would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 14. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Mildred Clegg Fletcher. She was a 1958...
Robert J. Richter
Jun 27, 2013
Robert J. Richter, 83, of Dalton, died Thursday morning at the Gino Merli Veterans Center in Scranton. He was the husband of Arlene Kruchinski Richter. Born in Honesdale, he was the son of the late John and Mary Roberts Richter. He attended school in Honesdale and in Conshohocken , Pa. Robert enlisted in the Air Force for ground communication at...
Emma Dixon
Jun 26, 2013
Emma Marie Dixon, infant daughter of Allison Matcheson and Sam Dixon, died Wednesday at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. Surviving are Maternal Grandparents Kevin Matcheson, Gloria Wormuth and Husband Bryan, and paternal grandfather Stanley Dixon, and several aunts and uncles. She was preceded in death by paternal grandmother Debbie Dixon. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 7pm from...
Rev. Robert Haynes London Jr.
Jun 26, 2013
The Reverend Robert (Bob) Haynes London Jr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, pastor and teacher, passed away at home surrounded in love with his family by his side. Bob lived a full and participatory life despite recent challenges with a chronic pulmonary illness. Born in Tulsa, Okla., in 1931, he was the son of the late Robert Haynes London Sr. and...
Harold L. Tempest
Jun 25, 2013
Harold L. Tempest, age 61, of 133 Spruce St., Tunkhannock, PA (formerly of Millersville, PA) passed away on June 25, 2013 in Montrose, PA suddenly. He was born on July 22, 1951 the son of the late Harold H. and Ann Winsco Tempest. Harold was a graduate and class president of Mahanoy Area High School class of 1969. He also...
Janice Reynolds Lutz
Jun 25, 2013
Janice Reynolds Lutz, died June 25. She was the widow of Royd Lutz, Esq. She was born August 27, 1926 on a small farm near Waverly, Pa to the late Chester I. and Vida Holgate Reynolds. Not long after graduating from Waverly Elementary, Waverly High School and Scranton Business College she followed her dreams moving to live in New York...


