Obituaries
Pauline M. Rohrbach
Aug 28, 2012
Pauline Rohrbach of Tunkhannock formerly of Douglassville died Tuesday evening August 28, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. Pauline was born in Monocacy Station, Douglassville, Pa. on August 29, 1924 daughter of the late Harvey and Florence (Kline) Millard . Prior to her retirement she was employed as school bus driver for Rhoads Transportation in the Daniel Boone...
Romaine S. Oelkers
Aug 27, 2012
Romaine S. Oelkers of LaPlume died Monday afternoon at the Green Ridge Nursing Facility. Her husband, George J. Oelkers, died in 2008. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Earl and Madeline Zwick Wescott, she was of the Catholic faith as a member of St. Joseph's Church in Maplewood, N.J. Romaine enjoyed bowling and playing bingo. She was a person...
Margaret Gilligan
Aug 27, 2012
Margaret Gilligan of Clarks Green died Monday evening at Mountain View Care Center in Scranton. She was the wife of James H. Gilligan, Dunmore, who died in 1975. Born in Dunmore, daughter of the late John and Anna Yancisin Yash, she graduated from Dunmore High School in 1950 and went on to become a certified bookkeeper, retiring from Harnischfeger Industries....
Gethine Graves Baldwin
Aug 26, 2012
Gethine Graves Baldwin of Waverly and Dalton died Sunday morning at Abington Manor Nursing Facility after a brief stay. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Baldwin. Born in 1918, she was the daughter of Iva Graves. She lived her entire life in the Dalton and Waverly areas. She was primarily a homemaker who also worked for years...
Margaret Taccki
Aug 26, 2012
Margaret Taccki, 90, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday afternoon at Geisinger Community Medical Center Hospice Unit. She was the widow of Frank Taccki. Born May 6, 1922, in Newton Twp., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Valeria Fisne. She was a graduate of Newton-Ransom High School, where she played on the girls basketball team. She had previously...
Dorothy J. White
Aug 25, 2012
Dorothy J. White, 96, a longtime resident of Northbrook, Ill., Clarks Summit and Lake Winola, Pa., and Indialantic, Fla., died peacefully in Lombard, Ill., Saturday, Aug. 25. She graduated from Central High School in Scranton, Pa., and Keystone Junior College, and earned her registered nurse diploma at West Side Hospital in Scranton. She was a visiting nurse and did private-duty...
Carleton A. Connell Jr.
Aug 25, 2012
Carleton A. Connell Jr. of Clarks Summit, died August 25th after a brief illness. He was 90. His former wife, Margery (Lombard) Connell died in December 2001. "Skinner" as he was known to all, was the son of the late Carleton A. and Lydia T. Connell. He was born in Scranton and was a lifetime resident of the Abingtons. He...
Lois Smith Bagley
Aug 25, 2012
Lois Smith Bagley, 85, of Dalton, died Saturday afternoon at Regional Hospital in Scranton. She was the wife of former Abington Heights football and wrestling coach, the late Richard Warren Bagley Sr., who died in 1977. Born in Dalton, she was the daughter of the late Parker H. and Aurelia Baldwin Smith. She was a graduate of Dalton High School...
Norma Macmillan Dow
Aug 24, 2012
Norma Beatrice MacMillan Dow of Clarks Summit died Friday morning at home after a long illness at age 88. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Roger L. Dow. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Beatrice MacMillan. Norma worked as a bank teller at several area banking institutions, retiring from PNC....
Heidi Miller Crawford
Aug 24, 2012
Heidi Miller Crawford of Washington, DC, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jenkins Miller (the former Gretchen Zeidler) of Scranton died on August 24, 2012. Born on March 30, 1968, Heidi was an avid sports enthusiast who enjoyed playing on tennis and golf teams at Kenwood Country Club in Bethesda, MD. A graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg,...
