Obituaries
Natasha Canfield
Aug 13, 2012
Natasha (Tasha) Marie Canfield, age 17, of 456 Farr Rd., Mehoopany, passed away from injuries sustained as result of an automobile accident on Monday afternoon, August 13, 2012, in Windham Township, Wyoming County. She was born in Sayre on August 28, 1994, daughter of Roger Dale and Sylvia Marie Parks Canfield Jr. of Mehoopany. Natasha had just graduated with the...
James Henry Bunnell
Aug 13, 2012
James Henry Bunnell of Peckville died Monday morning at home. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lola Bunnell, in 1992. Born in Clarks Summit, he was the son of the late Loyal Willard and Marjorie Elizabeth Nichols Bunnell. Before his retirement, he was a contract special investigator for the federal government and a special agent for the FBI....
Helen W. Lane
Aug 11, 2012
Helen W. Lane of Billings Mill Road Tunkhannock died Saturday evening in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Helen was born in Tunkhannock on February 16, 1932 daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Comstock White. She was a 1951 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and prior to her retirement she was employed as a waitress at several local restaurants. She...
Catherine Mary Delevan
Aug 10, 2012
Catherine Mary Delevan of Elizabethtown, formerly of Clarks Summit, died Friday morning at Masonic Village in Elizabethtown. Her husband of 40 years, Glenn W. Delevan Sr., died in July 1982. Born Dec. 9, 1920, in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Gwilym? and Jane "Jenny" Jones. She was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School. She was appreciated...
Maybelle J. Coolbaugh
Aug 9, 2012
Maybelle J. Coolbaugh of Rabbit Hollow Rd., Meshoppen died Thursday in the Community Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was born in Wyoming, Luzerne country on January 7, 1918 daughter of the late Luther and Ethel Knorr Coolbaugh. She was a 1935 graduate of Meshoppen High School and received her Registered Nurses certification from Passaic General Hospital, in NJ. For several...
Donald A. Zimmerman
Aug 8, 2012
Donald A. Zimmerman of Tunkhannock died Wednesday afternoon at the VNA Hospice Unit in Geisinger Community Medical Center. His wife is the former Mildred Bray. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Willard and Mary Reese Zimmerman. Before retirement, he was employed at Clarks Summit State Hospital. He was a member of Tunkhannock Assembly of God Church....
Alfred Palumbo
Aug 6, 2012
Alfred Palumbo, 91, of Clarks Summit, died Monday at Commonwealth Home Health and Hospice of NEPA at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife, Gertrude Ellen Leonard Palumbo, died in 1986. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Joseph and Raffelina Caracciola Palumbo. A graduate of Benton High School, he was in the restaurant business for more than...
Jill V. Baldo
Aug 3, 2012
Jill V. Baldo of Jake Lane Factoryville died Friday evening in the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia. She was born in Meshoppen on May 9, 1965 daughter of Richard Nichols and Linda McLaud Nichols both of Tunkhannock. She attended Tunkhannock Area High School and had been employed by Wayne’s Automotive Collision Service Inc in Tunkhannock as a secretary....
Thomas Rohan
Aug 3, 2012
Thomas Rohan, 62, of Scott Twp., died Friday morning at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. His wife is Lora Valentine Rohan. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., son of the late William Rohan and Dorothy Bielucke, he was the proud owner and operator of Rohan Autobody Shop in Scott Twp. Thomas served in the Army and fought for our country in Vietnam....
Barbara M. Cortright
Aug 2, 2012
Barbara M. Cortright of West St., Tunkhannock, wife of the late Dale F. Cortright, passed away Thursday at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Buffalo, NY on September 28, 1933, daughter of the late Albert P. and Myrtle M. Lyman Miller. She was a graduate of Corning Free Academy Class of 1951. She then attended nursing...
David L. Merrick
Jul 31, 2012
David L. Merrick of Meadowood Dr, Tunkhannock, passed away on Tuesday July 31st in INOVA Fairfax Hospital. He was born in Scranton on July 4, 1952, son of Leonard and Marion Sporer Merrick. He was a 1970 graduate of South Catholic High School and attended Keystone College. David began his career in the electronic security industry in 1979 where he...
Arthur Payton Sr.
Jul 31, 2012
Arthur W. Payton, Sr., Tunkhannock, died Tuesday evening at Tyler Memorial Hospital. His widow is the former Claudette Sandoz. Born in the Bay Ridge Section of Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late George and Elizabeth Anna Monicque. Prior to retirement he was a supervisor at Metropolitan Life Insurance. He was a proud Air Force veteran and loved...
Florence H. Pentasuglio
Jul 30, 2012
Florence Helen Pentasuglio, 84, of Clarks Summit, died Monday afternoon shortly after admission to Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was the wife of Martin J. Pentasuglio Sr. The couple had been married for 64 years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Christina DeCarlo Tutino. Working alongside her husband, they operated Pango's Market in Scranton....
Mary M. Baldo
Jul 29, 2012
Mary M. Baldo of Maple Lane Tunkhannock died Sunday in Kindred Hospital Wyoming Valley. She was born in West Wyoming on June 18, 1930 daughter of the late Edward and Carmella DeMarko Furner. Mary was a 1947 graduate of West Wyoming High School. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a cafeteria worker in the Tunkhannock Area School District....
Joan Marie Catalano
Jul 27, 2012
Joan Marie Catalano of Clarks Green died Friday morning at home. She was the wife of Michael A. Catalano Jr., who died in 2006. Born in Dunmore, she was the daughter of the late Joseph N. and Rose Barbett Carra. She was a member of the Church of St. Gregory in Clarks Green. The family wishes to thank Joan's caregivers...
Greg W. Simpson
Jul 26, 2012
Greg W. Simpson died Thursday at home in South Abington Twp. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late June Tischler Simpson; and Dr. Roy W. Simpson and his wife, Gerri, Olyphant. Greg was a graduate of Abington Heights High School and Marywood University with a degree in special education. For many years he had worked at Still...
Carlton J. Brown
Jul 26, 2012
Carlton J. Brown of Creamery Rd Tunkhannock, died Thursday in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. He was born January 23, 1961 in Kingston son of Gerald Brown of Tunkhannock and the late Janet Gay Brown. He was a 1979 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and Valley Forge Christian College and also attended College Misericordia. He served as pastor in...
Saban "John" Yesil
Jul 26, 2012
Saban "John" Yesil of Clarks Summit died Thursday morning at home after a long, courageous battle with cancer. His widow is the former Anne R. Butler. Born in Turkey, at the age of 29 he bravely immigrated to the United States. He learned to write and speak English and accomplished the "American Dream." He enjoyed fishing and was passionate about...
Johanna Kochan
Jul 25, 2012
Johanna Kochan, 87, of Tunkhannock died Wednesday evening at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years Alex Kochan. Born in Old Forge on September 29, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Hnott Dedula. She is preceded in death by her brother Frank Jr. Johanna is...
Benjamin J. Whitehouse
Jul 25, 2012
Benjamin J. Whitehouse, formerly of Newton Twp., died Wednesday evening at the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center, Scranton. His first wife, Evelyn Bedell Whitehouse, died in 1997. His widow is the former Rita Ulmer, who now resides in Texas. Born in Taylor, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Emma Bray Whitehouse. He was a 1936 graduate of...
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