Obituaries

Lucille Stevens

Lucille Stevens

Oct 24, 2012

Lucille Stevens, 92, of Linden St. in Clarks Summit, died Wednesday afternoon at Dunmore Health Care Center. She was the widow of Eugene Stevens who died in 1961. Born in South Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Vladislava Diempkowski Kapuscienski. Prior to retirement she was employed as a bakery manager at the Old River Road Bakery....

Amy Jo Kane

Amy Jo Kane

Oct 22, 2012

Amy Jo Kane , 31, of Clarks Summit, went to be with the Lord on Monday morning at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. She was the wife of Sean Kane. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Stewart and Hazel Evans Mitchell. She was a graduate of Triboro Christian Academy and went on to continue her education by graduating...

Ronald Leo Wilbur

Ronald Leo Wilbur

Oct 19, 2012

Ronald Leo Wilbur, 46, Falls, died Friday at home. His wife is the former Laura Swartz. The couple had been married since 2008. Born in Elizabeth, NJ, he was the son of Martin Wilbur of Tunkhannock and the late Carol Galbraith Sellitti. He was a 1983 graduate of Lackawanna Trail High School. He worked as a delivery driver and was...

Rocco V. Riccio

Rocco V. Riccio

Oct 19, 2012

Rocco V. Riccio was called to be with our Lord in heaven on Oct. 19. A resident of Lehigh Commons, Macungie, Pa., he was the husband of Claire M. (Frei) Riccio, with whom he resided. He was a former resident of Newton Township, Pa., where he lived for more than 32 years before relocating to the Lehigh Valley in 2007....

Marion H. Winski

Marion H. Winski

Oct 18, 2012

Marion H. Winski of Cove Road Tunkhannock died Thursday in the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. She was born in Scranton on January 14, 1943 daughter of Joseph and Agnes McLaine Marion enjoyed Traveling, her family, grandchildren and the afternoon Soap Operas. Surviving is her husband of 48 years David Winski, son Joseph and wife Kym of Warner Robins, Ga.,...

Clarice B. Ayres

Clarice B. Ayres

Oct 18, 2012

Clarice Ayres of Twin Oaks Personal Care home in Granville Summit, Pa., formerly of Newton, Pa., left this world very gently on Thursday, Oct. 18. She was the widow of Lester Ayers, they were married for 47 years. She taught grade school in Newton for several years, became a mother and then went on to be the office manager at...

Edward A. Stroud

Edward A. Stroud

Oct 17, 2012

Edward A. Stroud III died October 17, 2012, at his home in Clarks Summit, Pa. He married Joan Marie McHugh on June 25, 1960. Born July 14, 1937, in Kingston, Pa., he was the son of the late Edward A. Stroud Jr. and Mary Jean Johnson Stroud. He received his bachelor's in electrical engineering from Villanova University and master's in...

Mary T. Naylor

Mary T. Naylor

Oct 15, 2012

Mary T. Naylor, 91, of Clarks Summit, died Monday morning at Commonwealth Home Health Hospice, Scranton. She was the widow of Peter Naylor who died in 1994. Born in the Minooka section of Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Monica Swietnicki. For a time, she was a shoemaker for Endicott Johnson Shoe Co. and, before retirement,...

Robert E. Cumens

Robert E. Cumens

Oct 14, 2012

Robert E. Cumens of Eaton Terrace Tunkhannock passed away on Monday at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. He was born September 25, 1932 in Coatesville son of the late Paul G. and Mildred A. Needham Cumens. He was a 1951 graduate of Scotts High School in Coatesville and was co-owner of Onawandah Camp Ground in Tunkhannock and for 26...

Kenneth W. Lundvall

Kenneth W. Lundvall

Oct 13, 2012

Kenneth W Lundvall, 71, of S. Abington died Saturday at Abington Manor Nursing Home after an extended illness. He was born in Mendon, Ma. the son of John Lars Lundvall and Phebe Briggs Lundvall. He graduated from Mendon High School, attended DeVry Technical Institute and Moody Bible Institute, and Bible Institute of New England. While living in Ma. he worked...

