Obituaries
Pauline Yaremchak Foley
Mar 26, 2012
Pauline Yaremchak Foley, 91, of Waverly, died Monday evening at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center in Olyphant. She was the beautiful wife of Walter T. Foley. The couple had been married for 73 wonderful years. Born in Homer City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Basil William and Dora Langazo Yaremchak, who had emigrated from Europe. In...
Eugene S. Milnes
Mar 25, 2012
Eugene S. Milnes of Lane Hill Rd, Tunkhannock passed away on Sunday March 25th at the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. Born in Sayre PA on November 24, 1936 he was a son of the late Stuart and Carmen Green Milnes. Gene was a 1955 graduate of the LaRaysville High School. He was a 20 year veteran of the United States...
Linda Rosencrance Jenkins
Mar 24, 2012
Linda Rosencrance Jenkins, 53, passed away on March 24, 2012 in Scarborough, ME. Born in Scranton, on June 23, 1958, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Rosencrance Sr. and Bernetta St. Clair Rosencrance. She was educated at Abington Heights High School. Linda worked at Ram Trust Investments, the OOB Library, Oak Hill Condo Association and the Alouette. She...
Alan C. Layaou
Mar 23, 2012
Alan C. Layaou of Thurston Hollow Rd Tunkhannock, passed away on Friday March 23rd at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on June 11, 1955 son of Harry M. and Shirley Layaou Sr. of Mehoopany. He was a 1973 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and worked for 30 years as a Boilermaker with the...
Ruth L. Farrel
Mar 23, 2012
Ruth L. Farrel of Clarks Summit died Friday morning at Abington Manor Nursing Facility. Born in Scranton, daughter of the late Andrew and Olga Holtzman Morris Sr., she was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Clarks Summit. She attended Lackawanna Business College and before retirement, she worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Clarks Summit, and the Bendix Corp., Montrose. Surviving...
Frederick L. Corey
Mar 22, 2012
Frederick L. Corey of South Abington Twp. died Thursday afternoon at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. His wife is the former Ellen Ponkey. Born in Detroit, son of the late Sheridan L. and Sarah McAllister Corey, he was a Navy veteran. Before retirement, he was a store manager for 35 years for J.C. Penney Co. in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania....
Francis J. O'Boyle
Mar 17, 2012
Francis J. O'Boyle, 88, of Clarks Summit, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 17. He leaves behind his wife, the former Lucille Kremidas. They shared a wonderful family and 46 years of happiness together. Born in Scranton, son of the late Joseph A. and Josephine Mahon O'Boyle, he was a longtime member of Our Lady of the Snows and St....
Carolyn Jean Corker
Mar 16, 2012
Carolyn “Jean†Corker of Jets Lane Lemon Twp. died at her home on Friday March 16, 2012. She was born in Scranton on May 11, 1946 daughter of the late William and Lois Ruger Wilcox. Carolyn was preceded in death by a brother William Wilcox, sister Carol Ann. Surviving is her husband of 46 years Thomas Sr., sons Thomas Jr....
Helen A. McKeon
Mar 15, 2012
Helen A. McKeon (nee Nebus) of Springville, PA died March 15, 2012 at home, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Rose Nebus. Helen was born in South Amboy, NJ and resided in Sayreville, NJ for many years before moving to Pennsylvania. She was predeceased by four brothers: Peter, William, Edmund, and Charles Jr...
Michael Bakaysa
Mar 12, 2012
Michael Bakaysa Jr, of Dallas PA passed away Monday March 12th at the Hospice Unit Geisinger South in Wilkes-Barre. Born in Taylor, PA he was a son of the late Michael and Mary Fedor Bakaysa Sr. Michael was a Navy veteran serving from July 1943- March 1946 having served in WW II and in Okinawa He received Pacific Theater Ribbon...
