Obituaries
Eugene R. Carroll
May 22, 2012
Eugene R. Carroll, 74, died Tuesday morning at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife is the former Mary Ann Sheehan. The couple had been married for 42 years. Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late James and Florence Jordan Carroll Sr. He was a graduate of South Catholic High School in Scranton and received his associate degree...
James E. Murphy
May 21, 2012
James E. Murphy, of Sandbank Rd, Tunkhannock, died suddenly on Monday, May 21, 2012 at Tyler Memorial Hospital. He was born in Meshoppen on April 25, 1955 son of the late James E. and Gertrude Barber Murphy Sr. He was employed as a technician at McCain’s Gas and Electric for over 40 years. He was preceded in death by a...
George W. Matte
May 20, 2012
George W. Matte, Jr., 51, of Tunkhannock (Sugar Hollow), passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at the Community Medical Center Hospice Unit in Scranton. George was born in Wilkes-Barre on September 27, 1960, son of the Late George W. Matte, Sr. and Regina Koper Matte Boice. George was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School Class of 1978 and...
John A. Nesgoda
May 19, 2012
John Anthony Nesgoda Jr., 48, of White Haven, died Saturday due to complications from heart disease at home. His wife of 27 years is the former Candis Marie Lozinger, R.N., C.C.R.N. Born in Kearny, N.J., he was the son of the late John Anthony Sr. and Bert Lovenduski Nesgoda. He was a graduate of West Scranton High School and Johnson...
Mott Peck
May 15, 2012
Mott Peck Jr., Waverly, died Tuesday evening at his home. His wife of 36 years is the former Ann Detwiler. Born in Scranton on Aug. 5, 1938, son of the late Mott Sr. and Jean Howell Peck, he attended Waverly Elementary and Clarks Summit Abington schools, graduated from Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass., and Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. He...
Jane Coale
May 15, 2012
Jane Coale, 86, of Scranton, died peacefully at the home of her daughter, surrounded by her family. Born in Harford county Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Grace Hornberger Coleman. Prior to her retirement she was an office manager for the US Government at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Jane was a very outgoing person and had many...
Jeri Alyssa Todd
May 13, 2012
Jeri Alyssa Todd, 27, of Scranton, died as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile crash Sunday morning. Her fiancé is Shaun Sampson. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of Kelly Stolarik and the late Mark Todd. She was a graduate of West Scranton High School and was employed at Moranco as a driver transporting children to school....
Thomas M. Brunges
May 12, 2012
Thomas M. Brunges Sr. of Cooks Mobile Home Trailer Park Tunkhannock died Saturday in Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock. Tom was born in Tunkhannock on August 10, 1960 son of the late Donald L. Brunges and Betty Lou Evans Brunges Boice. Tom was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School class of 1978 and was employed by several local trucking companies....
Emma Jean Smith
May 11, 2012
Emma Jean Smith, 96, of Nicholson Twp., died Friday at Abington Manor in Clarks Summit. Her husband of 57 years, Otis W. Smith, died in 1996. Born in Peckville, daughter of the late Harry E. and Blanche M. Oberts Young, Jean grew up on Colburn Avenue in Clarks Summit, graduating from Clarks Summit High School in 1935. She was also...
John Sehne
May 10, 2012
John Sehne John Sehne of Overfield Township, Dalton PA passed away on May 10, 2012 at the Community Medical Center Hospice Unit in Scranton. Born January 17, 1933 in Kissker, Yugoslavia, he was the son of Jacob and Caroline Klauss Sehne. Prior to his retirement, John was a self-employed carpenter. He enjoyed soccer, fishing, hunting, and spending time with his...
Margaret Ross
May 8, 2012
Margaret Ross of Forest City died Tuesday afternoon at Forest City Nursing Center. She was the widow of Ashbel Ross Sr., who died in 1998. Born in Dalton, she was the daughter of the late John and Rachel George Sossong. Before her retirement, she was a laundry folder for Pat and Angelo Colmbes at Supreme Laundry. She was a religious,...
Martin J. Pentasuglio
Apr 29, 2012
Martin Pentasuglio of Clarks Summit died Sunday evening at home after a lengthy illness. His wife of 40 years is the former Bonnie Welcome. Born in Scranton, he was the son of Martin and Florence Tutino Pentasuglio. Before his illness, he was an insurance adjuster and the owner/operator of Penta Detective Agency. He was a member of Our Lady of...
Edward F. Mcfarland
Apr 29, 2012
Edward F. McFarland, a lifelong resident of Clarks Summit, died Sunday afternoon at home. His wife is the former Beth MacTaggart, whom he married in 1960. Born in Peckville, he was the son of the late Percy and Beatrice McCormick McFarland. Before retirement, he was a self-employed home builder and was a past president of the Lackawanna Home Builders Association,...
Jeanne E. Franks
Apr 28, 2012
Jeanne E. Franks, Clarks Summit, died Saturday at VNA Hospice at Geisinger-Community Medical Center. She was the widow of Gerald Franks who died in 1984. Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late Wallace and Mary Nichols Walters. She was a member of Clarks Summit United Methodist Church. At the convenience of the family,a private memorial service will...
Margaret Terrill O'Connor Fletcher
Apr 27, 2012
Margaret Terrill O'Connor Fletcher, of Clarks Summit, died Friday morning at the VNA Hospice Unit at Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. She is survived by John A. Fletcher, whom she married in 1999. Her first husband of 42 years, James J. O'Connor, Jr., MD, died in 1995. She was known as "Peggie" to her friends. Born in Blawnox, PA, she...
Thomas "Hap" H. Abraham, Jr.
Apr 27, 2012
Thomas "Hap" Abraham, 95, a Clarks Summit resident, died Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Community Medical Center, Scranton Pa. He was preceded in death by his wife Marion Smith Abraham in 2002. Born in South Boston, Massachusetts, son of the late Thomas and Margaret Climo Abraham, he attended Dorchester High School, Boston Ma. He was a member of the...
Jack W. Wasser
Apr 26, 2012
Jack W. Wasser of Clarks Summit died Thursday morning at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton. He is survived by his wife of 66 years Dorothy Perrine Wasser. Born in Philadelphia on June 19, 1921, he was the son of Clarence and Elsie Davis Wasser. The family moved to Clarks Summit in 1935. He was a graduate from the Clarks Summit/...
Florence O. Wilson
Apr 25, 2012
Florence O Wilson Florence O. Wilson of Tunkhannock formerly of Jefferson Ave. in Jermyn died on Wednesday April 25th in the Golden Living Care Center in Tunkhannock. She was born on November 14, 1916 daughter of the late William R. Reineke and Amelia B. Lyons Reineke Henry and stepdaughter of the late Earl Henry. Prior to retirement she worked for...
Betty C. Oslin
Apr 25, 2012
Betty C. Oslin 83, of Nicholson died April 25 at her residence. She was born in Scranton on February 23, 1929 daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Ross Lancaster. She was preceded in death by daughters Debra and Sharron Oslin. She is survived by sons Robert, of North Carolina, Raymond, of Auburn Center and Ronald of Scranton, daughter Linda...
Francis Xavier O'Hara
Apr 23, 2012
Francis X. O'Hara Sr. of Springville Township, passed away April 23, 2012 at home. Born in Philadelphia on May 18, 1932 he was the son of the late James T. and Jessie Huff O’Hara. Francis was a master sergeant is the US Army for 12 years. He was an operating engineer in Local 542 for 20 years, and was employed...
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