Obituaries
Ennis Ruth Steo
Jul 23, 2012
Ennis Ruth Steo, 64, of Clarks Summit, died Sunday evening at home. She is the wife of Nicholas Steo. The couple would have been married 31 years on August 8th. Born in Parsippany NJ. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Ruth Sawyer Vonderhorst. Prior to her illness she was employed as a warehouse clerk. Ennis enjoyed gardening...
Wellington Chris Colombo
Jul 23, 2012
Wellington "Chris" Colombo, 91, of Waverly, died Monday, July 23, at Mountain View Care Center in Scranton. Born in New Milford, Pa. on November 13, 1920, he was the son of the late Frank Colombo and Aurelia Marcheselli Colombo. He was a graduate of Waverly High School and attended Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute before his studies were interrupted by the call...
Christopher Miles Demont
Jul 19, 2012
Christopher Miles DeMont, 51, of Factoryville, died Thursday morning at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. Born in Cambridge, Mass., he was the son of the late Edward Danforth and Judith Lynn Miles DeMont, Massachusetts. He was a self-employed metal fabricator at AFAB in Clarks Summit. Also surviving are two brothers, Jonathan Danforth, Arlington, Mass.; and Geoffrey Paul DeMonte, Carlisle, Mass.;...
Celia Whytashek
Jul 13, 2012
Celia Barnes Whytashek age 99 passed away on July 13, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock where she had been a resident. Celia was born in Marstella, Pa. on November 11, 1912 daughter of Matthew and Aloysa Barnes. She moved to Glen Lyon, Pa. at the age of 14 where she lived until she moved to Tunkhannock in...
Arthur J. Sives
Jul 12, 2012
Arthur J. Sives, 89, of Falls, died Thursday in Highland Manor Nursing Care Center in Exeter. His wife, Lois M. Compton, died in 2008. Born in Falls, son of the late Milford and Florence Hartin Sives, Arthur was a graduate of Falls Overfield High School and an Army veteran of World War II. Before retirement, he was a mechanical technician...
Margaret R. Gallagher
Jul 12, 2012
Margaret R. Gallagher died Thursday at Moses Taylor Hospital. Her husband is John W. Gallagher. The couple had been married for 47 years. Born in Wyoming County, daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Ross Lancaster, she was a 1961 graduate of Falls Overfield High School. In addition to her work as a dietician, she worked for many years at...
Eugene Walsh Sr.
Jul 11, 2012
Eugene Walsh Sr., 89, of North Scranton, died Tuesday at the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center in Scranton. His wife of 61 years is Betty Dickinson Walsh. Born in Scranton, son of the late Joseph and Bertha Miller Walsh, he was a World War II Army veteran. After retiring from Yellow Freight, he worked for United Neighborhood Center. He was...
Jeffrey Neary
Jul 6, 2012
Jeffrey Neary of the Scranton area and Tunkhannock died Friday evening in the Hospice Unit of the Community Medical Center in Scranton. Jeffrey was born in Scranton on April 27, 1962 son of the late James and Jean Ruddy Neary. Jeffrey was a resident at St. Joseph’s Center and was the first resident to graduate from the Lackawanna County Vocational...
Mario A. Terzano
Jul 4, 2012
Mario A. Terzano, 88, of Clarks Summit, formerly of Bergenfield, NJ and Chesapeake VA, died Wednesday evening at Community Medical Center Hospice Unit in Scranton. He was the husband of the late Rita Duffy Terzano, who died in 2000. Born in West New York, New Jersey, Mario was the son of the late Vittorio and Carmella Coscia Terzano. He was...
William Philip Burns
Jul 3, 2012
William Philip Burns, age 69, passed away on July 3, 2012. His wife of 49 years is the former Patricia Oelshelagel. Born in Philadelphia, he is the son of the late William G. Burns and Kathleen Whelan Burns. Mr. Burns was proud of his service in the Air Force but prouder still of raising and providing for his loving family....
Beverly Lois Walters Shaw
Jul 2, 2012
Beverly Lois Walters Shaw of Clarks Summit died Monday morning at Mountain View Care Center. She was the widow of Leslie Shaw, who died Sept. 25, 2008. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late William and Nina Long Walters. She was a very dedicated member of the Christian Science Church and served in the roles of...
Maryann Zabrowski Holgate
Jun 29, 2012
Maryann Zabrowski Holgate, 43, Nicholson, died Friday morning at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. She was the wife of Patrick Holgate for 22 years. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Patricia Wagner Zabrowski and the late Edward Zabrowski. She was a 1987 graduate of Lakeland High School and a member of the Providence of God Lithuanian National Church...
Erma P. Jones
Jun 26, 2012
Erma P. Jones of Clarks Summit died Tuesday in Regional Hospital of Scranton. Born Nov. 16, 1926, in Springville, she was the daughter of the late Lavern and Blanche Baker Palmiter. She was a graduate of Dalton High School, where she lettered in basketball. Before her retirement, she was employed as a service desk clerk in the Globe Store, Scranton,...
Donald B. Howard
Jun 26, 2012
Donald B. Howard of Trucksville, formerly of Waverly, died Tuesday after an illness at Geisinger Hospital in Wilkes-Barre. He was the husband of the former Cheryl Hollenbeck. The couple had been married for 46 years. Also surviving are a daughter, Kimberly Sherer and husband, Joseph; and a son, Donald Jr. and wife, Ginny; grandchildren, Ashley Lynn and Joseph Sherer; Travis...
Robert W. Kemp
Jun 25, 2012
Robert W. Kemp, 80, of the Clarks Summit and Glenburn area, died at home Monday. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Roland and Olive O'Dell Kemp. He graduated from John Bartram High School, Philadelphia, and moved to the Clarks Summit area 50 years ago. He was living in the Glenburn area at the time of his...
Joseph F. Bruzzano
Jun 25, 2012
Joseph F. Bruzzano, 92, Clarks Summit, died on Monday at his home. His beloved wife, Sarah S. Bruzzano, preceded him in death on June 25, 2001. He was born and raised in Newark, N.J., and had lived in Irvington, N.J., and in Warren, N.J., before moving to Clarks Summit eight years ago. Before his retirement, he was a plant manager...
Gordon Thomas Sr.
Jun 21, 2012
Gordon Thomas Sr., Scott Twp., died Thursday evening at Mid-Valley Hospital, Peckville. His widow is the former Anna Prusiensky. The couple married in 1958. Born in Carbondale, son of the late Edgar N. and Winola Smith Thomas, he worked before retirement as a commercial truck driver, side by side with his brother. After retiring, he was a security guard with...
Gladys Huggler Rankin
Jun 20, 2012
Gladys Huggler Rankin, of Newton Twp., returned to the House of the Father Wednesday morning. She was married to Walter C. Huggler for 20 years, who died in 1961; and then to William Rankin for 40 years who died in 2004. Born July 20, 1921, in Clarks Summit, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Winford Dixon Singer....
Carl R. Meier
Jun 17, 2012
Surrounded by his family, Carl Raymond Meier, 76, of Tunkhannock, passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at the Hospice Community Care inpatient unit at the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre campus after a courageous battle with cancer. Carl was born in Hazleton on June 15, 1936 to the late Carl Winters and Elizabeth Jane Meier of White Haven. He was a...
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