Obituaries
Thomas George Lostrick
Mar 12, 2013
Thomas George Lostrick, 44, died Tuesday at his home in Factoryville where he resided for 35 years. Born in Kingston, he was the son of Thomas Lostrick, Exeter, and Carolyn Headley Stancik, Sellersville, Bucks Co. He was a graduate of Tunkhannock Area high school and a valued employee of Stonehedge Golf Course for 20 years. He was of the Baptist...
Elaine Mary Thomas
Mar 10, 2013
Elaine Mary Mock Thomas,RN, died Sunday afternoon at Regional Hospital, Scranton. Born in Larksville, she was the daughter of the late Sheriff Joseph and Ludmila Vavrek Mock of Luzerne County. She was a graduate of Larksville High School, the Nesbit Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, and attended Johns Hopkins University. She was on the staff at Fort Howard Veterans Hospital...
Steven J. Chapple
Mar 8, 2013
Steven J. Chapple, 51, of Ransom Twp., died Friday evening as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born in Scranton, son of the late Willard and Hilda Ruane Chapple, he was a 1979 graduate of Abington Heights High School and was employed as an electrician at Leber Electric. He was a member of IBEW Local 81. Steve...
Lois A. Payne
Mar 8, 2013
Lois A. Payne of Lake Winola died Friday March 8th in Abington Manor Clarks Summit. She was born in East Benton on October 26, 1922 daughter of the late Frederick and Minnie Norton Payne. Lois was employed for over 36 years at Pope and Talbot plant in Ransom and for several years she worked on the family Dairy Farm. A...
Joan Fay Koerner
Mar 8, 2013
Joan Fay Koerner, Clarks Summit, died Friday evening at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the wife of the late Roger Koerner, who died in 1999. She resided with her granddaughter, Christine. Born in Clifford Twp., she was the daughter of the late Edward and Jessie Thompkins Owens and the late Raymond Tuttle. She was a 1950 graduate of Harford...
Wilber Smith
Mar 6, 2013
Wilbur H. Smith, 92, of Auburn Twp. Susquehanna Co. formerly of Jackson, New Jersey and Daytona Beach, Fla. died Wednesday March 6th in the Golden Living Care Center in Tunkhannock. Wilbur was born in Cornwell Heights, Pa. on December 3, 1920 son of the late Wilbur H. and Jane Morrison Smith Sr. He was a graduate of Bensalem High School...
Rose M. Schreiber
Mar 6, 2013
Rose M. Schreiber, 98, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2013 in Scranton. Born on February 21, 1915, Rose was the daughter of Simon and Anna Gazdik. She was a longtime resident of Olean, NY, where she grew up alongside her sister Mary Gazdik Mishanec and brothers Joe and Sam Gazdik. After graduating from Olean High School, Rose worked for...
Scott White
Mar 4, 2013
Scott White, 62, of Newton Twp., died Monday morning at Allied Skilled Nursing Facility. His wife is the former Maria Bonacuse. The couple had been married since 1987. Born in Scranton, son of Audrey Dunlop White of Clarks Summit and the late James Robert White, he was a 1968 graduate of Abington Heights High School, a member of Pennsylvania Farmers...
Carl Noakes
Mar 3, 2013
Carl Noakes, 62, died Sunday morning at his home in Ransom Township. He was married to the former Mary Libassi. The couple would have been married 43 years in April. Carl was a self-made man, a loving husband, father, grandfather, master plumber, businessman, investor, landscaper, entrepreneur, mentor, volunteer to those in need, and most importantly a true friend. All who...
John Burton Arnaiz
Mar 2, 2013
John Burton Arnaiz, 83 of South Abington Township died Saturday, March 2nd at Regional Hospital of Scranton, surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his wife Joan Ellen McDonald Arnaiz. The couple has been married for over 54 years. Born in Philadelphia he was the son of the late Burton and Laurenna Shoemaker Arnaiz. He attended college at...