Harold D Cartwright
Aug 23, 2012
Harold D (Bo) Cartwright, 284 Bartron Rd Tunkhannock passed away peacefully Thursday August 23, 2012 at Golden Living Nursing Center Tunkhannock from complications of Alzheimer's & COPD. Born May 28, 1937 in Noxen to Moses and Eva Hopfer Cartwright he was a graduate of Tunkhannock HS Class of 1956 and served in the U S Army. He married Marguerite (Maggie)...
Emanuel Carfi
Aug 23, 2012
Emanuel “Manny†Carfi of Tunkhannock died Thursday in the Regional Hospital of Scranton. He was born in Patterson, NJ on October 12, 1941 son of the late Patsy and Rose Agnello Carfi. Manny was employed as a truck driver all his professional career retiring from Hughy Trucking in Tunkhannock after 24 years of service. Surviving is his wife of 36...
Juanita M. Hirt
Aug 23, 2012
Juanita M. Hirt, 59, of Scranton, Pa., went home to be with her savior on Thursday. She left behind her companion of more than 24 years, John Ward. Born in Coudersport, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Andrew Stoling and June Howard. Also surviving are her stepfather, Martin Howard of Smithport, Pa.; sons, Andrew (Ashley) Norton; and Johnny...
Sara Weber
Aug 22, 2012
Sara Elizabeth Weber 88, formerly of Tunkhannock, passed away on August 22, 2012 in Bridgewater, NJ after waging a courageous battle with cancer. Sara was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on August 12, 1924 daughter of the late L.G. and Myrtice Sutton Simpson Sara will be remembered as a devoted mother and great friend whose kindness, generosity and intelligence inspired all...
Leon J. Ace
Aug 21, 2012
Leon J. Ace of Lake Winola died Tuesday afternoon at the Allied Skilled Nursing Unit in Scranton. His wife, the former Caroline C. Craft, died in 2007. A lifelong resident of Lake Winola, son of the late Jacob and Angeline Smith Ace, he was a truck driver for Oneida Motor Freight for 25 years, during which time he was awarded...
Corey R. Comstock
Aug 18, 2012
Corey R. Comstock, of Mehoopany, died Saturday, August 18th, at home. He was a son of the late Evelyn L. (Kiesinger) and Howard C. Comstock. Born in Meshoppen on February 25, 1947, he was a lifelong resident of Mehoopany. Corey was a graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and Mansfield University and worked for the Milnes Company of Tunkhannock for...
Irene V. Sudol
Aug 18, 2012
Irene V. Sudol of Mountain View Terrace formerly of Glen Lyon died at her home on Saturday. She was born in New Jersey on September 23, 1917 daughter of the late Michael and Katherine Kubasik. Irene was preceded in death by her husband Michael Sudol, brothers Tony Kasik, Frank Kubasik, sisters Sophie Staskiel, Mary Vansant and Julia Butz. Surviving are...
Diane Lynn Ranocchia
Aug 17, 2012
Diane Lynn Ranocchia, 53, of Olyphant, died Friday afternoon at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, after a short but courageous battle with lung cancer. Her best friend and companion is Marv Goodwin. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Audrey Patterson Thomas and the late Joseph Wearing Thomas. She was a graduate of Abington Heights High School. She...
Gabriel W. Callwitts
Aug 16, 2012
Gabriel W. Callwitts Jr. of Hazel St. Tunkhannock, passed away on Thursday at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. He was born in Throop August 8, 1918 son of the late Gabriel and Lucy Mayers Callwitts Sr. He was a graduate of Coyne Electrical and Television School of Chicago IL and prior to his retirement he repaired numerous televisions retiring from Procter...
Donna Marie Boris Uroskie
Aug 16, 2012
Donna Marie Boris Uroskie, 67, of Clarks Green, died Thursday at Moses Taylor Hospital after a heroic four-year battle with multiple myeloma. She is survived by her beloved husband of 46 years, Theodore W. Uroskie, M.D. Donna and Ted were not only husband and wife, but inseparable best friends. Born in Ashland, daughter of the late John and Olga Pellish...
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