Obituaries
Ivan Willard Rosenkrans
Dec 25, 2012
Ivan Willard Rosenkrans of Newton Twp. died Tuesday morning at Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born in Newton Twp., he was the son of the late Willard and Bessie Reed Rosenkrans. He was a graduate of Newton-Ransom High School. Prior to retirement, he was employed as a truck driver for the state Department of Transportation. A true outdoorsman, Ivan enjoyed hunting...
Jo Ann Diskin
Dec 20, 2012
Jo Ann Diskin, 58, of Clarks Summit, died Thursday morning. She was the widow of William N. Diskin, who died in 2009. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Mary Ann Hallick Gilarde and the late Joseph A. Gilarde. She was a 1974 graduate of Dunmore Central Catholic High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in elementary education from...
Sandy Hook Elementary School Tragedy
Dec 14, 2012
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the terrible tragedy in Sandy Hook, CT. Join us in sending a message of condolence to the grieving families.
Kuk Cha "Rose" Defendorf
Dec 14, 2012
Kuk Cha " Rose" Defendorf, 62, of Batavia, died Friday morning at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore, PA after a fast and furious fight with cancer. Born in South Korea, daughter of late Kap Chul Chong and Sun Ye Yang, she was employed as a supervisor at Yancey's Fancy Artisan Cheese Co. in Corfu. She was also previously employed by...
Dr. Helen A. Spencer
Dec 14, 2012
Dr. Helen A. Spencer, 86, died Sunday, December 16th in Ft. Myers, Florida following an illness. A native of Clarks Summit, Helen was the daughter of the late Leo and Irene Spencer. Dr. Spencer was a graduate of Newton Ransom High School and East Stroudsburg University. She worked at public schools in New Jersey and Delaware while earning master and...
Paul Clarence Sickler
Dec 12, 2012
Paul C. Sickler of Tunkhannock died on Wednesday at the home of his daughter in Middleburgh, Pa. He was born on Corby Hill, Tunkhannock son of the late Chester and Flossie Corby Sickler. Paul had worked on the Shamokin Dam Power Plant, and as a logger and on his family farm. He retired from the Pennsylvania Department of Highway. Paul...
Dale Elaine Lewis
Dec 10, 2012
Dale Elaine Lewis, 85, of Clarks Green, formerly of West Scranton, died Monday morning in the Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit, Dunmore. She was the daughter of the late Paul and Mabel Thomas and was the widow of the late Jack Lewis, a onetime editor at the former Scranton Tribune/Scrantonian. Born in Scranton, Dale was a graduate of West Scranton...
David J. Wright
Dec 9, 2012
David J. Wright, 84, Remsen, NY, formerly of Fleetville, passed away on December 9 at the Pines Rehab Unit, Utica, NY, after a brief illness. He was born in Scranton, July 18, 1928, son of the late Vernon H. and Marion Lightbody Wright. Dave was a graduate of Benton Twp. High School, Fleetville and was a United States Air Force...
Glen R. Shoemaker
Dec 8, 2012
Glen R. Shoemaker, 63 of Laceyville died Saturday December 8 at Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock. He is survived by his wife Lorraine LaSaur. He was born in Meshoppen on February 16, 1949 son of the Late Leo and Hazel Evans Shoemaker. He retired from Tyler Memorial Hospital’s maintenance department in 2009. Glen was an avid fisherman, loved the outdoors and...
Susan Steele
Dec 7, 2012
Susan E. Steele 48, of Tunkhannock died Friday December 7 at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was born on November 30, 1964 in Meshoppen, PA daughter of Herbert and Leola Brown Steele, of Lemon. She is survived by her sister and brother in law Sally Steele and Ray Biglin, of Tunkhannock and brother and sister in law Randy...
Janet Marie Carr Howells
Dec 6, 2012
Janet Marie Carr Howells, 71, of Scranton, died Thursday morning at the home of her son. She was the widow of the late Robert W. Schmidt, who died in 1992. Born in Clarks Summit, she was the daughter of the late Edmund and Claire Rowlands Carr. She was an Avon representative since 1978, earning many awards and was retired from...
Spencer Kenwood Symons
Dec 5, 2012
Born on Aug. 4, 1990, in Quakertown, he was the son of Craig Symons and wife, Debbie; and Denise Symons. He was a graduate of Windfern High School and attended Lonestar Community College. Spencer adored his daughter, Sierra, and loved spending time with her and his girlfriend, Krystal. He lived life to the fullest. He enjoyed hunting, working out, playing...
Virginia E. Fogarty
Dec 3, 2012
Virginia Edna Fogarty, 78, of Clarks Summit, died Monday morning At Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. She was the wife of Daniel Thomas Fogarty, who also died Monday morning. The couple had been married for 57 years. Born in Teaneck NJ, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Charles and Margaret Edna Ullrich Lachmann. She was a graduate...
Daniel T. Fogarty
Dec 3, 2012
Daniel Thomas Fogarty, 79, of Clarks Summit died Monday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. His wife was the former Virginia E. Lachmann, who also died Monday morning. The couple had been married for 57years. Born in Manhattan NY, he was the son of the late Daniel T. and Mary Cannon Fogarty. He was a graduate of Bogota...
James Thomas Mclane
Dec 3, 2012
James Thomas "Tom" McLane, Chinchilla, died Monday evening, surrounded by his loving family, at the Gino Merli Veteran Center in Scranton. He was preceded in death by his wife Joan McHale McLane, who died on October 4, 1984 and his longtime companion Margaret Travis who died in 2008. Born in Scranton he was the son of the late James Leo...
Gary Allen Bluhm
Dec 1, 2012
Gary Allen Bluhm of Tunkhannock died Saturday evening in Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was born in Sayre on October 19, 1952 son of Mary Kreichbaum Bluhm of Tunkhannock and the late Ervin Bluhm. Gary was a 1970 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and attended Kings College. He was the owner of Gary Bluhm Real Estate and the Endless Mountains...
Iva Richards
Nov 30, 2012
Iva Richards, 93, of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Clarks Summit, died Friday morning at Tidewell Hospice House in Bradenton. She was the widow of Ralph "Russ" Richards, who died in 2004. The couple was married for 64 years. Daughter of the late Maurice and Lydia Davis Thompson, she was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, where she worked...
Jane Dakin
Nov 29, 2012
Jane Dakin of Scranton died Thursday morning at Golden Living Center in Scranton. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Fredland L. and Elizabeth Williamson Dakin, she was a graduate of Central High School and Skidmore College. Before retirement, she was a personnel officer at PNC Bank for more than 30 years. Jane was a longtime member of Covenant Presbyterian...
Edward W. Fialek Sr.
Nov 29, 2012
Edward W. Fialek Sr. of Clarks Green died Thursday afternoon at Regional Hospital of Scranton. He and his wife, Cathy Davies, had been together for 31 years. Born in Passaic, N.J., on July 27, 1943, son of the late Edward and Evelyn Willis Fialek, he was a graduate of Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, N.J., and received a Bachelor...
Dorothy Kashinsky
Nov 29, 2012
Dorothy Kashinsky, 92, of Lake Winola, died on Thursday November 29th at home. Born in Lake Winola on January 16, 1920 she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Evelyn Dailey. She was a member of St Mary’s of the Lake Church and a lifetime member of the Lake Winola Ladies Auxiliary. Dorothy was an extremely talented painter and...
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