Barbara A. Richter
Mar 1, 2013
Barbara A. Richter of Lovelton died Friday at her home. She was born in Fox Hollow Windham Twp., on July 14, 1945 daughter of the late Clyde and Helen Keithline Farr. Barb and her late husband Charles Thomas Richter were the owners of the Tomb Stone Inn in Lovelton for over 36 years. She attended the Mehoopany United Methodist Church...
Joseph Arthur Donato
Feb 27, 2013
Joseph Arthur Donato, of South Abington Twp., died Wednesday at his home. He was the husband of the late Phyliss Goren Donato who died in 2001. Born in New York City he was the son of the late Nunzio and Frances Cangemi Donato. Prior to his retirement he was the owner operator of Vision Realty in Clarks Summit. He has...
Walter J. Fayocavitz
Feb 27, 2013
Walter J. Fayocavitz Sr., 83 of Ransom Twp. died Wednesday in Clearwater, FL. He was the husband of the late Stella Fayocavitz. Born in Taylor he was the son of the late Edward and Anna Samsak Fayocavitz. He was a 1947 graduate of Newton Ransom High School, and United States Air Force veteran serving in Korea. Walter was skilled in...
Theodore Ronald Remetz
Feb 26, 2013
Theodore R. Remetz of Pine Ridge Road, Northmoreland Twp. died at his residence on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. He was born in Luzerne on September 25, 1939 son of the late Frederick and Agnes Ponganis Remetz. Ted was a 1957 graduate of Tunkhannock High School, for several years he was a milk tester for Aldovin Dairy. He retired from the...
Vera M. Pugh
Feb 26, 2013
Vera M. Pugh, 87, of Clarks Green, died Tuesday morning at Hospice Community Care, Dunmore. She was the widow of James Pugh. Born in Dunmore, she was the daughter of the late George Bertram and Florry Hipkiss Dainty. She was a 1943 graduate of Dunmore High School and furthered her studies at Marywood University. Before retiring, she was an operations...
Barbara J. Yurksza
Feb 25, 2013
Barbara J. Yurksza of Remington Road, Tunkhannock passed away at the Regional Hospital in Scranton shortly after admission on Monday. She was born in Meshoppen on January 12, 1952 daughter of Clarence and Gertrude Garnet DeWolfe. She was a 1970 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed as a clerk at Weiss in Tunkhannock. She was preceded in death...
Leonard Pallis
Feb 24, 2013
Leonard J. Pallis Sr., 92, a resident of Tunkhannock Methodist Home died on Sunday, February 24th. Len was born Hanover Township on January 3, 1921 son of the Late Joseph and Edna Pallis. He was a graduate of Hanover High School and a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers College. He served proudly during World War II. Len graduated from Eckles...
Elizabeth Mactaggart Mcfarland
Feb 23, 2013
Elizabeth MacTaggart McFarland of Clarks Summit died Saturday morning in the hospice unit at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was married to Edward F. McFarland from 1960 until his death on April 29, 2012. Born Jan. 8, 1935, in Scranton, Beth was the daughter of the late Alex and Mary Carson MacTaggart. She was a member of Clarks Green United...
Charles E. Klimas
Feb 22, 2013
Charles Edward Klimas, Jr., 65 of Tunkhannock, passed away February 22, 2013 at Regional Hospital Hospice Care in Scranton after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his loving wife, Nancy Crandall Klimas. Ed was born on July 26th, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre, son of the late Charles and Emma Craig Klimas, Sr. He graduated from Tunkhannock High...
Robert E. Holton
Feb 22, 2013
Robert “Rob” Holton 43, of Tunkhannock died on Friday, February 22nd. He was born in Tunkhannock on July 14, 1969 son to Richard Holton of Tunkhannock and the late Elizabeth Larkin Holton. Rob was a 1988 graduate of Tunkhannock. He had been employed on the grounds crew at Stone Hedge Country Club, Creekside Gardens of Tunkhannock and Endless Mountain Landscaping....
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