Mary Chellis
Mar 12, 2012
Mary Chellis, 91, of Keelersburg Road, Tunkhannock passed away in Baltimore, Maryland on March 12th. Born on March 1, 1921 in Wilkes Barre, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Frances Rokosz Wiernusz. Mrs. Chellis was a member of the Church of the Nativity BVM in Tunkhannock and St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock, MD and devoted to her...
Herman E. Rosenkrans
Mar 11, 2012
Herman E. Rosenkrans of Ransom Twp. died Sunday afternoon at Geisinger Community Medical Center. Born in Taylor, son of the late Norvison and Augusta Burke Rosenkrans, he was a longtime resident of Ransom Twp. As a father figure to Nicholas Malatesta, Herman fostered Nicky's love of the country and construction. They partnered to form Malatesta and Rosenkrans Construction Co., spending...
Edith F. Wiggins
Mar 9, 2012
Edith F. Wiggins of Tunkhannock passed away on March 9, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock. She was born in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County on December 28, 1921 daughter of the late Franklin and Eugenia Bunnell Rowe. Edith was a 1939 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and married her high school sweetheart, Howard (Pete) Wiggins, who preceded her...
Robert H. Massaker
Mar 8, 2012
Robert H. Massaker Robert H. Massaker of Springville passed away on Thursday at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. He was born in Meshoppen on February 24, 1950 son of Robert and Carole Fleming Massaker of Tunkhannock. Bob was a 1968 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a 1975 graduate of Bloomsburg University. While in high school and college Bob...
Joseph E. Wall
Mar 5, 2012
Joseph E. Wall, 80, of Falls, died Monday evening at home. His wife of 53 years is the former Idamae Swartz Wall. Born in Falls, Exeter Twp., on Feb. 11, 1932, son of the late Dennis and Elizabeth "Bessie" Davis Wall, he attended the Exeter Twp. School and was an Army veteran of combat during the Korean War, stationed in...
Cecelia A. Vonstorch
Mar 2, 2012
Cecelia A. VonStorch of Langhorne, formerly of Justus, died Friday at Aria Health Care Bucks County Campus in Langhorne. She was the wife of Merle VonStorch, who died in 2009. Born in Scott Twp., daughter of the late Michael and Veronica Taugher, she was a former member of the Church of St. Gregory, Clarks Green. Surviving are three sons, Joseph...
David P. Miller
Feb 29, 2012
David P. Miller, 61, of South Abington Twp., died Wednesday morning at Regional Hospital of Scranton. His wife of 38 wonderful years is Debra Powell Miller. Born in Scranton, son of Bertram C. and Helen E. Grahamer Miller, he was a graduate of Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg and attended Harrisburg Area Community College. Before retirement, he was an...
Dennis H. Smith
Feb 29, 2012
Dennis H. Smith, of Exeter, died Wednesday February 29th, in the Highland Manor Nursing Home in Exeter. Born in Phoenix, AZ on November 7, 1950, he was a son of the late Charles and Virginia Mason Smith. Dennis worked as a Taxi Driver. Surviving are two sons: Dennis Smith Jr. of Forkston, PA, Richard Smith of Elk Lake, PA, two...
Otto C. Keil
Feb 26, 2012
Otto Charles Keil, Jr of Douglas Hollow Rd, died on Sunday February 26th at home. Otto was born in Washington, DC on July 23, 1918. He was the son of the late Otto C. and Florence Pickett Keil. Raised in Decatur, IL, the oldest of four siblings, two brothers and a sister, he was an Eagle Scout and was active...
Carolyn Kitty Hobbs
Feb 25, 2012
Carolyn (Kitty) Hobbs, age 84, loving wife of 62 years to Milton E. Hobbs, a devoted mother of four, grandmother of ten and great-grandmother of five, passed suddenly Saturday, February 25. Born and raised in Cork, Ga. as the last of eleven children to Nancy Ellis Powell and John Reilly Powell, Kitty worked as a homemaker, secretary, and lastly as...
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