Austin C. Sicher, Jr.

Austin C. Sicher, Jr.

Oct 12, 2012

Austin C. Sicher Jr., 78, of Newton Twp., died Friday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. His wife is the former Edith "Edie" Cooper. The couple celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary in April. Born in Kingston, he was the son of the late Rev. A. Clay and Estella Williams Sicher. He served in...

George L. Matusavige

George L. Matusavige

Oct 11, 2012

George L. Matusavige, age 92, of Centermoreland, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2012, at Celtic Healthcare, Dunmore after a short illness. Born in Pittston on January 13, 1920 he was a son of the Late George J. and Margret Whitcare Matusavige. He graduated from Tunkhannock High School, class of 1938 and remained a loyal Tiger Fan watching his children...

Carl Hoffman

Carl Hoffman

Oct 11, 2012

Carl Hoffman, Forest City, died October 11 at home. His wife was Mary Hoffman who died in 2010. He was a self employed handyman. He has no immediate family surviving.

Margo Mae Schwartz

Margo Mae Schwartz

Oct 11, 2012

Margo "Mary" Mae Schwartz, 94, died Thursday at The Jewish Home in Scranton. She was the widow of the late August L. Schwartz. Born in Dickson City she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mary Wozniak. Interment took place at Forest Hills Cemetery, Dunmore.

Ronald John Ball

Ronald John Ball

Oct 8, 2012

Ronald John Ball of 55 E. Tioga St Apt A, Tunkhannock died on Monday October 8th at home. He was born in East Lemon on November 21, 1941, son of the late Floyd and Winnie Peuterbaugh Ball. He served in the US Army from 1960 – 1962. Ron worked as a Grounds Keeper at Shadowbrook Inn and Resort, with Brown’s...

Willard M. Chapple

Willard M. Chapple

Oct 8, 2012

Willard M. Chapple, 83, of Ransom Twp., died Monday afternoon at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. His wife was the late Hilda J. Chapple, who died in 1994. Born in Ransom Twp., he was the son of the late Merlin and Bertha Pahl Chapple. He was a 1946 graduate of Newton-Ransom High School, and served in the Army during...

Brian C. Polak

Brian C. Polak

Oct 4, 2012

Brian C. Polak, 25 of Windsor, VA formerly Wyoming Valley, died Thursday morning at home. His wife is the former Sheri A. Reedy Polak. The couple married in 2006. Born in Kingston son of Jeannette L. Tilley, Naples, FL and the late Donald Polak Sr. He was a Navy Veteran serving on the USS Enterprise for six years. He was...

Elva Reese

Elva Reese

Oct 3, 2012

Elva Reese ~ Pioneer Nursery School Teacher Elva Reese of Clarks Summit, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the ripe "young" age of 93 ¾ in her home Wednesday morning with her daughter, Daneen, and beloved Yorkie "Sir Lancelot" at her side. Daughter of the late Wesley and Thelma Hall Griffiths, she was born and raised in Dickson City,...

Judith C. Wetherbee

Judith C. Wetherbee

Oct 1, 2012

Judith Carol (Judy) Wetherbee of Northmoreland Township passed away suddenly at home on Monday evening October 1st. Formerly of Melrose Park she was born on December 5, 1944 daughter of the late Julius Herman and Hilda Mae Stewart Wendler. Judy was the wife of retired Cheltenham Township Police Detective Sergeant Fred Wetherbee. Judy was a 1963 graduate of Olney High...

Aislynn Marie O'Brien

Aislynn Marie O'Brien

Sep 29, 2012

Aislynn Marie O'Brien,2 months, passed away September 29 in Oklahoma. Born July 26, she was the infant daughter of Lisa Degilio and Patrick O'Brien. In the short time with us, Aislynn was truly the light of our life, our little angel. Also surviving are two brothers, Collin and Trevor Griffiths; two sisters, Brooke and Kayla O'Brien; maternal grandparents, Nick and...